Re: Power cable.

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In Reply to: Re: Power cable. posted by Robert Puetz on February 5, 2001 at 06:25:17:

I originally wanted silver plated copper cables of significant AWG. Then, found shielding was necessary to help shield the ICs at the power cable source, & beknownst to me until I started cleaning the AC ... vice versa. Anyhow, I had a bunch of Audio-Magic:Spellcatser 2 & Sorcerer power cables, when I saw a used Illusion on sale. This was a shielded silver ribbon power cable in an air-dielectric. Surprisisngly, the sound opened up. It was then that I figured the signal was retarded by the speed of the juice. So, I had my pre & amp on these. Then, I saw a FatBoySE on sale. I heard it did wonders on my Krell. So, I bought it since the construction is very similar to mine only upgraded with cryogenic treatment & thinner ribbon & more gauge & vacuum dielectric instead of air. It worked. I bought a FatMan snubber to go from my conditioner to the wall, but it would void the warantee on my Tice since it would require removing the permanent cord. I got this from George's wife. I told her why I was doing what I'm doing & she freaked that I plugged my 500W Krell into the lowly 1800W Solo. Go figure. I then tried the FatMan on my Velodyne ........ WHOAH!!! ( Trust me I've got twin subs & one cord. The mismatch is obvious. And, I've checked room problems as I've swapped the cables. ) I then started swapping cables with others & nothing was it's equal on the FSR18. The 500W Krell didn't gain anything with a FatMan over the FatBoySE. As such, I think the FatBoySE will be enough for your 400W ULD-18-II (BTW, my Velodyne is a 1250W class-D amp).
Well that's my story.
PS: When swapping cables the Illusion is still plenty on my sources. The electraGlides did nothing more & without the ability to mount an AudioPrism:WaveGuide, it did far less.

....just my 2Â¢

Â» Mart Â£ Â«

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Topic - ElectroGlide:FatMan's on Velodynes - Mart 02:45:29 02/4/01 (9)

Re: ElectroGlide:FatMan's on Velodynes - Bill E 22:02:01 02/5/01 (1)

is that what happened? - Mart 22:37:10 02/5/01 (0)

Re: ElectroGlide:FatMan's on Velodynes - Robert Puetz 04:38:45 02/4/01 (6)

power cords - Mart 09:05:27 02/4/01 (5)

Re: Power cable. - Robert Puetz 06:25:17 02/5/01 (4)

Re: Power cable. - Mart 02/5/0114:01:39 02/5/01 (3)

Re: Power cable. - Robert Puetz 06:48:30 02/6/01 (2)

my impressions - Mart 15:10:43 02/6/01 (1)

Re: my impressions - Robert Puetz 21:44:12 02/6/01 (0)

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Re: Power cable. - Mart 02/5/0114:01:39 02/5/01 (3)

Re: Power cable. - Robert Puetz 06:48:30 02/6/01 (2)

my impressions - Mart 15:10:43 02/6/01 (1)

Re: my impressions - Robert Puetz 21:44:12 02/6/01 (0)

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