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This is a question regarding how TAS chooses to continue listing some products year after year in its annual Recommended Components (or Editors’ Choice Awards) listings, but some get dropped after only one or a couple appearances. For example, Andrew Quint reviewed the Audio Physic Cardeas 30 LJE speakers a few years ago, describing these speakers as the best he had ever heard in his listening space, providing “world class performance,” and commenting that with this speaker “one stand[s] to get sound as good as most audiophiles can hope to achieve in a typical domestic environment.”. But the Audio Physic quickly dropped out of sight in TAS’ recommendations. Just curious about the listing factors because other speakers, like various Magico speakers, reappear year after year. Thank you.
I have a different question. Regarding internet connection cabke to my N10 streamer. I have a cable used by the roll and connections made here by a tech. I guess Cat 5. I have a pretty good system. Should I change out the 20 ft long cat 5 cable for a cat 6a?
It's been a while since I've seen a question asked/answered, so I figure I'll give another of my semi-patented, semi-annoying questions...it's a bit of a follow-up to the "hum" question.
I've a number of turntables here. One that I recently added to my "historic collection" is the interesting-but-obviously-flawed Beogram 8002.
The cable for it is, typically for the brand, a DIN on one side, and RCA at the other, with either a tied signal+chassis ground, or a separate one.
What I've found is that one phono preamp - a Brinkmann Edison Mk II - has a low-level hum when either cable is attached, whether or not the separate ground is attached to its grounding post, and whether or not the cable is attached to the turntable at all. It does not have the hum with a Rega NAIA cable (no separate ground, as is the Rega way).
There is no similar hum with a Aesthetic Rhea or a MoFi MasterPhono.
The Beogram has a two-prong plug; the Brinkmann...3-prong. I tried adding an iFi "smart" ground lifter in there, but it made no difference.
This is a question regarding how TAS chooses to continue listing some products year after year in its annual Recommended Components (or Editors’ Choice Awards) listings, but some get dropped after only one or a couple appearances. For example, Andrew Quint reviewed the Audio Physic Cardeas 30 LJE speakers a few years ago, describing these speakers as the best he had ever heard in his listening space, providing “world class performance,” and commenting that with this speaker “one stand[s] to get sound as good as most audiophiles can hope to achieve in a typical domestic environment.”. But the Audio Physic quickly dropped out of sight in TAS’ recommendations. Just curious about the listing factors because other speakers, like various Magico speakers, reappear year after year. Thank you.
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I have a different question. Regarding internet connection cabke to my N10 streamer. I have a cable used by the roll and connections made here by a tech. I guess Cat 5. I have a pretty good system. Should I change out the 20 ft long cat 5 cable for a cat 6a?
It's been a while since I've seen a question asked/answered, so I figure I'll give another of my semi-patented, semi-annoying questions...it's a bit of a follow-up to the "hum" question.
I've a number of turntables here. One that I recently added to my "historic collection" is the interesting-but-obviously-flawed Beogram 8002.
The cable for it is, typically for the brand, a DIN on one side, and RCA at the other, with either a tied signal+chassis ground, or a separate one.
What I've found is that one phono preamp - a Brinkmann Edison Mk II - has a low-level hum when either cable is attached, whether or not the separate ground is attached to its grounding post, and whether or not the cable is attached to the turntable at all. It does not have the hum with a Rega NAIA cable (no separate ground, as is the Rega way).
There is no similar hum with a Aesthetic Rhea or a MoFi MasterPhono.
The Beogram has a two-prong plug; the Brinkmann...3-prong. I tried adding an iFi "smart" ground lifter in there, but it made no difference.
Any thoughts on what could cause this?