Mighty Favog Posted December 14, 2001 Share Posted December 14, 2001 Hey guys! Does anyone have 2 extra Cardas RFI caps for blocking off unused RCA jacks on equipment (preamp, tape deck etc.)? I just got some from Audio Advisor and I really can't see ordering another twelve of them. I'll gladly pay the $3 each they sell for (+ shipping). Thanks!! ------------------ Tom KLF-20 Mahogany (Cornell Hotwired) McIntosh C33 Preamp McIntosh MVP-841 CD/DVD Rotel RB-1080 Amp Yamaha PF-800 Turntable/ Sure V15 Type V Cartridge Ortofon VMS-30 mkII Cartridge Stanton 999SS Cartridge Yamaha K-1020 Cassette dbx 1231 EQ H.H. Scott 830z Analyzer Monster Interlink 400mk II Monster Interlink 300mk II Monster Video 2 (DVD to TV) Monster Power HTS-5000 MIT Terminator 2 Bi-Wire Speaker cables Studio Tech U-48RW Cabinet Vibrapods Enough empty boxes for a fire hazard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowooo Posted December 15, 2001 Share Posted December 15, 2001 tblasing, can't help you out with the two caps, but I have seen and checked them out...they do make sense. Let me know how they work out for you. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Favog Posted December 15, 2001 Author Share Posted December 15, 2001 rowoo- Thanks. I haven't had time to give them (it) a good listening to but I do agree that it does make a certain amount of sense. This preamp has a 20w inboard amp for multi-room applications and their may be some incoming leakage there too. I guess I really do need another set, just have about 6 or 8 left over. If money and improvements are plentiful enough I may even get some caps for all the XLR inputs/outputs that aren't being used. Boy, if this preamp had XLR connections I'd sure as heck be using those for sure! It's the only major piece in the system that doesn't have 'em. See ya! And long may your MMF-5 spin. ------------------ Tom KLF-20 Mahogany (Cornell Hotwired) McIntosh C33 Preamp McIntosh MVP-841 CD/DVD Rotel RB-1080 Amp Yamaha PF-800 Turntable/ Sure V15 Type V Cartridge Ortofon VMS-30 mkII Cartridge Stanton 999SS Cartridge Yamaha K-1020 Cassette dbx 1231 EQ H.H. Scott 830z Analyzer Monster Interlink 400mk II Monster Interlink 300mk II Monster Video 2 (DVD to TV) Monster Power HTS-5000 MIT Terminator 2 Bi-Wire Speaker cables Studio Tech U-48RW Cabinet Vibrapods Enough empty boxes for a fire hazard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Favog Posted December 15, 2001 Author Share Posted December 15, 2001 Dean, Do cables sound the same. Definitely not. I started out with 14ga. lampcord wire (ala-Woods Wire) then went to Original Monster 12ga. and now the MITerminator 2's. It is very true that the MIT's do reach a louder volume earlier in the volume control's travel, shame I didn't have the wherewithall to do a before and after measurement with the 830z. High frequencies no longer sound like a fuzzy hiss but now a sharp and pure "ding" from cymbals and the occasional percussion triangle. Midrange has a very natural, uninhibited flow for voices now. Most singers in the past sounded, well, rather "nasel"y. Akin to Fran Drescher(?) of "The Nanny". Bass has reached such low frequecies to make it seem like a note can only be felt and not heard. The biggest and most appriciated improvement is the amount of bass at low volumes. Something I've longed for without getting up from the big comfy chair and kicking up the loudness control a notch or two. I did have to trade the large spade clips for the small ones though. I thought the large ones would give me more contact area to the binding post. But these things were so close to each other I folded some pieces of news paper tightly and stuck it between the spades to prevent them from grounding to each other. One DVD I was really looking forward to was "The Dance" from Fleetwood Mac. I think this was recording engineer's greatest opportunity to make something wonderful and they/he/she went down in ball of flames. Mic Fleetwood's floor basses were very single note sounding and drowning out of John McVie's guitar. Lindsey Buckingham's playing wasn't defined enough either. Oh well, maybe their engineers are getting old too. I also noticed some high frequency drop outs on a few occasions with some older cd's. I guess thats from the now much higher level of sensativity of the system. Would I spend this kind of money again for these cables? If I knew what to look for then as I do now I would have done it long ago. About 67 hours total playing time and counting!! ------------------ Tom KLF-20 Mahogany (Cornell Hotwired) McIntosh C33 Preamp McIntosh MVP-841 CD/DVD Rotel RB-1080 Amp Yamaha PF-800 Turntable/ Sure V15 Type V Cartridge Ortofon VMS-30 mkII Cartridge Stanton 999SS Cartridge Yamaha K-1020 Cassette dbx 1231 EQ H.H. Scott 830z Analyzer Monster Interlink 400mk II Monster Interlink 300mk II Monster Video 2 (DVD to TV) Monster Power HTS-5000 MIT Terminator 2 Bi-Wire Speaker cables Studio Tech U-48RW Cabinet Vibrapods Enough empty boxes for a fire hazard! This message has been edited by tblasing on 12-15-2001 at 11:36 PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobile homeless Posted December 16, 2001 Share Posted December 16, 2001 Ditch the Monster Interlink throughout whole system and replace with some quality wire and you will move up another notch (or two). The Monster interconnects are some of the worst I have ever used, bar none. kh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Favog Posted December 16, 2001 Author Share Posted December 16, 2001 Dean- Have you noticed a difference in your upgrade from the 4's to the 2's. I'm guessing it was a bit more subbtle than what I did. Rowoo- I'm hoping to give a good demo-critique to the system this coming Friday. The girlfiend is going out of town for a couple of days so I can play whatever, whenever and however loud I want! This message has been edited by tblasing on 12-16-2001 at 11:14 PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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