ayt999
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Because he asked me to...! Come to think of it, that doesn't make much sense does it?
well if you think making a DIY cable for your own use without any intention of disclosing the build or making others and then posting a review of it on Head-Fi makes sense, then sure.
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now I want pics.
I posted them a few times already on that other forum... but here they are again.
"portable" balanced rig: http://photo.head-fi.org/showphoto.php?photo=8263&cat=500&ppuser=10639
balanced cmoy innards: http://photo.head-fi.org/showphoto.php?photo=7781&cat=500&ppuser=10639
RCA to XLR balancing transformers: http://photo.head-fi.org/showphoto.php?photo=5951&cat=500&ppuser=10639
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He wanted it compared to the Equinox cable for his own interest
right, so why did you post a review about it publically?
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nice. I logged onto Head-Fi to buy Siltech cables but didn't find anyone shilling there. good thing I'm a member here too and you are offering.
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hey, it's BANGPOD!! welcome to Headcase.
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ah, a t-shirt idea!! another great one. post it in the t-shirt group buy mjg... we need to get this thing rolling.lets get together a team headcase group and invade the national meet. We can be disruptive and cause a scene.
we can wear shirts that say FUCK HEADFI and then a list of swear words.
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Hi Yikes. so they deleted your thread about you leaving the forum since they were deleting threads? well, good thing I caught it before that and mentioned it to tkam that we should invite you.
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HeadRoom made the first commercially available balanced headphone amp (or so they say). they for some reason decided to go with dual 3-pin female XLR outputs, which has now become the de facto standard of sorts.
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Yikes was invited.
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The 10 week lead time doesn't bother me if the retermination is free, especially if you can reterminate your stock headphone cable or borrow one from you while waiting
lol. you're a patient one.
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what cable is that? some super secret mil-spec wire deal Ray cooked up? it looks mighty expensive.
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just invited NeilPeart.
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I assume one's unwired and one's prewired.
meaning... one has wires inside connecting each end of the plug to each other, while the other one the two ends are unconnected and you have to do that yourself. unwired might be useful if you want to swap pin assignments or something and don't want to unsolder wires that are prewired in the wrong place.
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This retermination thing from the factory is silly anyways, if the fee is $50 as in the Zu Mobius. I was able to sell my single-ended Equinox at a lost less than $50. Same for my single-ended Zu Mobius. So, even taking shipping into account, it is more cost-effectve to sell the single-ended then get a brand new XLR version if you are upgrading from a single-ended to balanced rig.
What PFK is getting at is that the price differential between single-ended and balanced Equinox is $100. So, even if you don't have a single-ended version to begin with, it is cheaper to buy single-ended then reterminate to XLR yourself. I asked Stefan Audio why the hefty price differential and was given the "different configuration" and more expensive connectors excuse. This "trick" does not really work with the Zu Mobius as the XLR and single-ended versions cost the same.
part of the reason for the high retermination cost is they have to strip down part of the cable and take the original connector off, then resleeve it to end in two leads, redo the Y-joint, then reterminate the ends. takes time so a fee should be expected, and knowing audio cable companies, they like to charge a high premium for their services for some random reason. they probably don't care about the used market price of their product and if people come to them for the service at their offered price, there's really no reason to worry. like you said, if someone realizes that selling a cable and buying a new one is a lot cheaper, that's their gain.
so Zu Mobius in XLR and regular termination costs the same now if bought new from them? when I inquired about this a year or two ago they quoted a price perhaps $30 higher on the XLR version. guess they changed things.
as for the price difference between the balanced and unbalanced Equinox, that has nothing to do with my post. I simply stated that I wouldn't bother with Equinox due to thier long leadtime. price issues is a different matter and should also be considered, but it doesn't do away with the long lead times necessary with their products and make discussions about lead time a nonissue. if they offered free retermination to balanced, but still required a 10 week lead, would you think differently?
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Says you... they are the best every... they are the main phone in my balanced rig
you just want to show off your handiwork since you worked so hard to make it and want a lot of recognition for your work.
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now you need a balanced portable amp with a balanced portable source .
yup, he needs my balanced cmoy and audio transformers.
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but given their long leadtime on their standard offerings, would you even want to consider parting with your cable for three months for a retermination?
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inviting HugoFreire.
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and a Happy St. Patrick's Day to you too.
Green Guinness time.
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stock cable on the L3000 is high purity stranded copper (Hi-OFC) with a few strands of silver mixed in. it's a very nice cable.
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but money is worthless if you dont plan on spending it
ya... I was thinking he could save it and get something more expensive in the future.
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I say save your money... because money's always good.
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I use the one I made myself. bare cardas sennheiser pins, solid silver wiring, and other stuff.
btw blessingx, the links in your signature are not configured properly....
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What differences do you notice powering the SDS-XLR both with and without the P300?
I power my SDS-XLR with a P600
well, what do you notice with and without the P600 inline?
let's compare notes.all I remember from testing it with and without power conditioning a while ago (perhaps a half year or more) is that I preferred it without power conditioning. seemed to get more dynamic range and perhaps a more fuller and clearer sound. IMO going from power conditioning to without was similar to the differences obtained from going from VT-231's to Bad Boys, or Bad Boys to 6SN7W's (short bottles) on the output tubes.
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and yet more LIES!!!