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In Reply to: RE: any love for Chord ICs? posted by gkirkos on October 04, 2016 at 11:42:52
The wire you are now using is decent (and actually not too revealing!)
If you are having a problem with the highs? Which I would guess you are meaning by revealing..
Well IMO a new IC wire is not gonna be able to solve it. What you need is something fixing the highs coming out of the CD player.The ways to do that are: get a power conditioner. A power cord for the CD player which can clean up the highs..
Or a tube buffer of some kind between the CD player and the preamp.
Even ferrite clamps on the IC from the CD player may solve the problem.Now I am a total high frequency maniac.
And on my cheap as dirt CD changer to a nice DAC.. I use a dedicated conditioner. AND a tube buffer. (A used for $1,400 VAC Standard tube preamp new $4,500, which I use just as a dedicated tube buffer for my digital.) I tried a cheap $150 Chinese tube buffer, but itwas not good enough for my tastes, though it helped.. Thus my stretch to the VAC as a tube buffer.
This approach works for me.
And my highs are spectacular to my (6ft ribbon tweeter) Magnepan 3.6 speakers.I would think a powercord 'could' do the job of a conditioner..
And the idea of the Ferrite clamps on the IC.. AudioQuest used to make some big ones which would fit over the diameter of the IC you now use. I do not know if they still are made.
Added: the AQ ferrite are no longer made. I am linking to an Amazon product whic is 3/8" and should fit over the IC you now use.Anyway, these are my suggestions.
Edits: 10/04/16Follow Ups:
I tried a different PC (Cardas) on the CD player and it tamed the highs.
Should've thought of this, I've done it so many times.
Thanks.
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You're right, it's the Twinlink.
One man's rolled-off is another man's natural-sounding.
Just a plain jane crosslink
I do find Cardas to be too warm or too rolled-off for my taste.
Do you mean the Cardas Twinlink power cord? Cardas Crosslink is a Cardas speaker cable model, and a Cardas interconnect model.
Finding both synergy and personal preferences via cable swapping is a valid proposal, even going so far as to seek a more polite sounding cable for a particular application that a listener finds to sound too "analytical", too revealing vs. a cable that may provide a presentation that (for example) does not push detail and other stark listening cues too far forward at the expense of dynamics and other aspects of PRAT that one might consider a more "musical" presentation. Perhaps the OP might provide more information about his goal.
IME, when it comes to inline ferrite filters, there has been no situation where I've found a ferrite bead to do anything good when placed on a well-designed cable or power cord. A ferrite bead adds inductance which may do well for non-audio applications, but it tends to be a real downside for audio use other than taking the rough edge off a cable or component with edgy transients, but at the expense of overall audio performance. A ferrite filter is better implemented by placing a ferrite bead on the cord of a noisy non-audio device that might pollute adjacent audio gear. A cable upgrade or lateral move replacement cable would a better option for the OP to choose, IMO.
I have not used ferrites myself for many years on IC. But back in the day Mid 80's.. they did enough.
I agree a ferrite is really for powercords. (and then also a cheaper afterthought fix)
(Though one is built into the Cardas $900 one meter current powercord. and others)
But a ferrite could be used on an IC as a cheap bandaid.
I mention again, that at heart I am cheap as Hell. And usually try to offer the least expensive solution.
Even when I myself decide to blow $3,000 on an IC. LOL
I pretend to myself: noooo... I never spent THAT much.. Not me....
"(6ft ribbon tweeter) Magnepan 3.6 speakers."
Actually the ribbon is 55"
I have 3.6's and it just might be the best tweeter in the world
Alan
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