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Re: "Audiophoolery"?
« Reply #180 on: July 17, 2015, 01:00:41 AM »

Who are these for??? Who has 10,000 VCRs and LaserDisc players?

Maybe this lady?


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Re: "Audiophoolery"?
« Reply #181 on: July 17, 2015, 01:02:03 AM »

A notorious HiFi joke in China:

Coal fire plant generated electricity sounds warm;
Hydro plant generated electricity sounds cold but highly resolving;
Wind plant generated electricity sounds euphoric!
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Re: "Audiophoolery"?
« Reply #182 on: July 17, 2015, 03:34:41 AM »

Not really. First of all a lot of high-end binding posts don't even accept bare wire, and you'll run into problems with multiple conductors per terminal. IMO the best option is a heavy, pure copper spade. Most banana plugs are hollow and can be difficult to machine if not made from a large percentage of brass, but spades are much more simple and can be made using much softer metals than banana plugs because they are so much thicker.


I suppose the caveat would be if you could make a "good" bare wire to binding post connection. What we need are binding "posts" that work like this: http://cpc.farnell.com/productimages/standard/en_GB/60058087.jpg
to clamp down on wires.

Ah screw it (no pun intended), can we just convince people to use Speakon connectors instead?
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Re: "Audiophoolery"?
« Reply #183 on: July 17, 2015, 03:54:05 AM »

You could certainly do that, but I wonder if those little voice coil leads will accept 8AWG+ wire...

The other problem with using bare wire is whether you have shitty ass spring clips or some type of screw down post, part of the cable will be continually exposed to air, and that copper will begin to turn green/brown before long and lose a fair bit of conductivity.

Real men like OJ don't need to use 8AWG. 8AWG for audiophiles who envy Lexington Steele.

As OJ said, crimp and solder.
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Re: "Audiophoolery"?
« Reply #184 on: July 17, 2015, 05:51:40 AM »

Ah screw it (no pun intended), can we just convince people to use Speakon connectors instead?

That would work. PowerCon is a hell of a lot better than IEC inputs, that's for sure. I've used a number of AC cords that were so heavy they would just fall out of the IEC socket without some kind of support under them.
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Re: "Audiophoolery"?
« Reply #185 on: July 17, 2015, 06:36:34 AM »

I think that problem lies with the power cable and not the IEC socket  :))
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Re: "Audiophoolery"?
« Reply #186 on: July 17, 2015, 02:33:25 PM »

I'm amazed that they still stick 10,000 composite and S-video connections on the back of receivers. Who are these for??? Who has 10,000 VCRs and LaserDisc players?

NES, SNES, PS1, PS2, Saturn, Dreamcast, Game Cube, etc, etc...

Ah screw it (no pun intended), can we just convince people to use Speakon connectors instead?

Sounds good to me.  No more accidentally blowing up your output transistors!
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Re: "Audiophoolery"?
« Reply #187 on: July 17, 2015, 05:45:41 PM »

NES, SNES, PS1, PS2, Saturn, Dreamcast, Game Cube, etc, etc...

I used to daisy chain boxes like these to keep everything hooked up...
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Re: "Audiophoolery"?
« Reply #188 on: July 17, 2015, 06:57:15 PM »

NES, SNES, PS1, PS2, Saturn, Dreamcast, Game Cube, etc, etc...

Nestopia, ZSNES, ePSXe, PCSX2, Chankast, Dolphin. The idea that you need 50 composite inputs for all of the Sega Saturn owners is a bit silly. Did they even sell 50 Saturns?
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Re: "Audiophoolery"?
« Reply #189 on: July 17, 2015, 07:13:04 PM »

Nestopia, ZSNES, ePSXe, PCSX2, Chankast, Dolphin. The idea that you need 50 composite inputs for all of the Sega Saturn owners is a bit silly. Did they even sell 50 Saturns?

I emulate nowadays too, but some people just like the "real thing".  My little brother's got all the consoles now that we're allegedly grown up.

He's got a Saturn too.  Off of ebay 5-6 years ago, plus a game shark to get rid of it's region lock and play Japanese discs on it.
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