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Turntables sometimes have a ground wire that starts near the tonearm, follows the same path as the interconnects and ends near the pre-amp's phono jacks.

Having just written:

'Mogami makes several suitable co-ax cables.'

I went to my Mogami catalog and I couldn't find any suitable co-ax cables!

For a paper on suitable cables see:
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The only type of cable that I would use for an RCA analog interconnect is a co-axial cable. Mogami makes several suitable co-ax cables. Just because other types of cables can work, doesn't make them...

Aren't both the 2534 Mogami and the Mogami 2549 very nice balanced cables? Not something that I would use for a RCA interconnect.

One thing about traditional TT phone cartridge to RIAA pre-amp systems is that the interconnect is part of a tuned circuit that is sensitive to cable capacitance. So you don't want a real long or...

Don't use a bass-reflex or ported sub.

I lost track, just where was that meter reading taken?

That makes more sense than Tampa.

No FCC???
Just this week.

FCC court case.

http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2013/db0423/DA-13-805A1.pdf

Because it forms a parasitic transformer and picks up noise from the power line. Are you interested in the technical Bill Whitlock papers?

When I wrote 'solder tin' I meant joining all the wire strands together with solder. Not the 'tin plating' on each strand.

Maintaining the twisting on a pair can be a problem. But the twist is not...

On cable ends, what you can do is:
Strip back 1/8 to 3/16 inch of bare copper and solder tin the end. Then strip back another 1/2 inch of bare copper. Install so that the bare copper is under the...

Very, very true! With unshielded paired cables, twisting is always good. Be they AC power, DC power, interconnect, control or speaker.

No solder tinned stranded wire ends are bad. Under screw terminals, the solder tinned wire ends will with time and temperature changes, cold flow which will allow the terminal to loosen.

It's not about the rule, it's about all the possible interference that it may be generating.

Don't solder tin the ends of stranded wires if they are to be used in screw terminals! What happens with time and changing temperature, is that the tinning will cold flow and the terminal will...

That's almost always True! But occasionally bad AC power wiring combined with the power amps on a different circuit can cause ground loops. A poor choice in long analog interconnects can cause 20db...

That's the speed of sound in air. Electrical signal's in cable travel at from 50 % to 80 % of the speed of light.

Whether to have short interconnects and long speaker cables or long interconnects...

Pre-owned phono pre-amps are often available at estate sales and moving to a retirement home sales.

Ham radio operators sometimes complain about the amount of interference their neighbors units generate. So if you get one, make sure that it's FCC tested.

There is a simple test for anyone to do. Go to the big-box store and buy a 100 foot roll of 12-2 Romex®(NM) AC power cable. Cut off 6 feet to use as the shorter speaker cable. Compare the 6ft cable...

In the distant past, I was in a repair center of a high end test equipment mfg. They had a commercial dish washer in the back room. They would use it to clean some dirty modules.
For some time...

For the vacuuming part, the is an accessory kit that lets you get into tight areas.

'Micro Vacuum Attachment Kit'

http://www.harborfreight.com/8-piece-micro-vacuum-attachment-kit-32994.html

From 1980, Nelson Pass on speaker cables. Not much new since then.

'SPEAKER CABLES: Science or Snake Oil' - First Watt
http://www.firs****t.com/pdf/art_spkr_cable.pdf

The little new stuff was...

Doc Earl Geddes has been doing some interesting things with multiple subs.

http://www.gedlee.com

You need the PowerPoint to follow the video....