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      cdacosta replied to the thread DIY Ground Box Thread.
      Wait until you listen with a well built/designed cable. And proper footers. More tuning with the right minerals will further enhance...
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      cdacosta replied to the thread DIY Ground Box Thread.
      Tiny, tiny drop of loctite toward the top threads of the bolt. Or better yet just use adhesive heat shrink and lock the cable to the...
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      cdacosta reacted to kenincalgary's post in the thread DIY Ground Box Thread with Like Like.
      I replaced Neutrik soldered XLRs on $1k+ Chord Company cables with the clones and got readily audinle improvements at both ends.
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      cdacosta replied to the thread DIY Ground Box Thread.
      Value is outstanding. The real CF-102, for a set of 4 is about $360 with tax in the US. And do not sound as good as the clones for...
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      cdacosta replied to the thread DIY Ground Box Thread.
      100% sure. I have the real Furutech RCA connectors and have done direct comparisons. Also vs direct wire (using wire ties for a tight...
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      cdacosta replied to the thread DIY Ground Box Thread.
      Try de-coupling footers. IME coupling footers generally are not as effective as de-coupling with ground boxes.
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      cdacosta replied to the thread DIY Ground Box Thread.
      Like I said, “every part of the cable build matters”. And I will add changes in construction can be heard. Dielectric materials, AWG of...
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      cdacosta replied to the thread DIY Ground Box Thread.
      Agreed
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      cdacosta replied to the thread DIY Ground Box Thread.
      You probably are correct about the purity of the wire coming from Aliexpress/China. But the wire bested Neotech stranded, teflon...
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      cdacosta reacted to Zapacat's post in the thread DIY Ground Box Thread with Like Like.
      I manufactured tube gear for audiophile pro and non-pro customers in the past and all I can say is: Same circuit in a alu case sounds...
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      cdacosta replied to the thread DIY Ground Box Thread.
      Natural, sand sized. Also tried the synthetic made in UK IIRC. Not much of a fan of the synthetic, very messy, expensive to acquire in...
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      cdacosta replied to the thread DIY Ground Box Thread.
      From memory... about 8 different sized Neodymium and Iron Boron magnets. They were small round about 12mm in diameter and rectangular...
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      cdacosta replied to the thread DIY Ground Box Thread.
      I tried using different magnets of different sizes near and on ground cables, signal cables, power cables. Also on and inside the...
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      cdacosta replied to the thread DIY Ground Box Thread.
      @Zapacat Also add 2 more spoon fulls of graphite to the mix. Add one spoonful and listen. If you like what you hear, add one more...
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      cdacosta replied to the thread DIY Ground Box Thread.
      No way for me to know how your box performs, the mix and cable is very different than my recipe. Did you try the mix without Prehnite...
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