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Originally Posted by MisterBritt
Boy, oh boy, Bob. That's a mother lode. Are those going to replace what I read are the Minis in your system? Or are they for another project altogether? You've installed these before. But in my experience, I actually put some nimble deerskin work gloves on when I installed those adaptors. Before I thought of gloves, I was cutting my fingers on those sharp edges. Just a thought because you've got your work cut out for you. Excellent!
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Thanks for the safety info - I'm going all in for what I believe are my system weaknesses: power distribution, power & signal cabling, & finally electronic isolation.
I've addressed the following:
Power Distribution -- Ansuz Mainz D8 Power Distribution unit w/ceramic power cable & one Sparkz Harmonizer
Power Cabling - Nordost Odins on MC2301's & C1100. Still need to address Transport power cable (all dCS presently running stock cords & feel the only electromechanical device requiring immediate P/C addressing is the Transport).
Speaker Cabling: Nordost Odin 3M spade/spade
Clock Cabling: 3 Nordost Valhalla 75 ohm 1M
AES/EBU dCS Stack: Transport to DAC, Nordost 1.25M Valhalla 2
XLR Cabling from dCS DAC to C1100 and C1100 to MC2301's: Empowering Nordost trickle down ideology, so going with Nordost 2M Tyr 2's (these should be somewhat equivalent to Nordost Valhalla 1's).
Equipment Isolation: All in on Stillpoints. Ultra SS's w/adapters under MC2301's & dCS Transport. Ultra Mini's under C1100 and the 3 stack dCS (clock, DAC, Upsampler). Will utilize 3 HRS NA-150's between the stacked C1100T and 1100C.
Then I'm done until higher authority calls. It's been a fun ride since my teenage years and even more so since the advent of the Internet & forums such as AA. I've made a many purchases & a few mistakes, learned from them, but sort of tired chasing the merry go round -- and so, I'm concentrating on optimum finalization. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel so to speak. That's cool.
Best Sirs,
Bob