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Old 07-30-2020, 12:54 PM
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Caelin, thank you for the response on the turntable power supply and why the Venom 14 digital is your recommendation. Costs aside, would the Sigma Digital be a better choice or would the Venom still be recommended for the turntable power supply because of its shielding? Many thanks
I look at these from a cost to performance benefit. Is there a very substantial sonic benefit going from a Venom HCv2 cable to a Sigma NR level cable when used on a preamplifier? Absolutely, a big yes.

These peripheral type devices like turntable motors; there is not that huge difference. These devices generally do not benefit by better DTCD (current) performance. But they are quite sensitive to CCI (component to component interference). So, the Venom V14 Digital was built specifically to address these components quite effectively. Does that mean that you couldn't use a more expensive NR cord and get good performance - of course yes they work fine. It's just that in my opinion it is not a great allocation of the power system budget from a system analysis point of view.
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