Ozzy, yes I wish I had a Faraday Cage room. It is getting worse and worse. And the garbage on our ac lines is also getting worse and worse. What we all need is what Enid Lumley long ago suggested, our own nuclear generator.

tbg August 09, 2015 17:49

Ozzy, I cannot imagine that a 3/8" 16 would be any better than a 1/4" 20. I do know that four SP Ultra Five under speakers and amps are superior to three.

tbg December 31, 2013 20:49

Ozzy, that is ridiculous. Go on line. My guess is that you might pay $3@.

tbg December 30, 2013 02:39

Ozzy, for a long time I had no experience that was bad with either the SPs Ultra SSs or Ultra Fives. Now I have had some instances where the Ultra Fives are too much.

I had great difficulty with installing SP Ultra Fives on my BMC Arcadia speakers. Previously on my Tidals, it was easy to install them as there are multiple threaded M8s holes on them and I got eight 1/4 20 to M8 adapters from StillPoints. On learning that the Arcadias had M8 threads also I simply assumed I could just move them to my new speakers. Before settting them up, I screwed them into the only four holes on the Arcadias. I did notice that the threading was far into the holes. Once I had them up I noticed that the Ultra Fives were flat against the bottom of the speakers. StillPoints doesn't encourage that saying that a small gap is better. I could not get any gape?

Later I learned that the threading on the Arcadias is from inside and that I was merely moving it further into the speakers. Fortunately, my adapters were too short to push them into the interior. I live with that situation now.

tbg December 29, 2013 16:10

Ozzy, when I had Beauhorn Virtuosos, I wired them with no Teflon insulation. I just kept the leads far apart. Later with the Muratas, I initially used Teflon tubing on one lead. Later I took it off. The Teflon on one lead ruined the sound. Old homes used uninsulated wires for ac with both leads wrapped around ceramic insulators. I have often thought of doing that but RFI is so great today, I doubt if it would be any good.

tbg May 05, 2011 00:25

Ozzy, I would very much like a picture of your using one MPC to drive 6 leds. Also, if you have a source for the caps to add to the MPCs, I would like that. I know the Galileo MPC remove the board within and charge the transformer. I guess I don't know whether or not the regular MPC has tunneling.

Best,

Norm

tbg March 26, 2010 18:05