Pussy Man
Location: Sheffield
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I'm Confused.
IMHO it's evidence of 'Rip Off Britain' - the USA retailers are obliged to agree with the big manufacturers not to sell to Britain so as to preserve their very profitable high margin market. Bl**dy disgusting but big business rules!!Originally Posted by Pieoftheday
well i cant get the one from ebay usa,found the same one on amazon usa and no luck there either, i wonder why?.
DaveK.
My System:
Power: Belkin PF40, Custom.hifi.cables Hydra and DC PSUs.
Sources: Self built HTPC with Xonar ST sound card, NAD T585 multi disc player, Sony BDP-S350, Squeezebox Touch, Techncs SL1210 (mod'd) + Nagaoka MP30, Thomson Sky HD box.
Amps etc.: 2 x Mini-T amps, MF-X10D Valve buffer clone, StanDAC 7520/Caiman (mod'd).
Speakers: Mission 774s with added super tweeters
Cables: best I can afford and likely to change except Homar's RF attenuated co-ax's and Mark Grant USB and HDMI cables. I also like silver i/cs and speaker cable.
Trade: Ammonite Acoustics
Location: Norwich
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I'm Hugo.
I've got a Lifatec glass cable coming from the USA . They seem to know what they're about - see http://www.lifatec.com/toslink2.html
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Location: Wrexham, North Wales, UK
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I'm AudioAl'sArbiterForPISHANTO.
Indeed. I've bought loads of stuff from ebay sellers (and elsewhere) in the US, who advertise publically as not shipping goods to the UK.
All it took, however, was sending them a polite message, where the appropriate shipping costs were agreed, and one look from the seller at my feedback profile on ebay, and it was goods away!
You may have a valid point in general, Dave, about the exporting situation to the UK, but in my experience, if you want to buy something from a seller on ebay, anywhere in the world, if you fulfil their specific requirements, 9 times out of 10, you'll get what it is you wantIMHO it's evidence of 'Rip Off Britain' - the USA retailers are obliged to agree with the big manufacturers not to sell to Britain so as to preserve their very profitable high margin market.
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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Mad as a Box of Frogs
Location: U.S.A. Neo-Socialist Kalifornski
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Thank you Hugo,
I like the build quality of and they have a far higher strand count than the one I am using. So I'm going to order one. Did you go for the armored SS jacket ?
Jeff :UBERTHREADKILLER
Trade: Ammonite Acoustics
Location: Norwich
Posts: 2,814
I'm Hugo.
No, just the ordinary silk covered version.
Senior Member
Location: South downs
Posts: 3,477
I'm James.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nk...at=0&_from=R40
These are glass cored, I've had one in use for years without any problems & seems to sound okay... Bit late I know but thought it may be of interest.
Senior Member
Location: Wakefield west yorkshire
Posts: 1,938
I'm James.
bugger
well the sonicwave optical arrived today, a nice cable , works a treat with my marantz cd6004 but i bought it for my sky+ box and it dosn't work at all with it, anyone any ideas? im running through a bushmaster, ive tried swapping inputs and sky box settings but newt at all, help anyone ????
Senior Member
Location: Valley of the Hazels
Posts: 9,139
I'm AMusicFanNotAnAudiophile.
Is the Sky box still set to Dolby Digital?well the sonicwave optical arrived today, a nice cable , works a treat with my marantz cd6004 but i bought it for my sky+ box and it dosn't work at all with it, anyone any ideas? im running through a bushmaster, ive tried swapping inputs and sky box settings but newt at all, help anyone ????
You need to set the output to PCM.
Chris
Common sense isn't anymore!
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Location: Wakefield west yorkshire
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I'm James.
checked and re checked all settings, my old ibra cable works fine.tried the cable via the tv's optical out and it wont work there either, it works with the cd player and blu ray, i can only assume they have a stronger output? anyhoo its boxed up and im returning it
Mad as a Box of Frogs
Location: U.S.A. Neo-Socialist Kalifornski
Posts: 3,262
Lifatech is introducing an entirely new Tolsink cable.
Some how the lock up and alignment will be far improved over the standard Tolsink.
Keep in mind this company makes most of it's cables for the medical industry so there standards are pretty high.
Expect to see the new cables in 60 to 90 days as they are in the final stages of development.
Jeff :UBERTHREADKILLER
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