That Lindy cable looks fine. I've ordered a USB plug on eBay so that I can make up my own DC cable. I have a lot of spare Kimber PSB so I'll use that, and also make a custom 2.1 to 2.5 DC cable while I'm at it.
That Lindy cable looks fine. I've ordered a USB plug on eBay so that I can make up my own DC cable. I have a lot of spare Kimber PSB so I'll use that, and also make a custom 2.1 to 2.5 DC cable while I'm at it.
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I'm Adam.
In honour of the bulb in the Pepper pot (sustaining the charge to my BM2 from my Anker Battery)......I decided this evening to listen to Art Pepper "Meets the Rhythm Section" (1957).
I have a particularly wonderful 24-192 Vinyl Rip of this fine album to play through the battery powered Touch and BM2. What can I say - a large glass of Shiraz and this album - wow just wow !
Given that legend has it that Art was strung out on heroin and uninformed of this session until the last minute - and using a taped up horn - this is just superb music. As others have commented the bass provided by the battery solution is just awesome. Bass in my system has always been good - I know a lot of you will scoff but I play the BM2 through a Musical Fidelity X10D tube buffer (with full Rock Grotto makeover) - see here -
http://rockgrotto.proboards.com/thre...ogress?page=15
- the bass with this baby inserted was very - very good but unbelievably the battery power takes it up another level
P.S The good news also is that I got past Sunday Lunch without my wife noticing the missing pepper pot from the condiments cupboard.
Adam.
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Location: Glasgow
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I'm Brian.
Excellent Adam . My missus hasn't noticed the 12V car battery under the hifi unit either ( yet )
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I'm David.
Guys not a shameless plug (no pun intended) but you really need to be fitting these babies as they are the defacto audiophile dc plug (I sell 100's)
They are available in 2.1mm and 2.5mm and are a doddle to solder to even really thick cable like the kimber and pure silver variants, the vast majority
of the linear psu's nick builds me have these on as standard now. Oyaide do make a good plug! Yes I use them on my touch but don't use batteries
for obvious reasons but Martin's ideas are brilliant and the touch IMO was the best hifi product in the last 20 years.
Nice plugs, David. I've been scouring eBay for good DC plugs without much success.
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I reckon that many people would have questioned the solution that I suggestedOriginally Posted by Theadmans
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Location: Glasgow
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I'm Brian.
I use these ones Martin and they're very good IMO http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1308721757...84.m1423.l2649
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/m.html?_od...at=0&_from=R40
Last edited by brian2957; 16-12-2013 at 10:58.
Interesting, Brian - I never saw those.
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Location: Glasgow
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I'm Brian.
Iinitially used the cheaper plugs but these are much better . Bigger lugs to connect the cables to and an altogether much more solid feel . If I had the money I would probably go with Davids plugs , but these are a viable alternative IMO.
It's hard to believe until you hear itI reckon that many people would have questioned the solution that I suggested
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