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Do Cables Have an Expiration Date?

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Can a cable's performance degrade over time? Audiophile Review asked Bill Low from AudioQuest, Ray Kimber from Kimber Cable, Karen Sumner from Transparent Audio, and David Salz from WireWorld. Read more

Vexing Terminations

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What is the purpose of a speaker wire terminations? Basically a termination should prevent oxidation of the bare cable wire at the termination point while providing a good connection to the amplifier on one end and the speakers on the other. That's it. Read more

Getting Shun-Mooked

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There are some weird things that happen in the world of tweaking. Some seem nonsensical and they are. Others seem nonsensical and they work. This is one of those times where it works. Read more

Cheap Spring Cleaning Tweaks

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It's easy get carried away with tweaking. Especially when the spring cleaning bug hits and you feel the need to do something. Here are a few tips that will satisfy that urge without forcing a second mortgage. Read more

Crystal Cable Piccolo - The Skinny Solution...

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With all the components that seems to be standard in a modern system, there can be a lot of cables plugging into the back of the aforementioned components. Things can get crowded. So now Crystal Cable offers a solution to that. Read more

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