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[Adam]

What kind of return would you expect for a £400-450 outlay?

 

[Raymond Lin]

I suggested the v-Moda cable because I saw this review (it's on Youtube), on the Philips X1 and the guy actually got a Ohm meter out to test the cable the X1 came in, /mumbles a bunch of maths, and basically the Philips cable has a high resistance and he recommended the v-Moda cables as they have a very low resistance, any sonic benefits aside, they work and they are not expensive either.

 

[Rikki]

Full frame and a 35mm prime = Dof even at f8

Quite a close focusing distance on that. Was going to stand 2 rooms away and use my 300m f/2.8 for the same effect

 

[Rikki]

It's like magnets?

I have a bunch of those in various sizes, someone send them to me from NZ years back, they don't do anything that I can tell.

HOWEVER, this is a big however, I notice some of the OEM power cables from normal everyday components have those actually "built" in, I've seen them, it's just a black plastic thing that looks like a kind of supressor at the end of the cable. These are not even hifi components, I think I've seen them in like £35 Logitech 2.1 speakers systems, and where companies makes no big claims on these things. So part of me wonder why they add it in if they don't do anything.

Those are RF chokes, not magnets. Similar weight but are solid ferrite cores generally.

Never known it to help in anything Ive done including low signal audio work but might be more to do with CE / FCC certification.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choke_(electronics)

 

[Rikki]

Still on sound... anyone know best place to get 3.5mm to 3.5mm decent quality cables? Ones with my headphones are properly sack.

Cheap one - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/380798628870?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

 

[Rikki]

To twart the D800 oil flicking shutter mechanism

 

[mrk]

I suggested the v-Moda cable because I saw this review (it's on Youtube), on the Philips X1 and the guy actually got a Ohm meter out to test the cable the X1 came in, /mumbles a bunch of maths, and basically the Philips cable has a high resistance and he recommended the v-Moda cables as they have a very low resistance, any sonic benefits aside, they work and they are not expensive either.

Been discussed plenty times already but Vmoda is just the most popular outside of the UK - That's about it really (good build quality etc as expected). Most cables like it, inc the Fisual and others on Amazon are low resistance (around 0.5ohms) so the benefits of each cable comes down to flexibility, size of the jack grips and length. IN that regard Fisual do the best range from 0.5m to 3m. Perfect for headphones and at a price that can't be scoffed at all the same ... For UK peeps.

 

[Spook187]

 

[mrk]

^ "Wonderful, wonderful."

 

[Cosimo]

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Big thumbs up. :)

 

[Hyburnate]

Quite a close focusing distance on that. Was going to stand 2 rooms away and use my 300m f/2.8 for the same effect

I may be wrong, but I thought the longer the focal length the less wide the aperture needed to be for a thinner DOF?

 

[Spook187]

^ "Wonderful, wonderful."

Big thumbs up.

I have only ever seen the original 80s tv series, so loooking forward to seeing this

 

[boxman2000]

New bag and wallet from scaramanga. Not heard of the site before but the bag is excellent really well made and solid. It is the large overland bag so I can fit my laptop in.

Like the look of the wallet, a lot!!

What is it like to put in your pocket (bulky) and size wise for bank notes please?

 

[Cosimo]

 

[Unicorn]

Paid for my alloy wheel powdercoating

 

[EYEREX]

I have only ever seen the original 80s tv series, so loooking forward to seeing this

It's one of the best TV shows ever

 

[Mr_Moose]

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Awesome series but I would say to also get yourself [URL="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Battlestar-Galactica-Edward-James-Olmos/dp/B009ERSHL4/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1389800994&sr=1-1&keywords=the+plan"]The Plan[/URL] as it's not included in the set

 

[Liquid_Entity]

This is to go with my HTPC build impending tonight

 

[Craig1981]

Those are very nice. I'm assuming its a whole chess set worth? Set of villians for the other side?

 

[Clipsey]

On the sound stuff:
I've had about 3-4 pairs of V-Moda ear buds over the years, and without fail they end losing sound in one ear due to a wiring/cable issue. They sounded great and were replaced every time under warranty. However, I just gave up in the end as it became frustrating.