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Once a year is plenty for most systems, and more often in a damp or coastal environment. If your system has not been touched in several years, cleaning and reseating every connection is worth doing before you spend anything on an upgrade.
No. Household cleaners often contain alcohol or ammonia, which damage screen coatings and lacquered finishes. Use a fluid made for the surface, apply it to the cloth rather than to the surface, and use a dry microfibre cloth on screens wherever possible.
Not for those cables. A disc is useful for cable already installed, cable bought elsewhere, or for settling a system after a change. Cables bought from Future Shop can have up to 96 hours of burn-in applied free before it ships.
They add two connections to the signal path, so the quality of the terminals matters. Use binding posts rather than spring clips on speaker plates and make the connections off properly. A poorly made connection behind a plate does far more damage than the plate itself.
Deeper than most people expect, particularly for HDMI. The connector and the bend radius of the cable both need room, and a shallow box forces a tight bend that can damage the cable or push the plate proud of the wall. 47mm is a sensible minimum for anything carrying HDMI.
No. Mains cable has to be kept separate from signal cable for safety and to avoid induced noise, and combining them on one plate is not permitted. Use separate positions with a sensible gap between them.
We do not have any 96Gps HDMI cables lined up currently ; it is too early for our suppliers to come to market , given that `real world` applications for such a cable are minimal at this stage.
I believe KORDZ may have a cable in the pipeline but we have no firm indication as to when this may come to market.
The B-Tech adaptor arms are supplied with a set of screws
No. The Blustream ADC11AU does not have a volume control, and varying the level of the analogue signal going into it does not provide a volume-control function on the Toslink output in the way a volume-controlled DAC or digital processor would.
If a variable analogue input signal goes into it, the output is the same. You should be mindful of exceeding the ADC's maximum input level to avoid clipping and adjust the variable level accordingly. Normal line-level signals should be fine.
Yes the VDH cables are basically directional ; the rule of thumb is to follow the direction of the writing on the cable itself , which should read in the direction of signal travel - from source to destination
Although it looks as though both your components take standard banana plugs, you should check with the manufacturer to confirm compatibility (we do not range these products).
The TCI platform weighs 3.2kg
No. The X2 cables are 'figure 8' (IEC C7) connectors. The Denon PMA 1700 takes an IEC C13 or C15 connector (although it has a 2-pin socket).
The correct product is the NRG Y3:https://www.futureshop.co.uk/audioquest-nrg-y3-mains-power-cable