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Two 193M's versus just one

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RioTubes

In Reply to: RE: Here's what I've found with two 193Ms. posted by LarBo on June 28, 2007 at 12:57:14

Larbo, thanks for sharing your experiences. I've got one 193M on the way. I also use balanced power. You mentioned that your best results were achieved by plugging the chokes into the equitech receptacles. In your system, how much better was plugging two into the equitech versus just one 193M...resolution floor, soundstage, imaging...any specific improvements?

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RE: Two 193M's versus just one - LarBo 16:05:34 06/28/07 (2)
Hey Rio,

In my system, adding the additional choke simply provided more of what the single choke did - greater dynamics, increased soundstage and 3-dimensionality within that stage. This likely comes in part from a lowered noise floor.

From the posts here, it seems that people typically use multiple chokes in their system. Seems once you get started it's hard to stop. In my case, I wasn't really intending to have multiples. I bought an extra choke as I was going to wire one up for my father. Since I had it here I tried the "multiple" route. I ended up keeping the second one for myself, and bought another for my father.... Similar thing with the 193M vs. 193L for me. The 193M is "bigger" than the 193L, sort of serving the purpose of 2 193Ls as I understand it. However, I bought the 193M only because it was in stock while there was a 6 - 8 week wait time for the 193L. So, in some senses using the "bigger" choke and using more than one of them is accidental in my case. But I'd set it up this way purposefully if I'd initially known what I know now (if that makes sense).

I hope this helps.

An expert is someone who knows no more than you but is from out of town.
-Mark Twain
- very helpful - RioTubes 18:45:00 06/28/07 (1)
  I'm awaiting delivery of one 193M on order...sounds like "more of a good thing" reflects the sentiments of many here who have tried 2+. BTW I like your Twain quote...dealing with the out of town "consultants" at the present...sigh
  - RE: more M advice - HumanMedia 20:27:18 06/28/07 (0)
    I use 2 x 193Ms (with a third on the way) each parallel to a set of outlets.
    One additional thing I have found is that the M's seem to need 2-3 weeks burn-in/settle time oppsoed to the 1 week of the 193L

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