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HDMI gubbings

From: graphitone27 Feb 2018 11:46
To: william (WILLIAMA) 18 of 31
42127.18 In reply to 42127.13
I had a look at his site earlier on and the Kimber brand they sell rings a bell as a high priced and even higher bollocks name from when I first started looking into hifi stuff.

There's this on there. Crazy stuff. There's even an option for getting your cable frozen. I suspect the chill might not last once I've got it installed and cranked the heating up.
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From: Chris (CHRISSS)27 Feb 2018 22:18
To: graphitone 19 of 31
42127.19 In reply to 42127.18
Wow! That's just ridiculous. I'm almost tempted by the £1,195 1m USB cable. It comes with its own carry case :O And definitely the cryo treatment. Although no option for burn in with the USB cables :(
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From: Chris (CHRISSS)27 Feb 2018 22:39
To: Chris (CHRISSS) 20 of 31
42127.20 In reply to 42127.19
Ok, er, they're suggesting adding an earth rod with their RF Router to dump additional ground noise from the system. To me that would be worse cos the system would have two different ground references.
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From: graphitone28 Feb 2018 08:39
To: Chris (CHRISSS) 21 of 31
42127.21 In reply to 42127.19
Hah, just had a look at that. I love the idea that it comes with a carry case. I appreciate cables are portable, but once it's in your hifi, does it need to be? Handmade? For that price I'd want some machine precision engineering, not some dude with a soldering iron putting my cable together.
EDITED: 28 Feb 2018 08:40 by GRAPHITONE
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From: koswix 2 Mar 2018 11:04
To: Chris (CHRISSS) 22 of 31
42127.22 In reply to 42127.20
Possible ground loop right there. Stupid idea!
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From: graphitone 2 Mar 2018 11:40
To: ALL23 of 31
42127.23
Well, I think I got to the bottom of it. The cable coming from the TV into the floorbox is missing a pin at the floorbox end. It's marked up as Channel 0+ (pin 7) on this diagram:

https://s.hswstatic.com/gif/hdmi-connector-diagram.gif

I guess plugging a device straight into it gets around whatever the problem is (grounding maybe), but using the extensions just exacerbates it.

 
EDITED: 2 Mar 2018 11:41 by GRAPHITONE
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From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 2 Mar 2018 13:14
To: graphitone 24 of 31
42127.24 In reply to 42127.23
"missing a pin"

Never had it or broke off?
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From: graphitone 2 Mar 2018 13:46
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 25 of 31
42127.25 In reply to 42127.24
That I'm not sure about. It could be a result of some rough handling, or maybe a manufacturing defect. Either way, it's needing replacing. Pic attached of the offending lead with a working one for comparison.

Edit - a prize for the person who guesses what body part they're squeezed between. :|
EDITED: 2 Mar 2018 13:47 by GRAPHITONE
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From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 2 Mar 2018 15:28
To: graphitone 26 of 31
42127.26 In reply to 42127.25
If it had been working before, I'm guessing it broke.

Klingon forehead furrows.
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From: william (WILLIAMA) 2 Mar 2018 16:04
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 27 of 31
42127.27 In reply to 42127.26
They should have gone for the oxygen-free titanium pins. Wouldn't have broken.
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From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 2 Mar 2018 16:16
To: william (WILLIAMA) 28 of 31
42127.28 In reply to 42127.27
Guaranteed for life!


*(shipping and handling not included)
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From: Matt 2 Mar 2018 17:41
To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 29 of 31
42127.29 In reply to 42127.28
Is that for the life of the cable or my life?
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From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) 2 Mar 2018 18:17
To: Matt 30 of 31
42127.30 In reply to 42127.29
the life of the company, usually.
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From: william (WILLIAMA) 2 Mar 2018 18:23
To: Matt 31 of 31
42127.31 In reply to 42127.29
And Happy Birthday for the other day, Matt!
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