Ferrite core upgrades?


Is this possible, worthwhile for a Lexicon Rt-20 or other good quality CD/SACD player?
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Showing 1 response by davehrab

Did you ever notice the number of components and appliances in your house whose power cords have Ferrite cores attached to them

Micro Waves .. Computers .. cable boxes and flat screen ... yada yada yada

Do you think those mfgers wanted to spend the extra money on those ferrite cores “just” to enhance and improve their appliance’s performance ... “I don’t think so”

“I don’t think so” ... my best imitation as spoken by Silva in the movie Skyfall

Those cores are strapped on because the appliance could not comply with FCC guidelines for EMI emission .. so they slapped a ferrite core on the power cord to reduce it’s broadcast emissions and this reduces the power cord’s emission to acceptable levels meeting guide lines

The ferrite absorbs part of the wave in an attempt to capture the RF and then turns it into heat dissipating the RF .. to my ears it captures a little to much and reaches down a little to low robbing the music of it’s soul