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Inconsistency in System

I am experiencing a rather large degree of inconsistency in the quality of the sound from my system day to day or even within the day at different times. At times rich, warm, inviting....other times veiled, harsh and way bright. My hunch is this is power related but am not sure. Does anyone have a suggestion on what might be causing this variability and if so, what I might do to correct problem?

System Components
Wadia 3200 Transport
Musical Fidelity TriVista21 DAC
Audio Research SP16 MK II Preamp
Musical Fidelity A308 Amp
Magnepann 3.6R speakers
Transparent Ultra interconnects
Transparent Music Wave Super Speaker Cables
path7man
audioobsessed
13 posts
 
Have you had the laser in the 3200 checked in a while. I used to have one and after about 2 years of owning it, sometimes it would be on sometimes it would be off, i would contact wadia to see what they say. good luck
newbee
4,767 posts
 
Fairly typical complaint, and as you suspect its probably power related, although the humidity and your mood are also great contributors. If there was something wrong with your system it would usually be constant.
xplastic
5 posts
 
Hi, I recently had a similar problem. It was a power problem in my case. The power cord that came with my amp had a bad ground...so I switched it with another aftermarket cord I already had. That's when I noticed the problem that you are describe in this post. I looked at my monster power center and noticed that the amount of current that was usually being drawn with all my equipment on had decreased and music sounded different from day to day. I bought a used stealth HAC power cord here on Agon and my system came back to life.... The moral of the story is...Try a different power cord on your amp if you can. A power cord that you are certain is designed for power amps...not front end components. It's either that or your tubes in the preamp are starting to go bad.
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