Installing Dedicated Power Lines -- Need Advice
@jdoris I'm sure everybody appreciates those lovely heartfelt words. I'll pause the thread a moment for you... https://forum.audiogon.com/search/index?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=Almarg |
Since an electrician is about have him check out the buildings bonding of communication equipment. Old apartment buildings are rarely code compliant with code section 250.94. I live in an older apartment building as well that had horrible ground loops. Here is a couple of videos you can review with the electrician. They will understand the technical requirements. https://youtu.be/a5zAVo2bvJ8https://youtu.be/NaYJfXmVChQ |
I do not have a lot to add to this conversation but would like to make two comments: 1. i have been using PS power plants for years and they have always been able to take my system up quite a bit in SQ. I am using their P20 right now and consider it indispensable to my system. is there better out there? I have not tried any others so i l cannot make a blanket statement that it is the best. 2. please review the last few issues of Stereophile, and read the 2 articles by Michael Fremer about what happened to his sound when he had a whole house generator added so that he would have back up power in case of a power outage. This is something i had never considered but if i ever do get a whole house generator, i will have to have another panel installed. He wants to have them add another panel but for right now, PS Audio and their power plants saved his butt big time. |
ronket, yes, the generator is a way of eliminating the ac altogether. As far as line conditioners, Akiko makes the Corelli and a smaller version which are both passive. I do not own the Corelli but have used their tuning sticks with good results. But if I were in need of cleaning up my power, I would opt to plug a line conditioner such as the Corelli, into a generator that runs on a rechargeable battery. The battery would of course need recharging in between listening times. Which generator however, I am not sure. Those which are made specifically for high end audio have a steeper price tag than those which are not and I’m not certain whether or not there’s a noticeable difference between them. In my current circumstance, I don’t have a lot of confidence in getting noticeable results from running a dedicated 20 amp line. I’m still reliant on my neighborhood transformer so while I may be able to bypass sharing the ac with my personal microwave and refrigerator, I’m still getting dirty ac from the neighborhood. |
My electrician retired and recommended a Master Electrician who works on nuclear submarine panels in nearby Bath Iron Works, Maine. Not an audiophile, nonetheless, he was genuinely curious and responsive to my concerns regarding isolation and purity. He chose to distance and isolate my sound studio best he could in and from the electrical panel. I use Furutech connectors, outlet and covers in vital areas. My outboard dac lives on a separate outlet from the rest of the rig. Caelin Gabriel of Shunyata is quite open about his designs and pollution CREATED within our audio boxes...quite interesting. I'm not a tech, but we do tend to lose sight that we create full circuits to and FROM our gear, as Gabriel succinctly addresses. Valuable. Okay, More Peace Pin |
