4krowme
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| Noise floors Environmental noise is a topic that very rarely gets discussed. Reminds me of those who have impaired hearing to start with. Not much discussion there either. Most all of my life, I have been affected more than most anyone that I know by ambient ... | |
| Loudest Sound Ever? Hmmm, I had a wife once who changed my molecular structure by screaming. It was too loud for meeee-yaaah! | |
| Phono cartridge torque wrench Jim, This sort of thing is overlooked in all kinds ways in daily life. Just look at the spelling, punctuation online. That's one thing but when it comes to things that matter most like maybe the safety on a gun or the actual trigger pull, then it... | |
| Is your now then? Growing up in Wyoming, there was little influence for better audio, but strangely there were live performances by the most unexpected performers in my little town. I got to hear Phyllis Diller, The Utah Symphony, Virgil Fox and others. It was Vi... | |
| Phono cartridge torque wrench There is a Snap-on product listed in an above post with a better range, and the about the same price. Likely, there are dimensioning (crap, what is the actual word that I am looking for here?) returns on the 'right' amount of torque. We are appro... | |
| Finally, a great stylus cleaner-Onzow Zerodust! I suppose that it would be questionable that Blu-Tak wouldn’t leave it’s own residue. Thinking about the other abrasives methods, well, it would be reassuring to see what the outcome was on a greatly magnified image. Even though a stylus is small,... | |
| Who is ditching their shiny disc spinners? It was a long time ago when I last upgraded my system. Got rid of all my albums, TT and the rest. Went to CD. Learned my lesson the hard way. I just got around to a new start of replacing my old albums TT and the like. Ironically, I did happen to... | |
| Power conditioning for multiple dedicated circuits jea48, Thanks so much for the explanation of using different phases of power in an audio system. Now that I have read it, the introduction of different power phases actually increases the chances for different types of noise. In my case, I am cur... | |
| Power conditioning for multiple dedicated circuits Eric, I always had an interest in doing just what you recommend here. In fact, I believe that the Richard gray Company used to make what was called the 'Power Station'. You give it 220AC, it uses a step down transformer, and produces 120AC balance... | |
| Power conditioning for multiple dedicated circuits My apologies. I read right past the 40 A and assumed the split load myself. Yes, 20A is the correct size. | |
| Power conditioning for multiple dedicated circuits Since this is a DOUBLE POLE 40 A breaker, each 12 gauge line gets it's own 20A breaker as you have already stated. Since this is a double pole breaker, that means that each 20 A side gets it's own phase as well. That is how your AC panel is set up... | |
| Commercial Vinyl Record Cleaning Service San Francisco Bay Area? PVF Perfect Vinyl Forever, has quality service available. There are presently 2 levels to choose from. I sent along 16 albums to them both new and used. The results are really good. I am not going to be one of the cheerleader types here using a... | |
| 12ax7 phono pre-amp tubes - plate voltage It is a coincidence that at the moment I am choosing a plate voltage for tube phono preamp. In my case 12AT7 tubes are being used and the max plate voltage shows 300 VDC, but typical running for this tube is at 250 VDC. In your case, if the schem... | |
| Vibration - What are the Main Sources? Vibration haters relent. ALL vibration can't be bad can it? I do not like train causing vibration when it comes through town twice a day. Rumbling ground and squeaking wheels and that damned horn! Yes, that is certainly bad vibration contributi... | |
| Using step up / down transformers? Let's say that a 120 volt line (load) is drawing 10 amps. Since it is a single ended design, the draw will be carried by the hot conductor. By the same token, using the same example of a 10 amp draw, a 220 volt line will still draw (or I should s... |