cleeds
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| New dedicated lines have high noise floor. You should not have "a crackling sound" coming from your AC line and if you do, it suggests something faulty in the installation, such as a loose connection. I’d have your electrician check all of his work.Did you take out a construction permit fo... | |
| power grid issues? I'm not sure what you mean by "grid hum," but it sounds like you have DC on the line. That could come from the utility itself or from within your house. Is this hum you can hear coming only from a component transformer, or do you also hear it thro... | |
| Business Ethics in the Audio Industry dancole Do you consider this a fair business practice on the part of Schiit? I feel like it’s a bait-and-switch ...No, I do not consider this a fair practice and it has more than a whiff of "bait-and-switch," even if it was inadvertent. If the co... | |
| Blow dryer causes audible buzz from power amps in two audio systems... millercarbonAppears no one so far has ever wired a house or paid much attention to how its wired. Takes about 90 seconds and a flat blade screw driver to see for yourself what is going on. Nonsense. It takes a lot more than 90 seconds to ascer... | |
| Rega, AT33PTG/II, Guns N' Roses and IGD It looks like you're using the trial-and-error method to align your phono cartridge. That rarely yields best results. | |
| Who are the Kings of Audiogon? I agree that Al is great - one of the site's best contributors. But we have no kings or other royalty here ... although we may have a few court jesters. | |
| What a sad world we now live in....... There are more than a few reasons to dislike Walmart, but the biggest for me is that they sometimes censor the content on CD. Walmart’s clout in CD retail - at least at one time - meant record companies were willing to alter cover art, and even ed... | |
| How far have ss amps really come in the last twenty years? daveyf I have owned and enjoyed my Jeff Rowland model 8 for many years ... I recently had the opportunity of comparing it ( after mods) to a few of the current ss models ... the Rowland held its own ... how far has the design of ss amps co... | |
| Best affordable Surge protector home stereo and my TV? millercarbonYou don't need a surge protector. What you need- what is missing from your list that will make a big improvement- well it depends on what you have. If your receiver has a detachable power cord then a better one will make a big dif... | |
| Furutech fuse noromance I find the prices of Synergistic fuses extortion. That's absurd. Extortion involves coercion, or force or the threat of force. Are you saying you suffered this before buying the fuse? | |
| Ticks Pops and Thumps from only one Channel fivechannelguy I have been noticing ticks and pops coming from only my left speaker ... Switching the phono cables switches the noise to the other speaker. When I put on a test record and listened to a dead portion of it, a thump came on a... | |
| Question about background noise millercarbonThe silence between tracks on records is highly variable ... Its nothing to do with cleaning or equipment, its just normal variations in the cutting process.Many things can contribute to noise on an LP, including dirt and a worn or... | |
| Custom tonearm boards - who makes them to spec? millercarbon... but if you want something made "to specification" don't you need to specify the, uh, specifications?Perhaps he didn't provide the specs because he isn't asking us to actually build the armboard, but is just seeking general info fr... | |
| So just how much vinyl do YOU own? Thousands of LPs. Thousands and thousands. | |
| Power amps into surge protector/Conditioner or DIRECT to wall? Final verdict? 1. Whole house surge protection.2. Multiple, de-rated, 20A dedicated lines.3. Separate lines for each amplifier (system is bi-amped)4.) Separate lines for analog and digital.5.) Every component goes into a power conditioner. |