erik_squires
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| AC Power @jea48 i’m sorry, we’re going to disagree. The 30ft minimum distance requirement has to do with the fault current rating of the Type 3 SPD . Any idea what the Furman is rated at? It may help you to understand that the MOV’s in an SPD’s f... | |
| T+A HVEQ room correction software Ideally your T+A and your PC use DHCP, allowing for automatic IP assignment and configuration. In this case both should connect to your home network, not directly. If your T+A really does not, you probably need to restart your PC to make sure it... | |
| AC Power @jea48 - Of course, always follow the rules, but the 30’ requirement AFAIK is to avoid excess current that is too high for the AIR (current interrupt rating) of panel breakers. This is a problem for parallel based surge protectors. Furman, when l... | |
| Are internal component upgrades worth it. Really depends. The greatest value IMHO Is what you personally learn from the exercise, but financially, no. If you don’t like how your speakers are sounding or think you can upgrade for peanuts it’s not worth it. There are some cases where it’s ... | |
| New Fritz Speakers: Carerra R OP: Fritz used a very expensive and well-regarded Be Tweeter and it just wasn’t as good. It didn’t meld with the warm and laid back presentation of the rest of the system. His prior ring radiator model was IMHO the best up until that time. Butter... | |
| AC Power While lightning may very well strike a tree, the surge it creates in your home can be several hundred volts, and a surge can travel for miles down a line. | |
| New Magico Speaker Break-in Question Hey OP, I find Magico's a little chesty, but no, you aren't hearing the tweeter. It's glass smooth. More likely those Magico caps that are going to take a while and perhaps the midrange suspension. | |
| AC Power @mitch2 Forgot to mention, copper pipes haven't been considered good grounds for many years. In addition to not being that great to begin with the potential use of PVC pipes to break the connection to ground is a problem. Even if it's copper n... | |
| AC Power Hey @mitch2 Wouldn’t this work just as well inside of the house if inserted in-line before the modem? Ground it to the copper water pipes? Would you rather have a surge enter your home first, and then find a path to ground, or would you rathe... | |
| Any opinions on NAD quality? In terms of reliability, 5 out of 5. Sound quality on their DAC's has been iffy but I think has gotten better. | |
| If you think about capacitors, check out this video If you suffered from that problem you would have known it by 2004. It wasn't so much a counterfeit capacitor as capacitors that used counterfeit electrolytic. There's a whole story about a chemist who "stole" the electrolytic recipe and appare... | |
| Some people actively participate but rarely if ever start a thread. I think that's fine!! We all have our own way of participating. I mean, really, do you want EVERYONE starting a thread? :D | |
| AC Power OP: I’m of the school of thought that if you can’t hear it, you can’t hear it! So I don’t think that’s a bad arrangement in terms of audio. However, in terms of surge vulnerability the modem is a concern. When I first moved to my current home... | |
| AC Power @immatthewj - The confusion is two different types of isolation we were discussing. I’ve long advocated for separating grunge producing devices from analog devices, especially on the "clean" side of a power conditioner, and the OP in this thread ... | |
| AC Power @immatthewj - I believe the utility companies consider anything between and including 110 VAC to 130 VAC to be within spec, so 121.8 is fine. The performance issue for devices with linear power supplies, especially unregulated supplies (i.e. pow... |