erik_squires
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| Good outlet for amplifiers To be clear, there’s nothing good about an outlet plate, especially a metal one coming loose and at best putting the ground up or down is a prayer to the angels at best. | |
| Can't get a IP address on my Aurender W20 Reset all your devices in between just to be sure. Sometimes they keep track of downstream MAC addresses and/or act like a NAT unexpectedly or something about the route is wonky. Also reset your DHCP provider (i.e. your router). | |
| Good outlet for amplifiers BTW, from experience, I’m completely against the use of rhodium plated anything in audio for two reasons: It’s not a very good conductor and it’s too hard. I’ve used rhodium plated items in everything from RCA plugs to AC. You’d think hard was go... | |
| Good outlet for amplifiers PS - The info I posted above related to ground pin location is not related to the NEC but falls under the category of electrician's wisdom. | |
| Good outlet for amplifiers I saw the ground on top in an industrial facility I was working at in North Carlolina for a couple of weeks. I asked around and nobody knew why. Otherwise, I see it on the bottom. @carlsbad2 - From my reading long ago the issue may have to d... | |
| Thoughts on Speakers for a Small Audio/Video Room My one bit of advice btw is treat the ceiling. A panel or two up there, white perhaps, will be amazing. Use the AM Acoustics room mode simulator to see what problems you have, where they will be and what frequency. It may help with placement and... | |
| The last 20 years of Home Power Have Been Amazing Thx for your blog post about the EverStar MI-300 Ethernet Galvanic Isolator. If we do it for electricity makes sense to do it for ethernet too. You are welcome, @wsrrsw - The year I moved in we had lightning strike near the Internet providers l... | |
| Good outlet for amplifiers Are you saying that the issue is the plug rather than the receptacle? I’ve got good power cords (e.g. Shunyata Alpha) and they are not tightly gripped. Thanks. @peter_s - Not exactly, but maybe it’s 60% plug, 40% outlet? I guess it depends h... | |
| Good outlet for amplifiers I’ve found that at least half of the issues with plug grip is the plug. A high quality hospital grade plug can really improve this. I’ve had very good luck with Leviton, and additionally, the 90 degree versions can really help you reclaim some flo... | |
| Thoughts on Speakers for a Small Audio/Video Room Absolutely you'd love Fritz. Does free trials. Get something wiht a split paper woofer and ring radiator. DOn't know the model names. | |
| Lost in transmission how signal loss robs your sound. Well that's kind of sloppy writing, but sure why not? | |
| The last 20 years of Home Power Have Been Amazing * Correction: For high rise time currents a short, straight wire is ideal, but if you can’t have that then avoiding sharp bends altogether is your next best alternative. That’s what I meant to say. In some photographs you can actually see evidenc... | |
| The last 20 years of Home Power Have Been Amazing BTW, all the reading I've read about surge protection agrees with @jea48 . Perhaps the most in depth explanations happen from the blogs at ZeroSurge or Brickwall. As makers of series mode protectors (like Furman with SMP) they point out, correc... | |
| Digital isolation between Ethernet hub and streamer @mitch2 If you are already running optical there's very little you can do to improve upon that. | |
| … "And the government shall be upon his shoulders" "Every Valley": The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times That Made Handel's "Messiah" by Charles King. Oh, the completion of big projects in the era before computers is always a great read, thank you @sargonicuse My previuos faves includ... |