erik_squires
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| 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... | |
| Room Treatment A "panel" is a generic term. Panels can be absorbers, diffusors or a combination. There are also bass traps which are a type of absorber that is especially effective in the bass region. GIK makes some panels which are a combination with absor... | |
| confused about 20 amp power cables Check the fuse rating on the back of your amp. It’s probably a lot less than 20A. :) I don’t have access to the manual but I saw an image which specified 1500W on the back. This should be around 12 Amps. A 15A circuit is generally rated to 1800W, ... | |
| Why do tube amps often subjectively sound more powerful than SS ? Nelson Pass wrote an interesting paper on this and I think this is it. It doesn't directly say tube amps but rather amplifiers with high impedance. Worth a read. Contrary to popular opinion, I greatly appreciate how much Nelson Pass does for t... | |
| AC Power OP, Glad it's working out as well as it did!! Yes, your observations of daily voltage variances are exactly why I recommend voltage regulation over a dedicated circuit OR balanced conditioner. Installing a 10 gauge, 30 Amp circuit is just not g... | |
| Speaker or amplifer If your room acoustics are so-so but you listened to a pair of speakers in a dealer in an ideal acoustic environment, maybe you need to think about room treatment? | |
| Insane ground loop; anybody wanna try? Sorry, coax only matters when it's coming from outside, like a Cable TV box, or satellite dish. Coax from your streamer or DAC however is not a high risk of causing a ground loop. | |
| Insane ground loop; anybody wanna try? You didn’t mention it, but just in case, make sure to remove any coaxial cables, including any you might have plugged into the surge protector. If an amp hums all by itself you may have DC on the line. Try moving the amp to another room or even a... | |
| AC Power The "dirt" in AC is higher frequencies than 60 Hz. True, which makes series mode protection so good. They are effectively low pass filters which start working around 3kHz. That's a lot lower than EMI/RFI filters which usually start around 100... |