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| Let me end the Premp/Amplifier sound debate ... If you wonder if capacitors sound different, build a two way and experiment for yourself. But all you will know is they sound different in that configuration along with the rest of the system and the room. Nothing can be evaluated in exclusio.... | |
| Dedicated Circuits - Subpanel importance? It's AC. There is no polarity per se. The AC waveforms have equal magnitude are out of phase | |
| Dedicated Circuits - Subpanel importance? Leg is not synonymous or the same thing as electrical phase. From an electronics standpoint, residential panel legs are 180° out of phase. Three phase power is 3x 240 volt 120° apart. Apples & oranges. I believe what I believe, BUT it... | |
| Dedicated Circuits - Subpanel importance? The main purpose for a ground connection to earth is for lightning protection. It does absolutely nothing for improving the sound of an audio system. The earth does not possess some magical mystical power that sucks nasties form an audio system. ... | |
| Dedicated Circuits - Subpanel importance? 'Leg' is synonymous w 'phase' A home 120VAC panel is fed from a center-tapped transformer. The Neutral, connected to Earth, is the center tap. Each leg of the panel is connected to one output of the transformer, which are out of phase. The two ... | |
| Dedicated Circuits - Subpanel importance? If your hifi is on a seperate circuit as above, you are not going to get noise from an appliance on a seperate circuit. We must have imagined moving the breaker to the other leg curing the noise. | |
| Dedicated Circuits - Subpanel importance? So many words, so much misinformation🤔 Romex offers very good magnetic field suppression Twisted wire offers very good noise immunity Loose wires in conduit is poor and essentially a radiating transformer No current should flow in the ground... | |
| Fascinated By GR Research Channel I've watched a few on recommendation. Mostly rubbish for the ignorant. | |
| Balanced vs RCA between amp/preamp The way to solve a ground loop is to purchase properly or fix improperly designed equipment. Adding a transformer is a bandaid. Bandaids fall off. My company wired recording and film studios in Los Angeles and New York in the 1980s & 1990s. W... | |
| Balanced vs RCA between amp/preamp In a balanced line system there is no need to lift the ground at one end of the cable. Try not doing it in a large multi-room facility like a sound stage, dubbing room. It may not be required with the AES-48, but until all gear is to that stan... | |
| Kef LS50s - great like me but need to come up for air If your speakers are more than 15 years old, they could be in need of recapping. Replace any electrolytics and mylars with Polypropylene If the tweets have ferrofluid, have them rebuilt. | |
| Where to put one's best power cords?? This thread is hilarious! | |
| Anybody use a single ended component with one that is balanced? Almost all of the above are utter garbage. My company wired recording studios and we interfaced balanced and unbalanced gear all day long. Balanced lines are to increase noise immunity over long runs. Period. No Noise, No Need. There is no inheren... | |
| Short list of musical subwoofers Any sub must have EQ, variable filter orders, continuous phase, invert and separate music and LFE input if using with HT. If the system does not have active DSP, then getting it in the sub does wonders for integration. The Martin-Logan X series ... | |
| A/C power line polarity on new phono preamp Chaps, equipment power polarity matters. I've been checking and altering it since the 1970s, particularly with monoblocks. Manufacturers don't always measure their transformer polarity and there can be discrepancies. I once got a 250V CT transform... |