immatthewj
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| Power conditioner vs use of a audio grade outlet? @erik_squires , the pictured outlet is a 15A outlet? Which would require a 15A breaker? | |
| One dedicated circuit for each mono block? Thanks @dpop , this is educational. I was just wishing that the home inspector I hired would have pointed some things out for me. This was back in '92 and I had never owned a home before, so a lot of that stuff didn't mean anything to me (fuse ... | |
| One dedicated circuit for each mono block? Thanks again, @dpop I was behind my panel in the last few weeks adding some additional lines and I recall being confused that there was not nearly as many uninsulated grounds as there were whites on the neutral/ground bar. what is interesting is... | |
| One dedicated circuit for each mono block? @dpop , thanks! I do have the tester already (I was dropping some new lines in previously) I take it that the 'standard (non-isolated ground) outlet (which uses the conduit or metal clad cable ground)' you referred to will have the 3rd ground... | |
| One dedicated circuit for each mono block? Okay, thanks @dpop I am thinking I should pull one of those old outlets without the third wire and see what's going on back there. We are not using them for much, some lamps, cordless phone, clock, etc, but probably enough to be a fire hazard? | |
| One dedicated circuit for each mono block? @ditusa you have given me something else to ruminate & worry about. I own a house built in the ’60s and when I bought it it did have the old style fuse box and there is one circuit with a few outlets WITHOUT the 3rd wire (ground). Is there ... | |
| Plug Amp directly to Mains or use a Power Conditioner? There was a post to this thread that was deleted and it hd a link to something sort of like "the dangers lurking behind your walls" or something like that) & it was about old &/or bad wiring. This got me to thinking, as like the OP of this... | |
| Plug Amp directly to Mains or use a Power Conditioner? I was once almost exactly where you are at (house built in the '60s, many of the outlets ungrounded, antique electrical panel).. Is your electrical panel an antique and if not do you have any space left for another circuit? It would not cost tho... | |
| Types of Audiophiles I vacillate from Purist to Dynamics Fanatics. With variations of each. With some Live And Let Live thrown in. A lot depends upon what and how much I am drinking at the time. | |
| Too Much Gain the Issue ? (preamp and amp) I remember posting a similar question (Cary SLP 05 & lots of gain) and at the time I thought that the consensus was that a attenuators simply added another volume control(s) in the signal chain? | |
| Welcome to Hell, here's your 8-Track The title of this thread made me think of my "Alice Cooper Goes To Hell" 8-Track. Anyway, I remember back in th early to mid 70's getting a portable cassette player for X-mas one year. In the little town we lived in, I could find very few prerec... | |
| Another dedicated circuit question Ideally the connection of all the power plugs would be in a star ground configuration (analog and digital gear connected to separate isolated power outlets of the power conditioner) . Power strips is the next best to star ground. @apogeum , me... | |
| Another dedicated circuit question An audible ground loop happens when you have two or more paths to ground that are of different potential (voltage). @cleeds , what would cause that? | |
| Another dedicated circuit question @cakyol , well, as I started this thread by typing, I originally did this 25 years ago before I had a PC and the internet, so I am sure that I probably read something in Stereophile about a dedicated circuit (or maybe more than one) for the gear, ... | |
| ARC ref 110 tube bias prob @willmarchant , to be clear, I was not suggesting your issue is cap related, I was only relating the method I used to troubleshoot my amp. But before I got to the caps I checked (most of) my resistors & all diodes. In case you ever need to, th... |