jea48
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| Ground Loop Issue 427 11-17-08: AtmasphereThere could also be a preamp issue that has not manifested before. If you can get your hands on a DVM, check and see if there is any continuity (less than 1 ohm) between the connectors and the chassis." Sometimes if the chassis... | |
| House Wiring Defect? 11-06-08: ZapperIt seems the 2 outlets were on different phases of you house electric, which induces a hum. With them on the same outlet/phase, hum is gone, makes sense.You house is probably fine. You can use a 3-light tester to see if the wires a... | |
| Ground Loop Issue 427 It is possible that the ground loop is there already but not audible with the two amps while when using the 845 with higher sensitivity on the inputs, the hum becomes more pronounce.Abe,I have really enjoyed reading your responses. Especially your... | |
| cable doubter no more 11-13-08: Carlos269The transition of going from talking about cables to electronics is not as smooth. To answer your questions head on: Price alone is neither indicative of a component's performance (objectively) nor of its sound (subjectively)!Ca... | |
| cable doubter no more Carlos269, Here is an example of what I am trying to get at. The ARC Ref 3 preamp retails for $9995.The BAT Rex preamp $20,000......Both great preamps I am sure.Would you say the BAT will sound twice as good as the ARC?Or maybe only 5% better? Or ... | |
| cable doubter no more Carlos269, I don't consider Best Buy or Circuit City as Hi-End equipment retailers...... | |
| cable doubter no more Carlos269, in regards to your last post I can only assume you would agree the same argument can be said for audio equipment itself....... Only a small percentage of difference in sound is gained by mega bucks equipment compared to that of moderate... | |
| Grounding of Dedicated lines The way your dedicated branch circuit equipment grounds are now wired is the correct way. | |
| House Wiring Defect? Receptacle-Circuit-Analyzer | |
| 200-amp Breaker Panel Question The purpose of the branch circuit overcurrent device, in this case a breaker, is to protect the branch circuit wire and electrical outlet, the receptacle, from being overloaded.It is not designed to protect your audio equipment. Your equipment is ... | |
| 200-amp Breaker Panel Question I didn't put my amps on 30 amp breakers yet as I only had 2-pole 30-amp breakers which would then mean they would be on both phases (since the 2-pole breaker is twice as wide). I am going to pick up two single-pole 30-amp breakers tonight........W... | |
| Help needed: bizarre voltage readings Imagine my surprise when I found that one of the receptacles measured 122V between hot and neutral, 4V between ground and neutral, and 4V between ground and hot. HOW IS THIS EVEN POSSIBLE? If hot and neutral are 122V apart from each other, they si... | |
| Loud background noise: cables picking up RF? 09-14-08: DawgcatchingIs there any way I can check for a ground loop w/o buying equipment? If it comes to that, so be it, but is there any way I can test it? I tried grounding my preamp, with no change.You might try temporarily lifting all the saf... | |
| Loud background noise: cables picking up RF? Describing the sound: I get a whistling sound when my CDP is engaged and I am on that input (probably some sort of DC leaking there)From this statement it sounds like you think the whistling sound is caused by the CDP. or possibly the ics used to ... | |
| Loud background noise: cables picking up RF? 09-14-08: MusicnoiseNo Jea48 you are incorrect - his speaker wire will not act as an antenna that causes transmitted RF to be heard through his speaker - that makes absolutely no sense - if that were the case he would be hearing RF all the time, w... |