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| Question about assembling my own DIY AC Cable rayleigh OP 3 posts 09-06-2022 at 11:51am jea48 said: Pure copper is a soft metal and does not have any memory retention properties. Copper contacts of the IEC will not hold the female contacts tightly against the IEC inlet ma... | |
| Question about assembling my own DIY AC Cable @rayleigh , Looking at the specs of the IEC connector: Conductor: Pure Copper Pure copper is a soft metal and does not have any memory retention properties. Copper contacts of the IEC will not hold the female contacts tightly against the IEC ... | |
| Question about assembling my own DIY AC Cable @carlsbad said: Put the red cable and black cable in the hot pins and the green to the neutral. The connectors are probably marked. Me thinks you need to reconsider your thinking... I would terminate the black banded conductors on the neu... | |
| Shave your CDs Guys, check the date.... June 2003 AudioDesk CD Sound Improver [Lathe] by Wayne Donnelly Audio Desk Systeme Disc Cutter, Ultra Systems, CD ... Search the Agon archives. Member @sean | |
| New power service @retiredfarmer , I don’t know if the current electrical code in Canada requires an SPD (Surge Protection Device), at the electrical service as is now required here in the US 2020 NEC, (For States that have adopted the 2020 NEC), but I would bet C... | |
| What do the arrows mean on my cable? @vthokie83 said: What I do know is (after break in) if I connect the cables in the opposite direction, there is an immediate degradation is sound quality.....easily noticeable, almost a haze over the sound, loss of detail, and with the speaker c... | |
| New power service The old meter base when they removed the old meter was burnt wondering if there was a short in the meter at some time in the past Probably more than likely a loose and or corroded connection on one of the live phase conductors. If the connectio... | |
| What do the arrows mean on my cable? Actual measurements? Digital interconnect... A Transport of Delight: CD Transport Jitter Robert Harley | Nov 1, 1993 After measuring the first two products (the PS Lambda and the Panasonic SV-3700), I went back and repeated my measur... | |
| What do the arrows mean on my cable? Analog audio is alternating current, the electrons are pushed and pulled down the cable for each wave of the signal. There is no overall direction, the push-pull is EXACTLY symmetrical so there are EXACTLY as many electrons travelling in one dire... | |
| Two amps into one pair of speakers The output of amp 1 is present on the secondary side of the output transformers at amp 2. Depending on the configuration, it could be stepping the signal down and getting into the circuitry of amp 2. I think you meant to say stepping the signal... | |
| New Dedicated Line - Almost No improvement I used the 25 ft long/deep iron drill pipe for my water well. I would guess you have a good low resistance grounding electrode. I wouldn't be be surprised if it measures 5 ohms or less. A practical guide to earth resistance testing B | |
| New Dedicated Line - Almost No improvement I used 1/2 or 5/8 solid copper pipe (not an iron/copper grounding rod., 6 feet long. We drilled straight down, hammered the rod in and then filled the hole with a high-clay content soil. Is the grounding electrode only 6 ft deep in the earth? I... | |
| New Dedicated Line - Almost No improvement Fact! Mother earth does not possess some magical mystical power that sucks nasties from an audio system. Grounding Myths "Electromagnetic Compatibility Engineering" by Henry Ott 3.1.7 Grounding Myths More myths exist relating to the field of ... | |
| New Dedicated Line - Almost No improvement If you say you have a dedicated line and are getting noise from the AC then you dont have a true dedicated line. A true dedicated has to be brought in independent from the street. At the very least you are sharing a ground on your dedicated line.... | |
| New Dedicated Line - Almost No improvement I recently had my service replaced. A solid copper rod was driven about 5 ft deep into the ground outside. 5/8" x 8ft is the minimum per code. Driven Grounding Electrodes: Understanding what they are ... |