jea48
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| New dedicated line & outlets sound worse, not better- HELP! How do we know it's not our neurons that are burning in and getting used to a new sound?Crap is crap no matter how long you listen to it. | |
| New dedicated line & outlets sound worse, not better- HELP! I just checked the Agon Classified ads and found Albert Porter has just recently listed his Porter Ports again.Quote from ad:Hubbell now manufactures the Hospital grade 8300 with magnetic steel back strap and galvanized plating. I have Hubbell hos... | |
| New dedicated line & outlets sound worse, not better- HELP! I did not comment on selection of the Porter Ports - they are cryod Hubbell hospital outlets. Let’s let lincnabby burn them in first. The Hubbell outlets are brass and in my experience, brass elements tend to be on the sterile side and have a litt... | |
| Is the Maestro AC outlet basically a cryo'd Cooper BR20 found at Lowes for $3.47? lcherepkai,JMHO the cooper BR20 is in no way in the same league as the Cryo’d Porter Port, (Hubbell HBL5362 Extra Heavy Duty Industrial Series duplex receptacle.)http://www.hubbell-wiring.com/press/catalog/a.pdfLook at pages A-12 and A-13The Hubbe... | |
| New dedicated line & outlets sound worse, not better- HELP! I would suggest trying a Synergistic Research Black A/C wall outlet with your new circuit.The outlet looks like it is made by Pass & Seymour.http://www.lowes.com/pd/Pass-Seymour-Legrand-20-Amp-125-Volt-Black-Indoor-Duplex-Wall-Tamper-Resista..... | |
| Is the Maestro AC outlet basically a cryo'd Cooper BR20 found at Lowes for $3.47? I was told by someone in the industry that I trust, Maestro is just a cryo’d hospital grade outlet. No green dot.... For the receptacle to be a hospital grade outlet it would have to have the green dot.Looking at the picture of the Maestro outlet ... | |
| New dedicated line & outlets sound worse, not better- HELP! Did you pre burn-in the Porter ports first before connecting them to the new dedicated branch circuit?What you described is how a system will sound if the receptacles are new and not burned in. . | |
| Turntable Platter Demagnetizing Pro-Ject Debut III Turntable • Plinth out of MDF in matt black or with glossy black, glossy white, silver, red, blue and green surface • 1,3 kg balanced steel platter with felt mat• Bearing Block 3: Low-tolerance chrome-plated stainless-steel axle... | |
| Is there a way to report scammers on Agon? That is my question: How?At the bottom of this page. Contact ushttp://support.audiogon.com/customer/portal/emails/new. | |
| Is there a way to report scammers on Agon? Yeah, for starters you should have posted a link to the ad here on your thread. That would be a good start.To report an ad, you think might be a scam, scroll down the ad to the bottom on the left hand side just below the ask a question block where... | |
| 2 prong power cable Does the AudioQuest NRG-X2 2-Pole AC power cable improve the sound at all? If not, I think I’ll just stick with what came in the box.http://www.audioquest.com/power-cables/nrg-x2TERMINATIONS: 2-Pole wall plug to IEC C–7 or C–17The stock 18 gauge w... | |
| 2 prong power cable mewsickbuff Said:The opposite end has 2 blades, 1 narrow, 1 wide. So I’m gathering from Note #9 in the Important Safety instructions that the wide blade makes the PC a polarized plug and is safe. Yes, the plug is polarized.So how would an upgraded... | |
| tt ground to phono section. solid copper? oleschool said:vpi classic to musical fidelity mxvyl phono section which has a grounding post next to rca ( 2 prong dc conv plug for power ) then Rca to my intergrated amp . which also has a grounding post for its onbaord phono section which i was... | |
| tt ground to phono section. solid copper? erik_squires said:Yes, and the safety ground is connected to the chassis of the equipment it goes to. The screw/thread/ground connector next to the turntable input is connected to what, exactly? :-) The screw/thread/ground connector next to the tu... | |
| tt ground to phono section. solid copper? erik_squires said:jea48 is kind of mostly right. It’s not a safety ground, so practically any gauge will do, but ...when it connects at the phonograph preamplifier’s chassis I believe, which in turn should connect to the earth through the preamp’s... |