pauly
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| Cheap grounding solution actually no, as I said, cnnect all three leads (i.e. ground, live and neutral to the ground post on both ends,I get that and don’t suggest otherwise. The three conductors in the cable acts as a single, lower gage conductor, lowering resistance.The... | |
| Cheap grounding solution If the overriding concern is EMI/RFI shielding, a polyethylene sleeve or wrap shielding an extension cord would a good option. Any shielding that is grounded would simply transfer the noise on the shield to the ground conductor and be ineffective.... | |
| Cheap grounding solution I sort of do that already. I run off battery, and the battery/inverter does not have ground. The AC from my inverter goes into my balanced transformers. In order for my balanced transformers to work, I'm grounding them off a wall plug. I have been... | |
| Cheap grounding solution You lost me at ... and insert power plags into a switched of mains socket, ideally on a different circuit.Do you mean you plug your modified to ground-only cable into a wall socket that is turned off? The other side goes onto a grounding lug on ... | |
| DIY Power DC cable- 8 pins. Where would one go to get an upgraded unit? | |
| Audiophile quality adapters @yoby Thanks, I'll have a look at the Voodoo adapters | |
| Can an unused cable break in? Many components cannot be turned off; the off switch merely puts it in standby mode. As long as the PC is plugged into a live wall socket and the device, there will be current flowing. Hence, it will burn in even with the CD player “turned off”. I... | |
| Why are equipment racks so expensive? Some materials are expensive. So are labor and manufacturing. Precision costs money.Anybody who has compared isolation platforms and racks, and isn’t as deaf as a post, will tell you some perform better than others. | |
| Stratospheric audio gear prices To those who think people are untitled to spend as much as they want on this stuff, I vehemently disagree: Did you mean "entitled" rather than untitled?on a finite planet with finite and continually depleting resources, it is … shortsighted and ... | |
| What do we hear when we change the direction of a wire? The problem here is many who speak of science are techno cultist... I wouldn't go as far as calling them cultist. I see them as folks who's understanding of science isn't quite as advanced as what they believe it to be. | |
| Stratospheric audio gear prices It's called CAPITALISM.Indeed. Under communism we’d be listening to 1960 technology transistor radios - if we’re lucky. This hobby would not exist if not for capitalism. | |
| What do we hear when we change the direction of a wire? If these new models don’t agree with your preconceptions and biases you’ll dismiss them as well. Anytime scientific model conflicts with observation, the science/scientific model is wrong. A 100 years ago we believed we fall towards earth because ... | |
| In term of construction, what's the difference between cheap vs. expensive power cables I got a question for you guys. If we use silver speaker cables, the sound will tend to sound a bit on the bright side right.What if you use a silver power cable, will the sound be bright as well? My response is "it depends". I use pure silver... | |
| In term of construction, what's the difference between cheap vs. expensive power cables Whenever I think our resident know-it-all has come up with the most ignorant comment, he proves me wrong by posting another. | |
| I had a few drinks and bought some speakers, I've now sobered up Your equipment seems very biased towards the speaker side. Speakers like the Sopra 2's will expose shortcomings in the rest of the system. Note, I refer to "shortcomings" in a relative sense. There is nothing wrong with the rest of the gear, but i... |