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| Is cheater plug safe with grounded monster power? What gets me is a toaster which carries quite a bit of current and is commonly metal on the outside usually only has two prongs. Then in most new homes ground fault outlets are required in kitchens. Who's making this stuff up anyway.Yeah, who IS m... | |
| Is cheater plug safe with grounded monster power? Quincy's opinion is very bad advice. Interconnects are not an effective safety ground. | |
| vandersteen 5 to 5a My understanding is that Vandersteen originally planned to offer the upgrade as a field kit, but found that the process was too difficult to do in the field.Apparently some of the replacement drivers have different mounting geometry, so new mounti... | |
| Esoteric DV-50: Any cdp's Significantly better? Guidocorona - Teac is indeed using part of the Pioneer OEM kit for the DV-50. They use the laser assembly, some parts of the transport mechanism, and Pioneer's OS firmware.The Pioneer OEM kit seems to be the most popular kit in the "univeral" worl... | |
| What Ever Happened To The Krell SACD Standard? Hifimaniac - I don't think Reb is confused. DVD-A pretty much requires video to be useable. It is a video-oriented audio format. | |
| refurbished xa7es or scdxa9000es The last batch of SCD-1s was built by Sony in June 2002. It's highly unlikely there any new ones left. | |
| Transparent's Network Boxes My final contribution to this thread | |
| hospital grade or commercial grade receptacles ? I tried plugging a physics book into a hospital-grade receptacle, but it made every album I played sound like "Irvrobinson's Greatest Hits." | |
| PC for Brsyton 4B SST Freakygreek - Tvad's suggestion is a good one, assuming the "buzz" you are hearing is ground hum. What often happens is that the ground potential between two components is different, causing a ground loop.What you are trying to do by connecting a ... | |
| PC for Brsyton 4B SST Tvad - ground adapter plugs are sold so that you can connect a device requiring a safety ground connection to an outlet that does not have a 3rd ground pin, but HAS A GROUNDED OUTLET BOX. It is not designed to allow a device requiring a safety gro... | |
| PC for Brsyton 4B SST Freakygreek - just be aware that it is called a "cheater" plug because using it to disconnect a safety ground is illegal. There is a very good reason why it's illegal. You can create a serious safety hazard by using a "cheater" plug to disconnect ... | |
| PC for Brsyton 4B SST Some equipment will benefit from aftermarket powercords. I've owned many Bryston amps over the years, and I have not found any power cords that improved the sound of the Bryston amps. I have, however, found a couple that made the Brystons sound wo... | |
| Best way to clean CD's? Dawn dishwashing liquid and a cotton cloth. | |
| Why Don't More People Love Audio? Sorry, Cdc, but I think your "theory" is ridiculous. | |
| Amps Power Conditioners and Lightning, what to do? Lightning rods protect against direct hits. They won't help at all if lightning strikes the power lines leading to your home/neighborhood. |