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| Higher amperage fuse for sound quality Pingstonsmile, in fact I did swap the fuses back and forth 2-3 times to confirm, and the results were the same. You might be right about the smaller fuse being compromised, but as for cold starts, I leave the transport powered on continuously, so ... | |
| Higher amperage fuse for sound quality Thanks for the comments. I am most definitely not looking for an excuse to use the higher amperage fuse. I am just wondering why it sounds this way. Both fuses are HFT, both clean and shiny. I bought the 3.15 a few months ago while the smaller fus... | |
| Higher amperage fuse for sound quality Huh, could it be a defective fuse? The Monday morning fuse, not quite up to standards? | |
| Higher amperage fuse for sound quality But is it likely that a transport would suddenly draw such a surge of energy? | |
| Higher amperage fuse for sound quality Pingstonsmile, thanks, I hadn't thought of that. The fuses are both just a few months old and the fuse socket is from a new component, but maybe I should hit it with some Deoxit. For a low-draw piece like a transport, it seems like it shouldn't ... | |
| YBA PRODUCTS On the chance that anyone is still watching this thread, I wonder if someone has some advice? I have a Passion Integre, circa 2002-2003, and have been thinking about connecting a preamp via the HT bypass on the Integre. At that time in the Passion... | |
| Rega Osiris, Isis updates Glad to hear you're enjoying the pair. I'm also leaning toward the valve option in the Isis. My dealer is also a nice guy but he's in the business of making sales. I'm also not sure he's completely aware of everything that's happening with th... | |
| Component grounding OK, I can't post the link. Anyway, it doesn't say more than I just said. | |
| Component grounding I wish I could post a photo of what I mean. If you follow this link to page 7, it talks about a ground wire running from a grounding block on the floor of the chassis to a screw on the side of the top cover. Before you can do anything internally, ... | |
| Component grounding @atmasphere -- That's starting to seem to me like a likely explanation also. Plus the fact that the hum begins when the interconnects are inserted, not when everything is simply powered on. But I really didn't do anything to the DAC except switch ... | |
| Component grounding @williewonka -- Thanks for all your advice thus far. It's much appreciated. The neutral collar is the outer metallic 'shield', correct? If so, I did run a wire from the ground post on the Shunyata to the collar of an RCA of the integrated. No ... | |
| Component grounding I also tried connecting the integrated and DAC to a single zone. No difference. So perhaps the integrated has a bad chassis ground? | |
| Component grounding This got me thinking. Several months ago I opened the DAC to try a specialty fuse. To free the cover, you have to disconnect the chassis ground. --As I wrote earlier, when I disengaged the preamp section on the integrated and engaged the outpu... | |
| Component grounding @williewonka -- Exactly. When I unplugged the amp from the Shunyata (using the non-modified power cord) and plugged it into the free receptacle on the wall duplex (the Shunyata occupying the other receptacle) the hum disappeared. So that would su... | |
| Component grounding @atmasphere -- No no, I meant the preamp section of the integrated. It has a feature that let's you bypass the preamp section and use the output control on the DAC instead. When I did this, the hum came back. I don't know what that means, but you... |