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| New Pangea Audio AC-14 XL Power Cord I recently upgraded from stock line cords for entirely different reasons than sound. My wife got tired of looking at all the black power cords hanging down behind the rack, so I bought the Pangea cables as a cosmetic upgrade. They were the best... | |
| To buy grounded or not to buy grounded. That is the question. Cleeds is correct. When equipment manufacturers put a power cord on with a third prong, they really want you to ground their unit. Not doing so creates a safety hazard, sometime a lethal one. Yes, if something internal fails or breaks you ca... | |
| Measuring DC offset. That DMM is showing a couple of different things. First, with an open input you are probably picking up some 60 Hz noise. Try shorting the input and see if the fluctuation changes and DC offset settles down to either a positive or negative num... | |
| Anyone used these audio ceramic slow blow fuses from Littlefuse? I designed a lot of equipment with Littelfuse devices. Not all of them are cheap, some are pretty pricey, the last 10A, 600VAC ones I used were 20$ each in quantities of a 100 but they are all very good quality. The gold does make sense, there ... | |
| Yter cables direction Just to be clear in my head, we are talking about AC audio signals without a DC bias and not audio signals on a DC Bias, correct? | |
| A problem with AC Power you may not have considered. Did you have the wiring in your house reviewed by an electrician after the lightening strike? Did the left channel get repaired as well? It is also possible the cabinet has developed a leak or a joint has come loose. Keep looking, you will find... | |
| A problem with AC Power you may not have considered. I don't want to get into a situation where I am reviewing equipment but I will try to answer all your questions. Here is the PS Audio device: https://www.psaudio.com/dectet-power-center/ There are no specifications given so I have no idea how mu... | |
| A problem with AC Power you may not have considered. BTW, I am using three extension cords on the right channel 200W Conrad Johnson amp. It is really a kludge setup but far better than using that other outlet. If I use the wall receptacle next to it I get a lot hum for reasons I have yet to determ... | |
| A problem with AC Power you may not have considered. I'll take a look at the Equitech, Furman, and PS Audio. About that 100 foot power cord, just use a good thick one, say a 3 wire, 12 AWG, and see how it works. | |
| A problem with AC Power you may not have considered. @elizabeth - You are just as crazy as I am. Awesome! | |
| A problem with AC Power you may not have considered. @mrmb, @soix - Here are some ideas for noise suppression. There are a number of quality noise suppression devices out there. Furman is a good brand, so is PS Audio and Tripplite, but do check out the specs. Here are the specs for a Furman M-8X2... | |
| Lowering House Grounding Impedance I have. I added a clean ground to my system, rather than use the house ground. I was amazed at how clean FM reception became. I had two FM tuners, one analog and the other digital but both improved significantly. Not only was it cleaner, the... | |
| A problem with AC Power you may not have considered. Hey, that says a lot for the car! What kind of car was it?Robert | |
| Prioritization of Power Cords In general, you want your quietest power on your sources and then on the amplifiers with the most voltage gain. As gain drops, it becomes less sensitive to power line noise, so power amps are less of a concern by comparison. This is a general ca... | |
| Streamer Advice: Bluesound Node 2 vs Aries Mini vs Oppo I own BlueSound equipment. You do need a hardwire connection to the web for the Vault2 or 2i. The Node will work on wireless and communicate to the Vault2 via wireless, but how well both work is dependent on the internet modem you have. I had... |