williewonka
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| Dedicated Line Advise Lowrider - The box you have is just another variant of a two phase supply.The electrician will simply use two switches and ensure they are on the same phase - e.g. switch positions 7 and 8 or 9 and 10 (assuming they are available.)It does not matt... | |
| Internal Power Surges and Dedicated Circuits Now I understand :-)OK - first off there is no one-size-fits-all answer to this one, since it really depends on the power supply to your house, the power company and the supporting local infrastructure.Power surges (increases in voltage) experienc... | |
| Dedicated Line Advise One last thing - while you have the electrician there, get them to check all the connections and the state of the power bus.if the panel is 40+ years old it might be worth getting it upgraded - all things oxidize with time and bad joints can aggri... | |
| Dedicated Line Advise forgot to add, the most noise you will hear from two phase motors is when they turn off and on, normally via a solenoid relay. Any more than that and I would co sider having the motor replaced - it's past its prime.My furnace has a setting that ru... | |
| Dedicated Line Advise Lowrider - if your panel is like mine (i.e. a two bank North American panel ) - the adjacent switches in each "bank" of switches (i.e. if you have multiple banks) alternate between the two phases - e.g. BANK "A" BANK "B"Switc... | |
| Internal Power Surges and Dedicated Circuits Kenny - What type of internal "Power Surges" are you thinking of?There may be DC voltage variations (generally, a momentary drop in voltage) which occur under certain conditions due to the inadequacy of the power supply . but there should be no in... | |
| When is your Hifi good enough? My hi-fi is good enough when .- I return from a visit to my local hi-end stores, after listening to systems that can exceed of $300,000- drop some vinyl onto my TT and think - Hmmm - my system doesn't sound too shabby at all :-)I seem to do that ... | |
| Mass Fidelity Core A Note to Canadian Readers....The price shown on the Mass Fidelity site is actually US dollars - but you only find that out when you get to PayPal :-(Yet again, Canadian's get stiffed for a product from our own countryMass Fidelity should at least... | |
| Proportion of expenses Nab2 - I agree with the other posters feedback, but would also like to add... As you move up in the price range the "ratios" can change dramatically. e.g. - I have a pair of speakers in my AV system that are around 18% of the whole system - but on... | |
| Mass Loaded Vinyl (MLV) Acoustic Treatments - A Question I decided to take the plunge and get a sheet of 1/8" MLV to see what it was capable of.From an acoustic perspective it is an inert material, i.e. it does not resonate at all. It is somewhat pliable, but it does not like any kind of shape that is ... | |
| What Cartridge please? Alas - soundsmith has stopped selling the wood bodied version due to supplier difficultiesAlso see the latest news on Soundsmith herehttps://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/fyi-soundsmith-pre-modified-denon-dl103-and-103rRegards... | |
| What Cartridge please? Shawn - since you are using a Denon DL110 successfully - you might be able to switch to a Soundsmith Denon DL103 or 103R - but verify the compliance firstI was using the stock 103 for a couple of years - then upgraded to the Soundsmith version of ... | |
| Mass Fidelity Core Mezzrow - thanks for the feedback.I've bee waiting to hear it for myself and I have been in touch with Mass Fidelity that assures me it will be in one of the local store very soon.You are correct in that they have a separate sub woofer, but it's s... | |
| Which has higher priority, overhang or VTA? Isn’t the cartridge/stylus type being adjusted also a prime consideration here?My personal experience - my standard Denon DL103 seemed to perform very well - setting it up using the free protractors that are available on the web - overhang was clo... | |
| Questions About Bulk Power Cable, Sugestions Needed Stereo5 - electricians are "generally' more concerned about how a cable services the continuous power demands and as such, your friend is not wrong. However, in the audio world it's all about how good a cable can respond to the extreme power requi... |