Wasn't gonna post this...
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During this thread it was 'suggested' that removing equipment fuses and effectively 'shorting' the fuse holder terminals either by the use of a copper rod or by soldering the connection is hereby NOT advisable.
PLEASE DO NOT DO THIS.
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But then I sat down to listen...
Colour me skeptical, but took a punt and put one of these in my digital source, a Logitech Transporter.
Component change level upgrade.
Yup.
So much better sounding, bigger upgrade than any interconnect or even speaker cable change I've done...
something fundamentals going on here...
Over time I'm kitting out the rest of my system with them, both internal and IEC socket.
All but one bits of my kit are fed power from my balanced mains, so just the one 13A to get.
No shades of grey "well...its a different flavour I guess?" self justification or expectation bias - it's a significant upgrade.
Have a pretty resolving system, think I'm now just getting the best out of it. YMMV of course.
Theres definately something to this clean power feeding your hifi lark...
Last edited by The Black Adder; 17-01-2017 at 13:38.
AC POWER
Hardwired 10kVA balanced mains powering entire system
AMPS
Meridian 557 power Amp (Modded) / PS Audio BHK Preamp (Modded)
SPEAKERS
Wharfedale Evo 4.4
DAC
PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
TURNTABLE
Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge
PHONOSTAGE
Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
DIGITAL
OPPO 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac) - Roon Endpoint, HDMI input used for all things Streaming/ PS5 /AppleTV ... also good for movies apparently?
MUSIC PLAYBACK
Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
Ipad Roon Remote.
Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Dac via Oppo HDMI input/i2s output to Dac.
SPEAKER CABLES
Biwired: Duelund DCA10GA (Bass) Duelund DCA16GA (mid & treble) Duelund 12DCA used as jumpers (On "Blackcat Cable" Chris Sommivigo's advice - yup, even with biwire it sounds better - and it does)
INTERCONNECTS
All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables