I have powerline adapters everywhere in the house, they are the best invention since sliced bread. I don't suffer from mains hum but would like to see if I can get the noise floor lower with an appropriate filter.
Any recommendations?
I have powerline adapters everywhere in the house, they are the best invention since sliced bread. I don't suffer from mains hum but would like to see if I can get the noise floor lower with an appropriate filter.
Any recommendations?
Jerry
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AV system: LG 55B7, Denon AVR -x2300w receiver, Quad 12L (front) 11c Centre and 11L rear . Velodyne DD15 subwoofer.
I use this one Jerry http://www.custom-hifi-cables.co.uk/...er-conditioner
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Brian
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how does that work brian. do you just plug it in somewhere and it sucks all the stuff out?
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Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?
“Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".
“You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”
"You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”
“There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”
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Unfortunately, filtering does not work like that. Especially with high-frequency noise.
The filtering has to be close to the load to be effective.
This means that you would need such a filter really close to every device that you want to protect. Or at least between the device and the source of the noise.
By sticking it somewhere randomly, you could get some improvement if you are lucky, but you will most likely still get lots of high-frequency stuff on your devices. The amount of the effect will of course heavily depend on the level of optimization of your device's psu for high frequency stuff.
I used powerline adapters for a while, but I got some nasty cracking noise on my speakers so I got rid of them.
I now use only ethernet or wifi
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They have got better over the years, but they're still not as good as a proper wired installation or even decent WiFi.
Ignore whatever claimed transmission speed is on the box, because you won't be getting anything close to the claimed speed.
And then there's the little issue of very high frequency noise injected over your mains - would the recommended filter cause problems with the operation of your mains polluting powerline adapters?
I wouldn't be surprised if it did.
Chris
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Chris, the adapters I use seem very reliable-much better than wifi. I used to get problems with re-buffering on my Touch and high quality films. This is despite having fibre broadband. Of course, 4k might be another matter. I will have to cross that bridge in the future but a wired installation is not going to happen as I have solid floors.
Brian, I had forgotten about Custom Hi fi Cables. I have one of their tube headphone amplifiers-a pre-production model. It is a superb product.
Jerry
Hifi: IPL transmission line floorstanding speakers, Squeezebox Touch, Denafrips Ares 11 DAC, DCB1 Pre-amplifier, Croft Series 7 power amp.
Custom Hifi cables HA10SE headphone amplifier and Hifiman HE-400 headphones.
AV system: LG 55B7, Denon AVR -x2300w receiver, Quad 12L (front) 11c Centre and 11L rear . Velodyne DD15 subwoofer.
Fibre broadband does not make one tiny bit of difference to your WiFi.
The most important thing is your router, and its WiFi capabilities (many of the ISP provided routers provide rubbish WiFi coverage), and its location (most installations are on the ground floor, when is practise they work better from a more elevated position).
The layout of the building, the materials used, and the amount of coverage area all have an effect.
You mentioned solid floors, so my initial thought is concrete raft with metal reinforcement bars in your case, so router coverage is going to be problematic no matter where you site it.
There's always the option to cable around the outside of the building - you'd be surprised at just how invisible cable can be when it's hidden in full view.
I do it all the time, but it takes a fair bit of time and effort to get it right.
Chris
Common sense isn't anymore!
When I called out Talktalk about installing fibre they wouldn't put it in because the router was upstairs and the main socket downstairs! I had to move the router into the living room before they would agree to the installation. But I will bear in mind your comments on ISP provided routers-which make do you recommend Chris?
The floor is just concrete with a screed by the way.
Jerry
Hifi: IPL transmission line floorstanding speakers, Squeezebox Touch, Denafrips Ares 11 DAC, DCB1 Pre-amplifier, Croft Series 7 power amp.
Custom Hifi cables HA10SE headphone amplifier and Hifiman HE-400 headphones.
AV system: LG 55B7, Denon AVR -x2300w receiver, Quad 12L (front) 11c Centre and 11L rear . Velodyne DD15 subwoofer.