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Thread: Has anyone tried powering their system from a UPS?

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    Join Date: Feb 2018

    Location: Suffolk, UK

    Posts: 55
    I'm Steve.

    Default Has anyone tried powering their system from a UPS?

    As AC mains hum / noise never seems to be 100% curable and there seem to be some pretty high capacity "online" UPS available these days at affordable prices, I got to wondering if that could be an option - effectively running my system "on batteries" for mains-free listening.

    Has anyone looked into that and / or tried it?

    Cheers,

    Steve

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    Join Date: Apr 2009

    Location: Near Saffron Walden, Essex

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    I'm Dave.

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    What equipment are you using ? because hum/noise shouldn't be a problem.

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    Join Date: Feb 2018

    Location: Suffolk, UK

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    I'm Steve.

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    that would be nice to think but I've never been able to get rid of it, no matter what I read up on or experiment with. I'd rather eliminate it than go the "add something else" (UPS) route.

    Turntable: Inspire elevation
    Phono: Firebottle Vivant
    Arm: Airprodigy linear (https://www.airprodigy.co.uk/)
    Cart: Zu Audio DL-103-R
    Pre amp: Audio synthesis passion ultimate (passive)
    Power amps: Quad IIs (recently serviced at the factory)
    Mains conditioning: Isotek Mini sub

    My setup has never been entirely free of hum throughout its evolution, no finger can be directly pointed at any of the above individually.

    I have an earth-lead joining appropriate components (Isotek > Quads > Vivant) which seemed to improve things slighly. There isn't an earthing option with the arm.

    Steve

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