There is, evidently, a fold in the time-space continuum in your listening room. You should really have that looked into.Originally Posted by Marco
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There is, evidently, a fold in the time-space continuum in your listening room. You should really have that looked into.
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Well, there is a school of thought that some filters/power conditioners etc. can in some circumstances sort of limit the dynamic range of some amplifiers. As if the delivery of current is being slowed when the amplifier demands it for loud/fast transients. Or something. Wonder what effect they have in the impedance?
I've had little experience of any commercial designs so can't comment with any authority myself. It's interesting though, do carry on please!
Cheers...
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I shall consult 'Dr Who', but not as far as I'm aware, or are I suspect the hundreds of others who've tried such devices over the years in their system and reported the very same thingThere is, evidently, a fold in the time-space continuum in your listening room. You should really have that looked into.
I'll have a word with Anthony and I'm sure he'll be able to explain better what's happening in a technical sense.
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Alas...this is the only Dr. Who I'll be likely to consult with...I shall consult 'Dr Who', but not as far as I'm aware, or are I suspect the hundreds of others who've tried such devices over the years in their system and reported the very same thing
I'll have a word with Anthony and I'm sure he'll be able to explain better what's happening in a technical sense.
Marco.
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Sorry, who is he?
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Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
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Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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hi mike,Well, there is a school of thought that some filters/power conditioners etc. can in some circumstances sort of limit the dynamic range of some amplifiers. As if the delivery of current is being slowed when the amplifier demands it for loud/fast transients. Or something. Wonder what effect they have in the impedance?
I've had little experience of any commercial designs so can't comment with any authority myself. It's interesting though, do carry on please!
Cheers...
there is mileage in what you say me ole flower, basically a lot of the filters on the market filter out noise very crudely using capacitors in various configurations across the live, neutral and earth, but as you say most have a negative affect on audio equipment being used on our mains supply, now one of the main differences in our mains supply to the USA is unlike our supply where we have a live, neutral, and earth, in the USA they have two lives, and the earth is either connected to true earth ground, or generally the metal chassis of equipment is connected via capacitor to either one of the lives!
i suppose they work on the assumption that because their voltage supplies are only around 110 to 120 volts at full potential, if you were exposed to the naked supply and real earth [ground] you would only be in contact with around 55 to 60 volts,[either one of the lives] which in most cases is not lethal, unlike our 240v...
this may be why filters which are used on our supply that are known to as marco says "sit on the sound" have a different affect on the mains in the USA.
just my rambling opinion on this mind you.
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Thanks for that, Anthony. So no folds in the time-space continuum in your listening room, then?
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Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & regulator mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat with Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight. Isonoe feet & boots. Ortofon RS-212D tonearm with Denon DL-103GL, in a Denon PCL-300 headshell, fitted with Funk Firm Houdini and Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp, fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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nope,Thanks for that, Anthony. So no folds in the time-space continuum in your listening room, then?
Marco.
now where did i put my flux capacitor...
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LOL. Call me thick (if fact, I'll do it - 'thicky'; there!) but what's that got to do with Dr Who?
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Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & regulator mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat with Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight. Isonoe feet & boots. Ortofon RS-212D tonearm with Denon DL-103GL, in a Denon PCL-300 headshell, fitted with Funk Firm Houdini and Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp, fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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