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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1535: There is no HF in nature by N-set on 2016-08-22 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Well, wait what you put properly working PurePower generator on your dedicated line... My estimation that a dedicated line gives 25-30% of benefits that comes from good electricity.[/quote]This is very encouraging as the ...

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Sorry for posting a bit of kindergarten trivialities but maybe someone without a dedicated line yet will find it motivating.I've finally connected my dedicated lines which took me ages. The lines are connected right behind the power meterand have the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #99: Universal amp? by N-set on 2016-08-20 
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Well, I used "you" in an abstract rather than direct sense ;)Its very starange what you say than any power tube can be used - each power tube has its own drive requirements and making auniversal driver able to drive say 212E and eimacs is hardly poss...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #97: 212E crazyness by N-set on 2016-08-19 
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I propose looking at 1) the price of 212E 2) its nominal lifetime 3) calculate $$/hour of use 4) mutiply by 4 (2 PSE monoblocks) 5) think if you want to spend that to drive LFCheers,N-set...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Munich by N-set on 2016-04-24 
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[quote user="Paul S"]Here is the expensive unit I saw first: http://www.lampizator.eu/Fikus/GOLDEN_GATE_DSD_DAC.htmlSolid construction and fancy parts, for sure, but my uber question - of course - included the question, what - exactly - are people li...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Agree by N-set on 2015-12-20 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Paul S wrote:Some of the DIY "Eastern European"/Slavic systems I "hear" on YouTube seem to have very amazing Tone on "selected cuts". This is the best description I heard to date.[/quote]From my limited experience I very m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Atomic bass by N-set on 2015-12-20 
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[quote user="Paul S"]N-set, what about LFs sound and music choices, and how does this vary from your own choices and expectations? Paul S[/quote]The bass was dominating very much the spectrum and thats +\- the only thingthat stayed in my memory. It ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Fikus by N-set on 2015-12-16 
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Paul, the guy is intelligent for sure and has his strong views&opinions on the sound. The sound I heard there and the music  of his choice was not my cup of tea, but I was there not so much for the sound per se but to chase some predic...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Something by N-set on 2015-12-16 
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I briefly listened to this DAC but with a balanced stage using 101D at Fikus location in his listening room (we were testing an anti-vibrational platform I and my partner have designed). The system was a complete unknown to me (Lampoizator own amps o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1485: NG bond by N-set on 2015-11-25 
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[quote user="Paul S"]N-set, the "neutral" wire is certainly referenced (connected) to ground. The usual "ground" wire is redundant, and this is why it often causes problems with hi-fi, also why a dedicated bleeder that does not go to the mains groun...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1478: Cable and routing by N-set on 2015-11-23 
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Adrian, I've put what you'd probably call a flat Romex: 5x6mm2 solid +2x6mm2 solid +1x16mm2 stranded for gnd.All bundled and burried in a channel, chiseled in my walls close to the ceiling, so that it's far away from my householdcabling....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1476: No daisy chain! by N-set on 2015-11-23 
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[quote user="JOHNR"]You should take care that you do not daisy chain the ground leads.[...]A system that can work well is to create a single node or terminal where all ground  leads are terminated.  This terminal is then connected in turn to the elec...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1472: True by N-set on 2015-11-22 
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Adrian, very true but being a theoretical physicist I like to have  an initial hinton what's going on. Moreover, in my situation the dedicated lines physicallyare cables sticking out of the wall so I have to organise and connect the outlets somehow.I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1469: 1Box,1Ground by N-set on 2015-11-22 
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I think I have mentally resolved my question: since all of the equipment powered from my lines will work in a chain,there must be one ground and outlets should be quite compactlyplaced. This minimizes potential differences between the "grounds"and th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1464: Eu by N-set on 2015-11-21 
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I forgot to mention that I'm in Europe so phase splits is not an issue.All 3 lines I mentioned are connected to a single phase at a dedicated panelright after the power meter. Paul, where is your bleeder connected? Aslo to the neutral at the panel?Ch...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1462: The Alternatives by N-set on 2015-11-21 
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Guys, thank you!Avoiding ground loops is self understood and actually my question was more trivial than that: Shall I arrange all receptacles for all my 3 lines in one box or take the dirtiest line into a separate one? A dedicated ground is unfortuna...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1459: Power Distribution Question by N-set on 2015-11-20 
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Sorry if this is a trivial question already answered somewhere.I have just finished installing 3 dedicated lines for analog source, digital and power amps.They run directly from the house power meter, with a dedicated subpanel, each individually fuse...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: Power war by N-set on 2015-09-10 
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The most terryfying thing is that the war was still possible in Europe...and this kind of war with heavy indiscriminative shellings...Yes Pieter needs time, but I haven't been pushing too much. We have bought silver wire so it sits there and waits. I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: War imbalance by N-set on 2015-09-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Fidelity Research FR-7 in Analog Playback  42 Replies 
Paul,I haven't done much audio in the past 1,5 year. The main reason is a war in my motherland which got me pretty out of balance,but I'm coming slowly back.  To try the Fr7, I made a slate/lead tower for the SME3012 caring it. Now I need to convince...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1291: Very interesting by N-set on 2014-02-10 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] I told before that if PP were “smart” about stabilizing own future, or if for instance it was my company, then I would released PP’s own power amplifier with regeneration build in and the regenerator optimized for the need...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #69: Finished by N-set on 2014-02-05 
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It's finally ass-embled! All in all I'm quite pleased, but I have to live with this mastodont in my room for a while to get used to it.Now I move to listening and repeat some measurements.The insert is on it's own independent pneumatic suspension:and...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1231: Risky business by N-set on 2014-02-04 
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Thanks all for the replies! Looks like a very risky business.Given the work involved and highly unsure effect, I'll happily skip the shielding. Your comments suggest that the high capacitance line to ground (which the shield would happily provide) is...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1226: Dedicated line shielding by N-set on 2014-02-04 
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Guys, do you shield your dedicated powe lines?I'd have around 9m of a cable unning in the air from the apartment's power distibution box to therack. For me it looks like a nice antena for picking EMI/RFI trashfrom the air. Such shielding indirectly s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Golden calf? by N-set on 2014-02-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Moerch DP6 and DP8 “anisotropic” tonearm? in Audio News  2 Replies 
I have no idea on their peformance, it may be a fine arm, but what has been striking me on their website is thatthey seem to be most proud of the swiss-made 24k golden layer on their arms.The only production and QC they show is measuring the gold thi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #56: DIY by N-set on 2014-01-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Foolishness of Analog People in Analog Playback  56 Replies 
I think it's a DIY construction...with the arm "floating in water".I'm waiting for the idiot who would try to make the arm itself out of water.Cheers,N-set...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1215: 3 phase to 1 phase by N-set on 2014-01-01 
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Happy New Year to everybody![quote user="Paul S"]N-Set, how do you plan to convert the 3 phase back to 1 phase? Also, it is likely that the whole house system uses the same ground. [/quote] Paul, each phase to neutral is 230V, so as I understand  in...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1211: A dedicated line: single phase vs. three phase? by N-set on 2013-12-30 
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Firts of all apologies for not going through all 49 pages of the thread and asking probably a well known question with a well known answer.I'm slowly gravitating towards that black hole of a "clean power". As a first obvious step I'm thinking of a de...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The unstopable cycle of life by N-set on 2013-12-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Life 3.0 in Site Support Forum  10 Replies 
... has claimed it's toll on my side too on the Christmans Eve...strange and beautifull time.My deep condolences, RomyN-set...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #68: First sounds by N-set on 2013-12-19 
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Ok, it took me longer than I thought (fucking servicing an EMT is a nightmare for me),but I've finally put the TT on the rack:It's all still a bit provisorical as the inner cage is not fnished yet (the suspension is missing), but I could test the pne...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #66: Sand damping by N-set on 2013-12-05 
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[quote user="decoud"]For sand to work here in friction does it not have to be load bearing itself: i.e. inside a steel cage that propagates the vibration through the walls there will not be much friction, no? What you want is a sandcastle.....[/quote...
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