I don't know. I am doing this for purely organizational purposes.Do ground cables benefit from being elevated off the floor?
I don't know. I am doing this for purely organizational purposes.Do ground cables benefit from being elevated off the floor?
All cable connections are pathways for good and bad. The magnitude is always unique to each environment.Do ground cables benefit from being elevated off the floor?
This is very true with my STST Motus II TT. It has a sprung suspension and a hanging cable will drag on it.Another very good reason to use elevators for cables and cords is, if you have any vibration isolators, one should ideally elevate the cables and cords to eliminate any force they might exert on the iso system. Any external forces degrade the isolation effectiveness considerable. The top must be free to move easily and without contraint.
You have a lot of cable back there.I've got a way to go, but some overly complex installations start with good intentions then erm, go a little awry
Interestingly I have zero speaker hum but do have some transformer hum as quite a lot of linear power supplies and old naim amps can be a little noisy
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Thats awesome. I built something similar. Its way better than having duplex in the wall.First rule: minimize plugs. Power for a maximum of 8 devices in the moment 6. Thick copper bars distribute evenly to all devices. The two power amps have separate cables. Advantage: I only need 3 wall sockets.View attachment 130379View attachment 130380
Thats awesome. I built something similar. Its way better than having duplex in the wall.
What is the brand?
I cheated with mine. I have a wire come directly from my panel, out the wall and into the unit. Hard wired. Mine is not a UL installation. If this has a power cord to go to a duplex in the wall, then I see no issues. You could easily hard wire it too.
Agree on safty. I figured I can unplug from the equipment.I also thought about wiring it directly to a wall socket, but I rejected it because it was rather impractical. If you want to clean it or turn it off during a thunderstorm
Its from Makroaudio in germany, unfortunately only available used, no longer in production.
i change to to kaiser ice pure silverplated plugs even the screws are silver plated.
the last background noise is gone. best i have heard so far.
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Martin Kaiser Silver-Plated IEC Connector
Martin Kaiser Audiophile Grade IEC Plug in stock at Mains Cables R Uswww.mcru.co.uk
my hot-rodded Ampex ATR-102'/MR-70's built by Andrey Kosobutsky of ATR Service Inc include all power cords hard wired. the only plugs are male into the Furutech NCF outlet on the wall. the tape set up exclusively uses signal, grounding and power cables built by Andrey too which are very fine. i just had a couple of experienced guys from Australia visit who are tape heads (on their way to Munich) and they were blown away by how low the noise was on the tape, and my system overall is very very quiet, but the tape is spooky quiet which allows the music to have a delicacy and presence that is quite unique.First rule: minimize plugs. Power for a maximum of 8 devices in the moment 6. Thick copper bars distribute evenly to all devices. The two power amps have separate cables. Advantage: I only need 3 wall sockets.
Though both xxxx and I, have been around several homes more than may be others, nothing has come close to yesterday’s events and experience ever.
What you have got out of your vinyl playback certainly rivals the emotional excellence and flow you get from tape. That was certainly a learning experience for us.
And then the switch to tape listening made us realize how dead silence can be achieved from lower noise floor to make the musical instrument feel most life like in a listening room. Wow! My mind was blown at that feat! The Ampex and what you have coming out of it is probably the only system that could deliver something like that. And I don’t think I will experience it ever elsewhere.
The best system is powercon from neutrik simply better contact, but modified devices are difficult to sell, no matter how well the mods are made. My experience with them.my hot-rodded Ampex ATR-102'/MR-70's built by Andrey Kosobutsky of ATR Service Inc include all power cords hard wired. the only plugs are male into the Furutech NCF outlet on the wall. the tape set up exclusively uses signal, grounding and power cables built by Andrey too which are very fine. i just had a couple of experienced guys from Australia visit who are tape heads (on their way to Munich) and they were blown away by how low the noise was on the tape, and my system overall is very very quiet, but the tape is spooky quiet which allows the music to have a delicacy and presence that is quite unique.
eliminating the IEC connection can really pay dividends in an already low noise environment. but not every system will allow that change to be so fruitful. it's a 'cherry on top' type thing.
while i agree that warranty and resale are legit concerns with any mods, in my case Andrey is the 'mod' manufacturer and the reseller of the underlying product. and he supports any of these products he sells in the configuration he sells them in. and the underlying Ampex models were built in 1965-1968 for the Ampex MR-70 and 1976-1985'ish for the Ampex ATR-102. these units are very desirable for the hot-rodded level.The best system is powercon from neutrik simply better contact, but modified devices are difficult to sell, no matter how well the mods are made. My experience with them.
Allways use 32 Ampere plugs much better then normal powercon plugs and sockets
The noise is strongly influenced by resistors, active elements as tubes or transistors and in the end the tape itself. Humming is more likely to come from capacitors, rectifiers or ground faults. Installing the Powercon socket in the device represents an improvement on IEC sockets. my opionmy hot-rodded Ampex ATR-102'/MR-70's built by Andrey Kosobutsky of ATR Service Inc include all power cords hard wired. the only plugs are male into the Furutech NCF outlet on the wall. the tape set up exclusively uses signal, grounding and power cables built by Andrey too which are very fine. i just had a couple of experienced guys from Australia visit who are tape heads (on their way to Munich) and they were blown away by how low the noise was on the tape, and my system overall is very very quiet, but the tape is spooky quiet which allows the music to have a delicacy and presence that is quite unique.
eliminating the IEC connection can really pay dividends in an already low noise environment. but not every system will allow that change to be so fruitful. it's a 'cherry on top' type thing.
For the device not as wall socketPowerCon32 are excellent, but they are not legal in the US as a wall socket.