It is a must to improve the grounding of house electrical circuit. Developers and building contractors don't have interest in good grounding so it is the owner's call to do it. Usually copper rod is used and old ground well is used to get to the deep ground. 0 volt between neutral and earth.
ADD:
This will improve audio, lower electrical bill, longer life equipments
Last edited:
Unfortunately, so long as you treat the equipment you purchase as 'black boxes' - the insides are untouchable - then your options are severely limited. All equipment has weaknesses, and the only really robust solution is to dive inside and 'fix up' these problems.
Therefore, you will have to play a balancing game, rather than a resolving or solving one; you will have to adjust all the 'rubber bands' in various ways to give yourself "optimum" sound - a tricky way to doing things, there will always be the next recording which exposes the fact that the mesh of 'rubber bands' holding everything in balance is still not quite sophisticated enough ...
If you want to give yourself more options for trying mains filtering methods there's the FELECIA, a DIY Balanced Power Conditioner project, at the Audiocircle forum. I spent some time playing with this, there are numerous things to try, all with effects ...
Yes, DiffMaker is a bit quirky. However, by keeping the files under 60 seconds should not throw an error. Ideally speaking you want to keep the sample start position the same for both the reference file and the comparison file. I wrote about some of that here: FLAC vs WAV Part 2 Final Results - Blogs - Computer Audiophile
And here: JRiver vs JPLAY Test Results - Blogs - Computer Audiophile
Also: Archimago's Musings: PROTOCOL: [UPDATED] The DiffMaker Audio Composite (DMAC) Test.
Hope that helps. Cheers.
Maybe one way to get around mains noise is to build an efficient battery powered system which is only recharged when not being used. Batteries create their own chemical noise but lead acid battery noise is very low, probably much lower than the mains supply . I have a 12v DAC, netbook etc which I could run off their own individual battery's. I could also rig up the Brian GT LM3886 amp I have to run off a pair of 12v battery's.
I might give it a go one day when I'm bored enough 😀
I might give it a go one day when I'm bored enough 😀
😀Just remembered that "different color insulation story" that Bill Whitelock told.
Talk about grounding, you might want to check out his work. But you still have to study technology to get it right.
Talk about grounding, you might want to check out his work. But you still have to study technology to get it right.
Last edited:
Yep, scary stuff - the colour of the insulation around the wire changes the sound!! Same wire stranding, and PVC coating - merely the dye is varied. No, I haven't gone that crazy, but I can see where this can happen ...
😱 I read some of Peter Belts wacko theories for a laugh and that's the kind of territory he got into.
The only benefit of this thread is that I know who to put on the ignore list.
Please, moderators, put everyone out of their increasing misery with this absurd nonsense where all the Laws of Nature are conveniently ignored because someone can "hear" something that cannot be found or measured?
Really? In Australia, this is compulsory. Is Israel a third world country where safety of the house occupiers is ignored?
As Jneutron has given pointers to and I have tried a couple of threads in the past the interaction is between the cables and the boxes and so the whole (WHOLE) system has to be considered. It is a widely studied field of electronics and one area often ignored by DIYers (it is a coin with two faces):
EMC (or the other side of the coin) SIGNAL INTEGRITY.
What |I cant understand is why the OP asked in his first post for an explanation and then ignores every attempt to try and explain.
But to reiterate we call these problems EMC issues in the normal world of electronics, it rears its ugly head many times.
EMC (or the other side of the coin) SIGNAL INTEGRITY.
What |I cant understand is why the OP asked in his first post for an explanation and then ignores every attempt to try and explain.
But to reiterate we call these problems EMC issues in the normal world of electronics, it rears its ugly head many times.
Phenomenon finally explained
Not only I can hear a difference with any cable but I can also hear a very distinct difference with a SINGLE cable. - Whether it is plugged or not -. Try it, you will be amazed. 😉
Cheers,
Jacques
Not only I can hear a difference with any cable but I can also hear a very distinct difference with a SINGLE cable. - Whether it is plugged or not -. Try it, you will be amazed. 😉
Cheers,
Jacques
The site's policy is not to do any technical censorship, no matter how wildly hands are being waved or how goofy and unsubstantiated the claims. The "ignore" list is a powerful tool.
This thread only starts to make some semblance of sense with some of the main "goofy" claims eradicated using the ignore list.
Is it OK to refer to those protagonists as goofy or is that transgressing the rules?
Is it OK to refer to those protagonists as goofy or is that transgressing the rules?
Try attacking the technical points rather than the people. If a technical point isn't being made or it's too self-evidently stupid to attack, then don't bother posting, you're just feeding someone's need for attention.
It's quite simple. 😀
It's quite simple. 😀
In post 1:
In post 163:
I am unclear: has Joshua changed his kind about the purpose of this thread (and if so, at what point did that happen?), or was he always seeking an untechnical explanation? I say 'untechnical' because 'nontechnical' generally means 'technical but simple' and I mean 'not technical at all'. What is now the purpose of this thread?
(My underline)Joshua_G said:
In post 163:
Joshua_G said:
I am unclear: has Joshua changed his kind about the purpose of this thread (and if so, at what point did that happen?), or was he always seeking an untechnical explanation? I say 'untechnical' because 'nontechnical' generally means 'technical but simple' and I mean 'not technical at all'. What is now the purpose of this thread?
- Status
- Not open for further replies.