I think it's hard to top the Japanese audiophiles who pay $40,000 for their own personal utility pole and transformer, etc. just to make sure their equipment gets the purest possible AC.
Here's the like to the Wall Street Journal article from 2016:
A Gift for Music Lovers Who Have It All: A Personal Utility Pole - WSJ
How does it sound? Well, according to the guy who sells the service: Once one has a personal tower of power, “the music melts into the air of the room,” says Sumio Shimamoto, president of Izumi Denki Corp., which installed Mr. Morita’s pole and has erected about 40 more across Japan over the past decade.
So if you feel your music hasn't been melting into the air quite like it should, especially while the neighbor runs his blender, at least you can take comfort in knowing there is a solution.
Here's the like to the Wall Street Journal article from 2016:
A Gift for Music Lovers Who Have It All: A Personal Utility Pole - WSJ
How does it sound? Well, according to the guy who sells the service: Once one has a personal tower of power, “the music melts into the air of the room,” says Sumio Shimamoto, president of Izumi Denki Corp., which installed Mr. Morita’s pole and has erected about 40 more across Japan over the past decade.
So if you feel your music hasn't been melting into the air quite like it should, especially while the neighbor runs his blender, at least you can take comfort in knowing there is a solution.
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Interesting room treatment though.......the wife might agree to a couple strategically placed bamboo stands!
Is there anything to that EH, or just show?
Is there anything to that EH, or just show?
It is one thing to know something that is wrong, and another to accept it.
I am still a rebellious teenager, the difference is that now I am right to question the status quo ..............😉
My current and last house each had a dedicated power transformer.
Line noise still was abysmal.
Cheaper and much more effective to get a ferroresonant transformer and some line filters.
Ferroresonant Transformer – Voltage Disturbance
Line noise still was abysmal.
Cheaper and much more effective to get a ferroresonant transformer and some line filters.
Ferroresonant Transformer – Voltage Disturbance
Why on earth does one require a pair of arc welders to drive what looks like 100dB/1W speakers?
Who knows.
In the mind of audiophiles, anything goes.Ok, bunch of these and supply of young healthy squirrels.
I personally have a soft spot for Japanese Ultra-fi enthusiasts and the limits they go to for their love of music in tiny flats with thin walls. They love their hobby, love their music and don't go around on the internet forcing their world view on others (as some do on here, not you Jim).
Personally I wouldn't like my life to be so compromised that I have to move the sofa to open the fridge, but each to their own and he appears at peace with his choices.
I worked with a guy when I was in Japan that had a pair of Tannoy Royale’s in his apartment. Quite where he slept, I couldn’t tell you.
I have fond memories of wandering around high end stores in Tokyo (BIC, Yodabashi etc). A HiFi nuts paradise.
I have fond memories of wandering around high end stores in Tokyo (BIC, Yodabashi etc). A HiFi nuts paradise.
My Vietnamese neighbor, whom I have done "restorations" for on his systems (Dual 701 turntable-Harman Kardon tube amps-AR LST speakers-Technics RS1500 reel to reel-Pioneer CT-F950 cassette- and some other assorted "hi-end" equipment, has some other Viet friends in a sort of "audio club".
They go around to each others homes, doing listening tests, sipping refreshments etc.
I suppose it's something to do, as audiophiles are known to do.
But what cracks me up is, they're basically self-proclaimed "know-it-alls" who in my experienced opinion, know only a little about what audio is all about.
Yes, they want the best sound...
And yes, they seem to have the money to buy pretty things...
And in their own way, perhaps related to human nature and nationality solidarity, they tend to follow and believe the typical sources of information and bias.
I call it "chasing rainbows" and being in a dreamland fantasy, not an uncommon thing mind you, but nevertheless not something that I choose to dabble in.
They go around to each others homes, doing listening tests, sipping refreshments etc.
I suppose it's something to do, as audiophiles are known to do.
But what cracks me up is, they're basically self-proclaimed "know-it-alls" who in my experienced opinion, know only a little about what audio is all about.
Yes, they want the best sound...
And yes, they seem to have the money to buy pretty things...
And in their own way, perhaps related to human nature and nationality solidarity, they tend to follow and believe the typical sources of information and bias.
I call it "chasing rainbows" and being in a dreamland fantasy, not an uncommon thing mind you, but nevertheless not something that I choose to dabble in.
Sturgeon's law (or Sturgeon's revelation) is an adage that states that "ninety percent of everything is crap." The adage was coined by Theodore Sturgeon, an American science fiction author and critic.
The thing about news sources is that only biased ones are commercially viable. True, unbiased news would **** off both sides.
Lucky me! I live out in the sticks, and we have our own transformer.
How bout having your own multi DC power supply in a shed some distance from the house (equipped with a faraday shield). For less than 40,000, you could power anything in the house, replace AC motors with DC. Imagine touching the hot end of an audio cable and no hum!
My fantasy dream system is an enormous motor generator with a massive flywheel. AC from the grid drives the motor, generator powers the house, flywheel can keep things going long enough to get an engine started to maintain the rpm if the power goes out. Total isolation from the grid.
I spent a few sad minutes today watching youtube videos of a few folks that claim Tesla cracked the secret of free energy and have built these elaborate demos in their basements to prove it. All just ended up giving Harbor Freight and Home Depot a few $.
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