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In the Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity.

Post Subject: Isolation of turntable motorsPosted by drdna on: 11/22/2015

I think this is all fine, but since you are building it all, why not make it so that you have the flexibility to experiment with different configurations to see what works best in your system? I think it's fine to have a theory about clustered power outlets, but you should always test out the theory in real life.

N-set wrote:

All the TT motors etc will be powered from my normal household line,
they are not parts of the chain.

I would use caution in making this assumption. My experience is that the regulation of the AC current to the turntable motor is one of the most important aspects of reproducing Sound. Some people even go so far as to having a separate isolated DC battery source for the motor. Even simple filtering is helpful in my experience; you should experiment with this a bit.

Adrian

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