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Post Subject: I agreePosted by rickmcinnis on: 8/17/2022
No question there is noise bleeding in from the rest of house - I just don't know it yet. When something is taken away I can miss it but am not the most perceptive before being made aware of what to listen for.
John Broskie talks about us being broken in along with new components. I do wonder about that. I am enjoying music more the more I listen to this thing. Of course, something new in the system always makes the system more interesting while one is trying to decide whether it is better or not. I will know much more about the value of this in a few weeks when the possibility of sonic errors become more annoying from familiarity.
I have an electrician who has done work at my house so I contacted him to do the rod installation. I am a diy'er but thought that might be something I cannot do. This is Georgia and the soil in substantially red clay. Not to mention lots of rocks so i am going to be lazy.
Do you think the copper coated rod is sufficient for this? I see there are pure copper rods available which would seem the perfect fit for the obsessed kook audiophile. I hope for this duty the standard copper coat will be plenty good enough. I suspect it will outlive me.
There is a company in Angleland making a filter for a dedicated ground. The fellow who brought this idea to my attention seems to thing this device made by a company called PURITAN is something to consider. I could see it having some usefulness when more than one component is connected to the grounding system but with only the inverter I cannot imagine a device no matter how clever doing anything. So there will be a simply substantial wire from the inverter to the rod.
Still seems like the system sounds best with he battery slightly run down. Took it down to 11.5 volts last night and it continued sounding very good.
I monitor my playback with the RTA part of REW. The only anomaly I see is around 22kHz. A spike of about 30 dB. Needless to say I cannot detect it with my ears. What is strange is this same spike would occur at times with the old setup. At this point I am not certain it is from the inverter.
I am not one who leaves the system playing music even when i am not listening seriously. This approach is likely not for those who want to listen for long periods. With a full charge I think one can expect four hours - which is plenty for me. One can turn on the charger and go on for any length of time - I do this when making adjustments but have not listened to it with the charger connected. There is no doubt there is a penalty not to mention the noise form the charger's fan.
I love music too much to listen to it all day long. I remember Romy writing about listening to one piece of music that was so satisfying that was enough for the day.
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