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In the Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity.
Post Subject: Intermittent problems?Posted by Paul S on: 5/29/2007
Lots of good thoughts about grounding; thanks.
But I am still left wondering how the same connections can sound great on one occasion and terrible the next.
Like Romy, I ground my gear to a dedicated rod driven near the gear because the house/grid ground is audibly (and measurably) "dirty".
Also, I have encountered the same intermittant problems with dedicated circuits pulled from a dedicated sub panel where the ground bus is separate from the neutral bus, along with the same careful grounding schemes.
I am no expert on batteries, and I have encountered no one who is seriously informed about batteries as they relate to powering evolved hi-fi, which is plainly a different proposition than just getting the amps and voltage "to spec" electrically. In my limited experience batteries have been a trade-off, less line noise but also less color, etc., seeming to drain some life from the music. I agree, however, that the "background silence" can be breathtaking, and I still want to explore using batteries for filaments only.
Another thing that tweaks my brain is how some "super-regulated" gear is just so devoid of life. I do not pretend to know why any "extra" amount of regulation should sound "worse", since I would tend to think that just the opposite would be true.
The Hell of it is that the "better" my system sounds when everything is "right", the worse it sounds when things go "wrong".
Right now, the Power Company has me by the short hairs.
Best regards,
Paul SRerurn to Romy the Cat's Site