Thread: I'm a believer

Not going into details (we could be here all day) but bought a Furman PS-8D to see if it would silence my Velleman amp (a lifelong trannie buzz problem and right speaker buzz). Both very low but I KNEW they were there and teams of experts could not get this thing beyond the great strides we made when I first bought her and renovated.

DEAD QUIET. My Trannie buzz must have been dirty power...and of course that translated to the speaker buzz..again..you had to put your ear there but why have that at all?

The FURMAN not only corrected that but NOW I truly understand BLACK background...wow...

Clean power is the foundation of your system
Enjoy

Not Bieber..The Monkee's..

Originally Posted by highEndguy

Clean power is the foundation of your system
Enjoy

Thanks Nelson...lesson learned. If you could imagine all the work that went into that amp prior. Open heart surgery might be slightly easier...and less dangerous to the doctor...LOL

It is amazing how the basic may elude while we are riveted on the complex...

try to get on ebay a power sniffer so you can verify the quality of your AC current
is not expensive

Originally Posted by highEndguy

try to get on ebay a power sniffer so you can verify the quality of your AC current
is not expensive

Again my thanks Nelson. Can I pose a question ? What is your thought on trying to keep audio cables and power cables away from each other ? How about audio cables crossing audio cables? Since they are shielded, is there any effect ? Thanks

AC cables never on parallel with the Audio cables or speaker cables.
Could make EIF in your audio

Originally Posted by highEndguy

AC cables never on parallel with the Audio cables or speaker cables.
Could make EIF in your audio

Thank you !

Power conditioners and sniffers, crossing cables perpendicular to one another, the Biebs? What's next Rob, these things...

Originally Posted by dlb2

Power conditioners and sniffers, crossing cables perpendicular to one another, the Biebs? What's next Rob, these things...

Doug, I used to make fun of cable risers....then I went to a demo at CES. Order placed. Laugh no more.


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Originally Posted by dlb2

Power conditioners and sniffers, crossing cables perpendicular to one another, the Biebs? What's next Rob, these things...

Don't laugh. That's exact ones I have and even 8 of them too hahaha

Porcelain is a good material for cable risers? ...Ceramic?

I know a professional music recording engineer who lift them in mid-air, suspended by monofilament fishing line from Germany.
...Speaker cables, interconnects, AC power chords.

Originally Posted by NorthStar

Porcelain is a good material for cable risers? ...Ceramic?

I think the porcelain ones are. Heck what do I know lol . I just bought them coz they looked so cool

I saw one Power Sniffer on ebay :

Monster Power Entech Sniffer V2 0 120VAC 60Hz 4WATTS 13471 | eBay

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here is another one :

Entech Wideband Powerline EMI Noise Analyzer Monster Cable Dr Power | eBay

Originally Posted by BlueMcIntosh

I think the porcelain ones are. Heck what do I know lol . I just bought them coz they looked so cool

Lol, did you measure them first, to make sure they play safe?

Originally Posted by highEndguy

I saw one Power Sniffer on ebay :

Monster Power Entech Sniffer V2 0 120VAC 60Hz 4WATTS 13471 | eBay

For Monster Cable products only!?!

I have two of them , Bob.
They really work and is not expensive


ARC4LIFE

Yes, no, ...it's just that it is a Monster Cable product. Is it?

Is an old product, they don't built them anymore, and Yes , they are MOnster Cables.
I remember that Back in the days they were among others, believers on that cables matters on the
Quality of the audio chain.


ARC4LIFE

I'm a believer. ...In what? ...In me.

Originally Posted by Mike

Doug, I used to make fun of cable risers....then I went to a demo at CES. Order placed. Laugh no more.

I'm just giving Rob a hard time. You know, the guy that makes his own cables!

Originally Posted by BlueMcIntosh

Don't laugh. That's exact ones I have and even 8 of them too hahaha

Paul, these are yours. I've been living in your attic.

Originally Posted by dlb2

Paul, these are yours. I've been living in your attic.

Oh boy... You are creepy.

Originally Posted by highEndguy

here is another one :

Entech Wideband Powerline EMI Noise Analyzer Monster Cable Dr Power | eBay

Thanks Nelson...more than I want to spend right now (I am on a capacitor OCD run right now...LOL). I just use the old method, wet my fingers. touch a few points and if I tingle, there is power..LOL...Just kidding.

Just want to clarify, I constantly reference OCD but just so people know, its not a bad type of OCD. In other words things don't have to be aligned, forks on this side, banana's on that. My OCD has to do with being very goal, project oriented. A trigger flips and its off to the races.

For example, someone says something about bi-wire - zing, I have now read 72 articles and bought 3 different types of wire to try...LOL. I didn't do that but the OCD has been a blessing and a curse all my life. I have been in technology (fortune 500 computing) for 34 years. So when I worked in operations, programming, etc. you know who was the bits and bytes expert. Same with learning to play an instrument. Building computers from scratch. Starting a video business. Now its audio.

In audio, I am way down on the novice food chain but I went from nothing to building turntables from scratch...and working on tons in between. That is why I ask a lot of questions from people who KNOW what they are talking about.

Okay, so Nelson's eyes just glazed over reading this (as did everyone else) but thought I would explain.

Oh and if he would like to work on my tube amp..be happy to send shipping both ways...LOL

Have a great day

Result of not using a power sniffer

Good one!