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A cable routing reminder

If you have unshielded interconnects, be sure to keep them clear of any power cords - and power supplies. 

A few days ago, I swapped the power cord on a component. The replacement power cord has a relatively mellow signature. But after installing it, the HF started sounding etched. This made no sense. I had solved that problem long ago. This was a mystery.

It turns out that when I replaced the power cord - one of my unshielded IC’s fell from its support - directly on top of the shielded power cord. Even though the IC was laying at a 90° angle, the negative impact was quite significant. After re-routing the IC, the smoothness returned.

So, if you have unshielded IC’s, be sure to re-visit their positioning. Actually, it can’t hurt to re-visit the routing of shielded IC’s, also.


steakster
ketchup
688 posts
 
Yes but didn't you know, supporting cables cannot possibly make any difference.
But in this case, it sounds like the support was to keep the IC away from the power cord, so it did make a difference.
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three_easy_payments
2,097 posts
 
Most importantly I've found that the ICs between the turntable tonarm cart leads and phono stage/SUT to be the most critical in terms maintaining distance from PCs in order to reduce noise.  There are less noise implications I've seen with ICs related to DACs and linestages and amps....especially when using XLRs.
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millercarbon
12,531 posts
 
“supporting cables cannot possibly make any difference.”......what a BS!
millercarbon....did you forget to take your meds?

Yeah forgot the doc said double up on the Xanax before reading audiophool forums. According to him, if audiophools blather blather it works, and also works equally well when they miss obvious sarcasm.

Audiophools are like Drax in the first Guardians movie: "Nothing goes over my head. My reflexes are too fast. I would catch it."
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lalitk
5,055 posts
 
“Yeah forgot the doc said double up on the Xanax before reading audiophool forums.”

Well that explains why you can’t help yourself interjecting off topic chatter in almost every thread! No wonder the standards here gone down since you graced us with your presence 😎
michaelg63
9 posts
 
you guys mush be really bored or no life... 😂😂😂
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