Upgrading power system
Since I already have components and speakers that I love, I try to make an improvement every year with something or another. Last year I bought Magnarisers for My Maggie 3.7's. Nice improvement. Immediate difference. The year before was power cables and conditioner, all Shunyata. And I always wondered why there was little if any improvement. A couple audiophiles said to replace the wall outlet. So I thought about it for years before buying a JPS labs audiophile hospital grade outlet. After removing the original outlet, I compared them. No comparison at all, the JPS weighed almost twice as much and the metal was better quality as well. The JPS was 2o amps and the original was 15. Would I hear the difference? It took all of one minute. Best $150 I ever spent. I was skeptical until I heard the difference, mostly clearer and more pronounced highs and well defined low end. Anybody else have this experience?
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I read pretty well. There suggestions for everything from power conditioners to harmonic resonators, to fancy outlets, to magic boxes in this thread. I think some require you to wear a copper bracelet on your left ankle while listening. I wasn't responding to you specifically @fuzztone I do tend to use the term "power conditioner" to refer to a wide array of widgets. |
Out in the sticks we have world class poor dirty power. I had a Furman IT-Reference 15i and it was a sound dampener. Amp/system sounded considerably better when Amp was plugged into the wall. Replaced that with a AudioQuest Niagara 7000 (before the price went crazy) and sound was not affected verses the wall. I have found investing in linear PSU's also to be noticeable too. YMMV.
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How about a 4 wire 20 amp dedicated circuit I did one common ground ,one a insulated isolated ground on its own busbar, big improvement every connector in my Audio Chain including power chords and all connections in equipment either WBT, or Furutech ,it took me over a year all gold over high purity copper. I very substantial improvement ,most equipment comes with gold over cheap brass conductors ,and $3 IEC inputs I useOnly Furutech ,and Synergistics research purple fuses which I only use 2 As big or bigger then the dedicated 4 wire 20 amp circuit. Copper is 3 x better conductor then brass and far less resistance. |
Your old receptacle was probably in poor shape and just replacing with a new one of similar quality would have given similar results. The "boutique" receptacles are no better than Spec-grade receptacles that cost $5 instead of $0.50 ... As for electrical noise caused by old appliances in the old days, it had nothing to do with lack of "double-insulation". Those old motors were "universal" motors, which had a fluctuating electrical arcs from the brushes to the commutator rings, and no electrical noise suppression (i.e. capacitors and ferrites) to squelch that electrical noise. Nowadays, the vacuum cleaners and other appliances run brushless motors, and always have noise suppression to prevent interference with audio gear and TVs. |
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