Power Conditioners do not solve any of these common problems see page # 38.
Mike
Designer in wall wiring - worth it?
I have two dedicated outlets for my system using standard 12 gauge with short runs of about 15' to the breaker box. I used 12 gauge in this case due to the very short runs. I have recently experienced some very positive results with Audience speaker and ethernet cables, and it got me thinking it would not be crazy money to try the Audience in-wall shielded 10 gauge cable. Has anyone tried the Audience cable or other "designer" AC cabling? Did you find it to be a significant upgrade?
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Power Conditioners do not solve any of these common problems see page # 38. Mike |
Miles and miles of wire. The electrons, electric charge, that travel from the Power Plant Generators are not the same electrons, electric charge, that powers your stereo system equipment. The electrical energy the generator produces does though. The electrons, electric charge, that travel in the electrical wires from the generators in the Power plant leave the generator go through the primary windings of a step-up isolation power transformer and return to the generator. The electrons, electric charge, do not jump across the air gap from the primary to the secondary. The electromagnet fields energy does though. Good chance there are many isolation power transformers, step-up and step-down, the AC voltage before the electrical power energy reaches the step-down voltage isolation power transformer that feeds the electrical power energy to your home. Same process as above is repeated over and over. (Electrons, electric charge, do not jump across the air gap.) Only the length of wiring from the secondary of the isolation power transformer feeding your audio equipment should be considered. Forget the miles and miles, (Maybe thousands of miles), of wire before the transformer that feeds your house, as far as, AC noise in the wire is concerned. FYI, the majority of noise on the branch circuit wiring in the home is created by equipment, appliances, LED lighting, lighting dimmers, and cheaply built switch mode power supplies used in the home. Also, poor electrical wiring connections can create a lot of noise on the AC wiring. Including the wire connection from the utility Power Transformer to the main electrical panel. Especially over head fed electrical services. . As for using the Audience cable for branch circuit wiring, besides not meeting electrical safety codes, It’s stranded wire... I am a believer in solid core wire for branch circuit wiring to feed audio equipment. Check the archives... . Hard to believe.
The circuit breaker determines the ampere rating of the circuit. The breaker should have been a 20A breaker. A 5-15R, 15A duplex receptacle, or a 5-20R, 20A receptacle can not be connected to a 30A breaker/circuit. Note. (If a 15 amp duplex outlet is used a 15 amp breaker could be used. But a 20 amp receptacle cannot be connected to a 15 circuit. Two or more 15 amp receptacles can be connected to a 20 amp circuit. A 15A duplex is two. Why use a 15A breaker?) . |
I used MSB's wiring guide to wire my system and I got a big improvement. I even had the 8AWG wiring, breaker, and outlets cryo-treated before install: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GqznorhPEsh3pEhy1s29NxMjlBojfiZ_wOjsmu_q5Vc/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.1gtlekrsay9l |