Interesting Noise Poll
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ducati_EL34
Addicted Member
I hear nothing from my LaScalas, powered by a JE Labs 2A3 with a CD as the source.
Daytripper
Active Member
What would you guys do if a plane flew over and phono section picked it up, Or if %^*& happened at the moment you were at full tilt? I would hate reading about it not to mention hearing loss that would result.
Do you really think this is a safe thing to do?
Robert
Do you really think this is a safe thing to do?
Robert
Here in no special order are some tips:
Dedicated AC lines
PS Audio Noise Harvesters
Upgraded Power Cords (shielded for noise isolation)
RGPC & Pole Pig units (lowers noise floor & isolation)
Bybee Quantum Filters (both interconnect & speaker)
if i press my ear up against the ring radiator tweeter i can hear a faint hum with the vol at 100 on CD. 1 ft away - complete silence. I do hear some noise from teh phono section, but not that much.
Anyone witha modern mc equip should have the same experience if they are set up right
Anyone witha modern mc equip should have the same experience if they are set up right
jrsystems
Super Member
Ivan, how should these be set-up?
howiebrou
Super Member
On many pieces of music and also between tracks there will be silence. Hearing hiss when there should be silence can be distracting and the impact of the next note may be lessened imo.
I tried it last night. I have a very quiet buzzing from both speakers (which I have been unable to get rid of audible about one inch from the speaker).
Apart from that it is silent at 100% gain. The buzz is not gain dependent anyway. I am guessing there is some noise on the line. My sources and preamp are on a dedicated line but the power amp shares the line with about 12 lights about half of which use energy saving switch mode power supply noise polluting crappy colour bulbs!
Dedicated lines are self explanatory.
I have one PS Audio Noise Harvester plugged into each RGPC unit.
Upgraded Power cords, once again are self explanatory.
RGPC units can be configured a number of ways depending on your gear, give Dick McCarthy a call & get his input. He fields just about every call.
Bybee Quantum Filters are well known & expensive. I know they work and employ many of them. I have them on my speaker lines off each Amp, I also use their RCA & XLR Filters on my IC's.
On many pieces of music and also between tracks there will be silence. Hearing hiss when there should be silence can be distracting and the impact of the next note may be lessened imo.
I tried it last night. I have a very quiet buzzing from both speakers (which I have been unable to get rid of audible about one inch from the speaker).
Apart from that it is silent at 100% gain. The buzz is not gain dependent anyway. I am guessing there is some noise on the line. My sources and preamp are on a dedicated line but the power amp shares the line with about 12 lights about half of which use energy saving switch mode power supply noise polluting crappy colour bulbs!
Howie, try lifting the grounds on your Amps.
Well; we're gonna have to work on that. :yes:
vintage_tube
Vacuum Tube Passion
Well, hats off to you, Ivan for helping others in this regard.:thmbsp::thmbsp:
I don't believe Jack makes the Bybee Quantum Filters any more -- he's onto more TOP SECRET stuff in concert with, I believe Dale Pitcher of Intuitive Design. I happened to speak with Dale today regarding receipt of my final pair of interconnects from him & which are signed by Jack Bybee, Each sealed metal canister contains carbon nano tubes (CNT) which is then encased in wood (see photos). I'm not sure if these are single-walled or multi-walled (SWCNT or MWCNT).
Why do I mention it -- two reasons. I believe I have put 2+2 together to come up with what Jack is doing inlieu of the quantum filters -- carbon nano tubes, which are 10,000 times smaller than a human hair. Supposidly each cannister contains 60K nano tubes & the rest is TOP SECRET -- no one will elaborate. Secondly, is this the secret in Jack's super expensive ($4.2K) speaker bullets and $1K speaker tails?? I'd be willing to bet on the above.
CNT's are harvested in labs & are great conductors of electical components. So much so, that they conduct electricity 10 times more than common copper. On a side note, NASA has paid Rice University $11 Million to develope a 1 meter power cable from CNT's (prototype is due by 2010).
Thanks for mentioning the Byee products -- my light went off.
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