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Post by pinkie on Jan 29, 2015 16:26:03 GMT
Au sujet de l'autre ampli, il m'avais explique que les metals utilises pour les "heat sinks" peuvent etre differents dans les models differents, et qu'il ne s'agit que des tres petits mouvements dans ces pieces. Je vous en prie
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Post by pinkie on Jan 29, 2015 9:42:56 GMT
OK. I've just spoken to Matthew. Let me do this first in English while its fresh in my mind, and then I'll try a PM in French (maybe after the last tax return is in).
Matthew said there had been correspondence, including about a Dac, and he apologised if it wasn't resolved. Busy time of year. Language issues. He had suggested contacting Gilles at their French distributors ("L'exception Musicale") - because they are best placed to deal with the issues in French!!
Regarding the ticking noise on power-up - he feels it is not a problem, and agrees that there is no benefit in sending it back to be checked, and providing it remains constant and doesn't deteriorate, and you are happy it is not affecting the performance of the amplifier, then there is no need to take action. The probable cause is the heatsinks inside the amplifier warming up - particularly for the small transistors which quite rapidly reach a temperature of 100-150 degrees. The heatsinks are made of different metals, and expand and contract at different rates, and therefore a very faint ticking as the amplifier warms up would not be exceptional.
If I have understood your French properly, he was not quite sure about the ticking problem being caused by "touching the porthole". There were a couple of possibilities - but again , the basic advice was "if it ain't broke, don't fix it", and if it isn't affecting the amplifiers performance (that you can hear) and isn't deteriorating, then don't worry about it (and stop touching the amp, if you don't want to hear the noise!). There is a ring of LED's apparantly which can get hot, and there is a metal mesh cover which could creak when touched, but I think the language issues means if you are concerned about this, it may be best to speak to Gilles first.
But - in summary - if it is working, and not affecting your use and enjoyment, and not getting worse, don't worry about it. Its probably just normal thermal expansion.
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Post by pinkie on Jan 27, 2015 10:03:30 GMT
JP Did you get my pm? Regardez au "Messages" . Envoyer mois les details par email et je ferrai ce que je pourrai.
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Post by pinkie on Jan 24, 2015 16:31:14 GMT
Bonjour Pinkie , je m'adresse à vous car j'ai de nouveau envoyé un mail à Matthew mais je n'ai eu aucune réponse , vous m'avez proposé votre aide en ce qui concerne mes problemes avec mon SPM 1200 E étant donné que vous etes pas loin de chez Chord , s'il vous plait dites moi ce que vous proposez pour m'aider , je vous en serais tres reconnaissant . Cordialement et avec mes remerciements JP PM envoye (where are the accents on this software??)
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Post by pinkie on Jan 16, 2015 8:11:10 GMT
I guess I find the expectation biasing a bit patronising. I could easily suggest expectation bias if it exists to degree some people believe it exists it could then work both ways. " I expect to hear no difference so therefore I do not". I have no intention to patronise, but I understand the comment. You are certainly right that expectation bias can work both ways. And I could fake "no difference" on a blind test. However, a bit like the visual fields test I have just taken with my "blind" right eye (to meet NHS criteria for surgery on the eyelid which my corneal surgeons want me to have). To get the surgery, my visual field needs to be impaired - but not non-existant. Fortunately I can see lights in the bottom right hand section of the vision field and passed the test. Back to my expectation bias - you would fix it by adding an obviously audible variant into the test. So A B C - Where A and B are being compared but C is very obviously audible, and if I score "no change" for everything, I have demonstrated the limitations of my hearing! Actually its not really necessary, because if you or Martin, or anyone else (just one auditioner, anywhere on the planet) can demonstrate in a proper blind test that they can hear, then the case is proven, and the expectation bias of the foo-basher is irrelevant. But you are right - the bias is there both (all ?) ways. And like you and Martin, I often decide something has made a difference just by listening and enjoying. But, when it is contentious, when its not sure (usually these days that's when it involves parting with serious cash), I try to take steps to prove it to myself by removing the "other factors" including expectation bias. Our equipment ALWAYS sounds different. We set the volume slightly differently (the volume on different recordings is set at different levels). We sit slightly differently - a bit to the right, a bit to the left. We have different amounts of ear wax from one audition to the next. There is different ambient noise (last night there was a howling gale blowing - I might not have been conscious of it in the living room, but you can bet, compared to the dead silence we get here sometimes it changed the listening conditions). We are distracted by our daughter ending her relationship with her lovely boyfriend, just as she was about to move into a new house with him, and our mind is not on the music. We are exhausted, have had more wine than last night, have a distracting nag from an old sprained ankle... So the music ALWAYS sounds different. I always notice "changes" if I listen for them. When I was evaluating at PT - the key was to separate those changes in what I heard between the ones due to equipment changes we had made, and those due to all the other factors. In Martins case - I wasn't meaning to say "You're batty and the changes you hear MUST be expectation bias". More, I was trying to point out to him, how every post he makes, every assertion of the amount of emotional commitment he has invested in "the knowledge" that mains cables are important, further confirms the magnitude of the expectation bias he has, and the challenges in overcoming it. If you have been so sure you are right for so long, and have so much credibility at stake (internal credibility - cognitive dissonance), then if you are listening for differences and hear them, you will be sure they are due to the equipment you have changed, and none of the other factors I listed. After all - if the differences are substantial - however much you may not personally choose to prove to yourself that they are real - in the way we felt a need to at the factory - they should be capable of such proof. But the "magnitude" of the difference flickers like a will-o-the wisp in these threads between "fundamental" and "exceptionally subtle". Curiously there never seems to be a significant cumulative effect. Martin has listed the many serial upgrades he has made from the original starting point of my B&Q leads - every change an improvement - through over-priced "good, but not good enough" to the final (current?) state of the art solution. Surely the difference between the current version and a B&Q must be of an order of magnitude that it can be dem'd blind in the way the Pi battery can. As you say - these discussions tend to be circular. And I have learned to avoid them. I normally just skip over these threads and maintain my karma enjoying only "safe" threads where I feel less need for hot towels round my head. I can't imagine why I looked at this one - I was probably in that hospital waiting room and bored to desperation
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Post by pinkie on Jan 16, 2015 7:46:46 GMT
The real issue is that nobody has ever demonstrated that the differences can be heard. This is now the 3rd time in a week I have made this point on this forum. Still nobody has challenged that. There are any number of people asserting that they know it works for them, but as ChrisB pointed out there are people who believe handling snakes brings them closer to God. We really don't want to get into faith on this thread. But people asserting they can hear things doesn't mean that experience was due to changes in the sounds that were produced. It just seems real odd this debate has clearly been rumbling for much longer than I've had a heads-up on it, and nobody has been able to prove the difference is audible - just a mass of folk who are prepared to attest that it works for them. Really bizarre. I am more than willing if you ever over in NW London to have a fun listening session to see if we can hear or not hear the difference in the cables. Using a standard cable and a ebay mains cable I bought a few years back for about £140 that is no longer made. Both of us report our honest findings even if we disagree. Hi Johm Thanks for the offer. We must surely be destined to meet one day, having missed out on a session at Sovereigns. I am on auto-pilot to say "I'm too busy forever" during January, but the silly season doesn't last for ever. Of course, I realise it needs to stay fun, and not some of the "pressure" stuff I used to do at the old firm, but were I not also to spontaneously notice the differences you do, and were you able to demonstrate that you can simply by listening, in the way I could with the Pi battery, that would drive a nail into mains cable threads forever!
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Post by pinkie on Jan 15, 2015 16:38:07 GMT
I've gone well past the point of worrying about formal tests or whether other people can hear differences between power cables. To me it's audible and obvious. I certainly wouldn't have spent what I have on a whim. It's real and has made a large improvement to my system. I don't need you to believe me, I only ask that members try it for themselves. If they don't hear it, then fair enough and it's a valid opinion.The problem with closed, blocked and unbending minds is that they do not have the curiosity or the will to try something they doubt. They, in there own belief and way of doing things, have pre-ordained that something will not work so why bother to try, its too much of an effort and maybe, just maybe they may find that it does work and have to make an alteration in thinking... HOW THE HELL TO YOU KNOW IF SOMETHING WORKS OR DOES NOT WORK IF YOU DON'T TRY IT FIRST! Okay, I don't recommend jumping off a tall building to check if you can fly or float, you can't unless aided by something such as a parachute. Pinkie, if your reading this, I have noticed that in a high number of your posts, also on another site, you keep the name of Arthur K very much to the fore in what you have to say and quote, also he crops up in your signature as reinforcement? Are you sure of his infallibility in all things related to audio and the world of electronics? Now there is nothing wrong in a 'special relationship' after all flirty Margaret Thatcher had one with Ronald Reagan (the most powerful man in the world at the time) back in the 80s but no one in their right mind would say Ronald Reagan was absolutely correct in what he believed and practiced would they? As a matter of interest does AK, as you have brought up the subject of his system, just use hardware store bell wire as speaker leads after all it is only copper wire passing a signal from amp to speakers. Also, what about tone arm wiring, what about the windings and leads in a cartridge? Do tell. Ron Hi Ron Arthur is mentioned in my signature as a forum requirement - lest a suggestion of trade association be implied (there is none - he is just a mate, who I used to work with in the business) Arthur has used all manner of speaker wires in his day but would be delighted to sell you his Funk Firm Wraith speaker cables at £1440 a pair using paladium conductors (Actually I'm not sure if that is £1440 a terminated pair, or £1440 a metre (per pair)). He won't get me to buy a pair. We are mates, but don't agree on everything. However, I would note that I have custom made talk 3 speaker cables at present in the system, and some chord flat cables coiled up in a box for possible future use (aesthetic reasons prevent their use in the present domestic environment - that and the talk 3's being damned good). If you read my earlier posts you will see I did try some audiophile mains cables and they made sod-all difference (they came with some free "audiophile fuses" which also made sod-all difference). Although, if you trawl the AOS archive - you'll note that to start with I thought I did hear a difference, until I realised it was the usual "listening" phenomena - when just by virtue of paying attention you notice differences. I could carry on with an enquiring mind waiting for the day I find the one that works, but given Martin T is selling one cable for over £600 that could be expensive I would also note I have no problem with hearing differences that are real ones, like using the battery power pack on the Raspberry Pi. To put this in context, I would have no issue with demonstrating I can hear that difference blind, and with a quick warm up would expect to score 10/10 (although I'd accept better than random chance from someone trying to convince me there was anything real in mains cables). By real - I mean capable of an equivalent demonstration - one not dependent on knowledge or sight - but pure hearing. With one mains cable or fuse - the one that makes the biggest difference. But that comment will be ignored, and a queue will form of people seeking to assure me earnestly that they hear a difference, as though that is the same thing. As they did with green felt pens 20 years ago. The real issue is that nobody has ever demonstrated that the differences can be heard. This is now the 3rd time in a week I have made this point on this forum. Still nobody has challenged that. There are any number of people asserting that they know it works for them, but as ChrisB pointed out there are people who believe handling snakes brings them closer to God. We really don't want to get into faith on this thread. But people asserting they can hear things doesn't mean that experience was due to changes in the sounds that were produced. It just seems real odd this debate has clearly been rumbling for much longer than I've had a heads-up on it, and nobody has been able to prove the difference is audible - just a mass of folk who are prepared to attest that it works for them. Really bizarre. And coming back to Arthur - in common with others I know in this industry who are highly respected, such as Owen and Andrew Jones, and Andrew Watson - none of them are mains cable followers -and all just look at me with pity when I try to engage them on the subject. I think I will follow their example and recognise my sanity is not helped engaging in debates of this sort. Like Jez - I'll leave you all to have fun. BTW when I was auditioning the Flamenca against a Rega RP6 for Arthur, not only did he make me do it blind, but the sod conned me on the first listen, telling me he had changed decks, when in fact he played the RP6 twice. At PT we learned how easy it was for folk to be influenced about what they could hear. In this case, as with the battery on the Pi - it was piss easy to tell the differences, so a stunt like Arthur pulled only temporarily perplexed me.
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Post by pinkie on Jan 15, 2015 11:19:28 GMT
Jan 15, 2015 9:22:11 GMT John said: Cables are always the great divider on forums between those that hear a difference and those that do not. I respect both view points and I am in the camp of those that hear a difference. What I am interested is why the difference and think the thread around NLP and how we process information might be a clue to such huge differences On the one hand it might suggest why important differences are hard to demonstrate with a blind A:B (broadly that right brain / left brain "total picture" thing) Or it might demonstrate why what we "hear" is not what our ears detect, and other factors are responsible for some individuals conviction that they hear something, when others are not able to share the experience. Broadly - if its really the sound waves being affected, you would expect the experience to be universal. If you can see the emperors new suit of clothes then they exist and he is wearing them. But that doesn't necessarily mean anybody could also see them, and wear them, and keep warm. It's a bit like the green felt pen. If anybody had persuasively demonstrated the point, CD's would have been manufactured with green edges.
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Post by pinkie on Jan 15, 2015 11:14:09 GMT
I've gone well past the point of worrying about formal tests or whether other people can hear differences between power cables. To me it's audible and obvious. I certainly wouldn't have spent what I have on a whim. I accept the point Martin. But relating to earlier comments - that creates a massive expectation. This is "cognitive dissonance". Or for accountants "sunk costs". The more you have already invested in a solution, the more deeply committed you are to finding that your earlier investment was valid. It is really tough executing a "stop loss" (to really mix my metaphors) and conclude the previous investment was worthless. That is not to state that your previous investment was worthless. Just to state that your conviction that it was not will have a substantial influence on expectation bias.
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Post by pinkie on Jan 15, 2015 8:22:06 GMT
That's very interesting indeed, Craig. You're the first person I've heard of who has conducted proper tests on mains cables. I've suspect for a long time that it's about RF reduction, not just cable resistance, but it's good to hear it backed up by measurement. Strike one for a measurement that confirms what we hear! What is the proper test? How have those tests demonstrated that a mains cable affects the sound. I repeat the comment made (originally with reference to your mains regenerator plots, way back at the start). If you want to measure the effect of mains on the sound, measure it on the output of the amplifier - not the input to its power supply. I believe you can measure noise down to -130db (but my reference I would have preferred to check with is on holiday in Teneriffe atm, so I could have that wrong) Again - I can measure the voltage on my houses domestic mains, and show it changes, from day to day. That doesn't show it affects the sound from my HiFi. I can change the DC voltage supplied to the Pip (within limits) and it won't change the amplifiers sound. I discussed adding the dual mono power supply to the Quad 405-2 mods carried out for me recently, and got the comment back "if you are going to do it, then it needs to be true dual - not 2 windings round a common core, BUT THE CURRENT DRAWN BY THE AMPLIFIER COMES FROM THE RESERVOIR CAPACITORS. THE TRANSFORMER IS ONLY TOPPING THEM UP. So it will have no affect." Just because I can measure something, doesn't mean it has a causal link with sound quality. I can measure the length of the carpet. I refer you again to my (recently revised) signature. And there is another issue, which I will repeat in this post. Never mind scientific measurements, still NOBODY in my experience has ever provided a convincing demonstration that a difference in ANY mains cable or fuse can be heard. When I tried an "audiophile" mains cable i could hear no difference - and as predicted before the test, was told I had inadequate hearing, the wrong sort of mains, or an insufficiently audiophile cable. (I should note 2 respected HiFi designers are keen for me to do listening tests for them after January). At a show - running a dem room, where he could almost certainly borrow one buck-shee, if Arthur thought an exotic mains lead would change the sound of his dem system, he would fit it. None of my experience in HiFi has ever produced a credible, non Emperor's new clothes, demonstration that a mains cable changes the sound. Together with the science, that is suggestive that it doesn't change the sound. There is a strong odour of decaying marine life about this paradox.
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Post by pinkie on Jan 15, 2015 8:05:24 GMT
In my limited time (relatively) on forums, I've learned you can't beat mains cables for a good punch up.
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Post by pinkie on Jan 14, 2015 14:16:51 GMT
Here's a review in Positive Feedback of the Synergistic Research SR Red fuse, much of which I agree with. It does seem expensive, but based on what I've heard from using three of them (regenerator x 2, power amp), they yield a level of improvement that represents a significant upgrade in sound quality.
Positive Feedback SR Red My signature says it all.
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Post by pinkie on Jan 12, 2015 21:54:52 GMT
In my limited time (relatively) on forums, I've learned you can't beat mains cables for a good punch up. A lot of mention has been made of expectation bias. I share Jez's views that expectation bias is probably the leading mainstream scientific explanation for auditioners hearing effects which science treats as impossible. Obviously those preferring to trust their own subjective abilities will be confident of their abilities to eliminate such factors (again, in the face of mainstream scientific findings). I can only observe again, that however "real" the subjective findings are, nobody has ever demonstrated them, that I am aware of. I have posted similar comments numerous times, and never been referred to a credible example of subjective proof of an individuals ability to demonstrate they can hear a difference. That's never. Nil times. In my early days at PT the fashion was for green felt pen round the edge of a CD. I remember a show / demo (Linn actually - where I first heard your beloved Isobariks Mike) at Wrotham, where there was heated discussion about which green felt pen was superior and authentic "audiophile". The efficacy of green felt pen was so proven to those espousing it that to play cd's without colouring their edge first was to miss most of the music on them. And today - not a green pen in sight. It is curious how the likes of mains cables, which should be easy to demonstrate really - just one cable or one fuse, have never been demonstrated effectively. Of course, why should someone who benefits from the ability to perceive these benefits need to prove themselves? Individually of course they don't. But when nobody is able to do it ever, I find myself reflecting on the future and green felt pens.
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Post by pinkie on Jan 12, 2015 18:20:27 GMT
Richard I can't believe this mad stuff works. If I take it out the sound degrades. When I forgot to put the granite back on the Isis Friday with Martin I thought the sound was off in some way. Granite back on, nice improvement. If I take everything away the system will sound nothing like as good as it does now. The other half often has no idea what I'm doing and always says "the first (or second) sounded best" I'm not disputing that Mike. I'm only disputing that your ears are the sole evaluation equipment, given what we know about listening and hearing and other factors like vision and knowledge. I'm also puzzled that I worked with a bunch of guys who were passionate about this stuff, and none of us were able to share the experiences you refer to. And, based on very recent discussions, we all seem to still be that way
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Post by pinkie on Jan 12, 2015 16:13:44 GMT
The ears have to be the decider Mine decided mains cables improve my system very well indeed along with all sorts of barmy items like granite placemats on the kit - isn't that the furthest 'out there' ? - Or the supports, Mana, RDC, Electric Beach, Stillpoints, Black Ravioli etc ? Yes Mike, but as discussed on NLP and elsewhere it wasn't your ears. It was your brain. Helped by your eyes, and your experience, and the knowledge you'd got a lovely new bit of kit in there to listen to that would make your decision. Your HEARING made the decision. But a lot more than your ears were involved in what you heard. Same as the McGurk effect. It's really hard, and usually has to be quite contrived, just for your ears to decide.
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Post by pinkie on Jan 12, 2015 15:29:07 GMT
Time for a group, randomised control trial ? ? No - this is "foo". Let me qualify that. It is not to say those hearing it are wrong to experience what they experience, it is to observe that it is not repeatable or consistent. Not withstanding the transmission line theory of the subsequent post, the matter has not, as far as I can determine, ever been reliably demonstrated. I can measure that the voltage on my mains supply varies from day to day, and I can show that voltage variations in an amplifier affect sound, but it doesn't follow that a voltage variation on the mains used to power an amplifier will result in sound differences. (My own engineer friend would suggest if you want to do any measurements, to demonstrate an effect on sound quality, measure the output of the amplifier, not the input to its power supply) If a mains cable makes a difference - it should be capable of demonstration. It doesn't need elaborate test facilities. It doesn't need a theoretical justification. Just demonstration. Just one person who can hear the differences to get a score better than random from a sample of say 10 listening tests where they can't see and don't know which cable or fuse they are listening to. The problem is, those who are happy they can hear the difference, however "night and day" the difference is, usually only hear it when the system is warmed up, or burned in, or some other circumstances which invalidate a simple A:B test of the type I have been doing with the Pi recently. It would still be possible to devise a valid test, but it would need a lot of patience on the part of the demonstrator, and a live-in willing accomplice. So it doesn't happen. And we learn to live with the fact that on HiFi forums there will be those who are attracted to how they can improve their enjoyment of their system with these "special" features, and those like Jez and I who are unable to share the experience. I rather like Chris's snake handling post as a way of just dealing with letting those who enjoy the experience get on with it, and recognise I can't share it, and don't feel any loss. It's not so different from a school friends funeral I went to recently. Rather astonishingly for Kev, he had found God a few years ago, and become a very active part of what was a very demonstrative church. So a lot of his new friends were standing up and waving their arms and looking very trance like. And I was very happy for them, and happy to join in singing the hymns. They certainly seemed happy peaceful people. Again - plenty of "proof" was available - and I could have signed up for an Alpha course to learn it all and have even my most robust objections overturned. But I found myself unable to share the experience. And much the same applies with mains cables for me. But I feel no loss
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Post by pinkie on Jan 12, 2015 14:59:16 GMT
The amp must not have had inrush protection. You need quite big fuses to stop them popping. On mine I have a 10 ohm 50W resistor in series with the 800VA toroid, which is short circuited after a second or so by a very large relay. Most big amps have a similar arrangement. The ring is an excellent point - my circuit breakers are 32A on the rings (just looked) - and (Wikipedia) the ring and fused mains socket were designed at the same time. The ring was introduced in the UK after WW2 to minimise copper use, and a fused plug was needed to overcome the high overall ring current requirements. There are a couple of spurs - to feed the cooker, and a dedicated one for the fridge and freezer. I have heard that many audiophiles install a spur to feed the audio system; maybe I ought to consider that more seriously. Anybody here gone this route? Craig Spooky - spot on. The spooky bit was I'd just finished reading your post and Owen phoned to tell me he'd finally fixed his Integral (he designed the amplifier - not the productionisation). He was given an amp, but it blew early on, and he has only just got round to fixing it. And sure enough - no inrush protection was among the things he was having a rant about. I shall be interested to hear it in February - because he also has his latest power amp the AHB2 for me to listen to as well, and I can decide which one to make spaniel eyes about.
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Post by pinkie on Jan 12, 2015 7:56:13 GMT
But it brings up another question: most of our gear takes fairly small current. Even a decent size power amp will never take more than 3A, or possibly extremely 5A for a monster class A. But I'll bet that we all just leave the good old 13A fuse in there, even when the mains cord is only (thermally) rated at perhaps 6A. I'd also wager that those who buy esoteric fuses from Hi-Fi Tuning and the like buy the 13A variety - at 30-odd quid a fuse you don't want the risk of one blowing as a result of transformer inrush current ;-) Russ Andrews has only adapted his own domestic system to US-style plugs and sockets - and as a private individual he can do whatever he feels comfortable with. As far as I know, there is no recommendation on the RA website to use anything other than regular UK plugs and sockets with fuses (with pricey cable between the two...) The only things that I turn off are the power amps - and that is only because it is valved, and I don't want a room heater running all the time, or feeding it with 8 matched pairs of valves regularly. Craig Regarding the 5 amp max, I had an interesting moment when I borrowed Arthurs Integral amp - with dire warnings of the only known working example, easy to fry due to no protection circuitry etc. I pulled the iee out of my quad, plugged it into the Integral, and... nothing! Oh s***. Several moments panic, wondering how to start the phone call, when I looked on the back of the amp which clearly says "must have a 10 amp fuse" (I had a 3 amp in the Quad lead). Phew! As for using US plugs (or EU ones) the issue is that there is circuit protection at the fuseboard to protect wires plugged in. However, with our lovely ring mains in the UK, where 13 amp cable in a ring can share the current arriving at a socket by taking 2 routes to get there, the board protection is at 30 amps. On a foreign radial circuit, with just one route to the socket the board protection is at 15 amps. It's that gulf between 30 and 13 compared with 15 and 13 that means we have to have a cartridge fuse in the UK. If you want to use an unfused foreign lead, to be safe you should do it on an appropriate radial circuit.
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Post by pinkie on Jan 11, 2015 14:19:33 GMT
Well, its been a bit of a saga. The replacement Pi arrived early and I couldn't resist "just getting it up and running quickly" even though I had no time. What did that sign say that we used to put above the photocopier at work? "Never let anything mechanical know you are in a hurry". I hate ****** computers. First it needed to be given a different player name, but refused to just plug in and play even though the card presumably had the right network settings. I realised I had to tell it to output through the dac, but set it to the berry dac. Eventually realised it needed to be the berry+. Not a dicky bird on the wrong setting. The real mystery was the network - and a refusal to boot from wifi. I realised in the end that it wasn't enough to put the settings in for wifi from the ethernet, and then take it to the wifi range, because it hadnt been allocated an ip address. A frustrating spell. But then, although using the same dongles it refuses to see the 5 network. So eventually I gave in and configured it on the 2 network, expecting track skipping and pauses. Nope - runs sweet as a nut on the 2.4Ghz network So why didn't the old one? And why could the old one see and log on to the 5GHz network, but this one can't? As previously mentioned - I hate ****** computers. MUST do some work now (had another major distraction yesterday fixing a worn security light PIR - which, to shorten the story, just went wrong every way it could). However, I said to Sue - see if you can hear a difference, and plugged in the battery. Expecting no difference - it is playing at low volume through the kitchen system, with the curtains over the speakers. Night and day - wow , how that battery transforms the DAC. Gonna be real interesting when we get the time, running it up against DaCapo. Where am I going to find a DC supply for DaCapo these days??? Work!!
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Post by pinkie on Jan 11, 2015 13:54:23 GMT
Interesting. I think I'll treat myself to the book after January. So far I havent needed to go near the command line. The PiCoreplayer route is probably easier than the volumio one. Although as I'll post on my own thread, I'm not keen on ******* computers
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