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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2016 17:18:40 GMT
Have you ever considered relaunching the gold plated mains plugs and sockets, Colin? You have the pedigree and I could see them being popular on forums and EBay. I would love to but health and pennies stop me at the moment. To make it pay I would need to do 100,s of units. I did USA version also and it seems as if nobody liked them as I saw no remarks anywhere in US mags. Hong Kong liked them but I suspect the drifted to main land China. But I am starting to build my Version of the Atom and it will be available as PCB for DIY and ready built.  Nearly all SMD  |
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Post by MikeMusic on Mar 20, 2016 17:23:08 GMT
We have had numerous bake offs with cables/plugs/fuses/bmu/power conditioners/mains blocks, up this neck of the woods..all good fun and very educational. It really is a case of trying different stuff and hearing what works in your system. I think I would employ a spark for mains sockets though!!!! I'm happy to change one socket for the same - *very* carefully Would not want to put a bank in though Big advantage of getting a sparkie in - they can check the earth is good, maybe beef it up, legally of course |
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Post by MartinT on Mar 20, 2016 17:27:47 GMT
Bet you don't want that logo on the front, Colin  |
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Post by MikeMusic on Mar 20, 2016 17:40:03 GMT
Can we Photoshop that ?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2016 17:41:49 GMT
NO WAY EVER
I am please with the design but to contaminations and association with the remaining rat bags at TQ never again, and I do hope they are not religious as they would lower the standard in hell.
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Post by MikeMusic on Mar 20, 2016 17:46:36 GMT
You never can tell with our Colin, all this sitting on the fence....  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2016 17:50:03 GMT
If you ever get the urge to try the sockets and plugs again, Colin, maybe a Kickstarter project would fund it. I'd be in and I bet a good few other forum people would too.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2016 18:15:14 GMT
Thank you I love to one day.
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Post by MikeMusic on Mar 27, 2016 16:41:15 GMT
Test switched to unswitched both same age of 2009 and used about as much PS Audio P10 plugged into unswitched socket Sounded fine Swapped to switched Better than I expected but lacking in some areas, detail, bass, sound seemed 'broken'. Another track on switched then back to unswitched. Easier to work out the difference now as the music was more complete, bass fuller, better detail and flow to the music. Unswitched for me without any doubt at all. Anyone with switched sockets switch to unswitched |
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Post by nigel on Mar 28, 2016 12:54:57 GMT
Wouldn't it be even better still to connect to an unswitched fused spur? Please consider I don't know the wiring regulations and was simply thinking out loud. Many kitchen appliances are on fused spurs though.
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Post by nigel on Mar 28, 2016 13:15:25 GMT
Consider how many termination points in a piece of equipment with a captive mains lead connected directly to a fused spur, with the same piece of kit with mains socket, plug and IEC connections.
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Post by MikeMusic on Mar 28, 2016 13:54:27 GMT
Could well be
I'm thinking of the non electricians amongst us
My mistake when we had the house redone I had a ring main for the hifi.
Popular wisdom seems to be all for a spur
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Post by nigel on Mar 28, 2016 14:52:46 GMT
I would have thought having the hi-fi on its own separate circuit, such as yourself, is about as good as it gets apart from having each component on its own feed from the consumer unit. I haven't experienced the benefits of sorting out my mains. I have tried a massive isolation transformer years ago, some audible benefits but it used to get so damn hot so I had to junk it. I suspect it was faulty but I couldn't establish why. I imagine your original idea will provide musical positives and has the advantage of promoting safe practice. Might give it a go.
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Post by Sovereign on Mar 28, 2016 14:55:48 GMT
Wouldn't it be even better still to connect to an unswitched fused spur? Please consider I don't know the wiring regulations and was simply thinking out loud. Many kitchen appliances are on fused spurs though. Radial would be a far better idea. |
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Post by nigel on Mar 28, 2016 15:25:10 GMT
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Post by MikeMusic on Mar 28, 2016 17:16:26 GMT
Wouldn't it be even better still to connect to an unswitched fused spur? Please consider I don't know the wiring regulations and was simply thinking out loud. Many kitchen appliances are on fused spurs though. Radial would be a far better idea. Duh. I meant radial from the unit, often called a spur Must learn my vocabulary proplery ! |
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Post by MikeMusic on Mar 28, 2016 17:17:31 GMT
Mains from consumer unit to unswitched socket seems to be the ideal |
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Post by Sovereign on Mar 28, 2016 18:58:52 GMT
Radial would be a far better idea. Duh. I meant radial from the unit, often called a spur Must learn my vocabulary proplery ! Don't mean to split hairs at all, a spur never comes from the consumer unit. A spur comes off a ring main, ' a branch off a ring main'. a radial is one line from the consumer unit to a given termination, if you can bypass the house CU altogether all the better; so in my case I have a radial that starts just after the house incoming tails to a consumer unit just behind my speaker. |
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Post by MikeMusic on Mar 28, 2016 20:49:09 GMT
I can see that
Wonder why I have so often seen that described as a spur.... puzzling
Radial it is
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Post by MartinT on Mar 28, 2016 20:50:26 GMT
There's nothing wrong with a ring from the consumer unit to provide power to a listening room, as long as it's not supplying anything else.
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