... Jim,Jim, Me thinks you have an odd fetish. Most enthusiasts are curious as to what others have in their listening rooms. But you seem more interested in...
And boy, do they ever!!!!!!!!!!! Larry Owens <larryo@...> wrote:If you're like me, it would have been one day, but those incessant 'quick trips' to the...
... Latest project was installing a Ray designed ... OOOH, ouch! Not exactly an endorsement of RFM's efforts. 8:-(( To Quote Joan Rivers ( related?) " Can we...
No, NO. First impressions are you de-emp EQ is fine. I didn't mean to say that in conjunction with the wokbench stereo. We CAN talk when you have time. I took...
Hi Ray, I deleted that message. Just in case anyone could EVER imagine you could do less than perfect work! jim... ... Anyway, ... upgrade! ... but ... ...
Sounds like Jim and Ray are becoming Bob and Ray! Greg in Minneapolis ;) ... <SNIP> Hi Ray, I deleted that message. Just in case anyone could EVER imagine you ...
... Thanks Jim, ( T'wern't necessary.) Mrs. RFM would, however, render a dissenting opinion. She does that quite frequently. 8:-)) Also the various landfills...
Gents; Back in the late 1950s, my old man was having the house built that would eventually house his hi-fi rig. He decided to do something similar with power...
Related question: If I install a separate line for my system, is it better to have two lines - one for power amp and one for other components? And if two lines...
When I did the dedicated lines, I first set it up with a separate breaker for each outlet. I had the non-signal outlets (turntable, tonearm pump, CD digital)...
Does anyone know of a place that sells cheap isolation platforms? I think Bright Star Audio or whatever it is called now is just way too expensive, like 5...
I saw some giant butcher block cutting boards. They are 2 by 3 ft in size and 2 inches think. Maybe I can put some isolation feet on the bottom of them and...
... Well one thing is for sure it will look pretty! I would put spikes on it instead of isolation feet… Even better would be to sandwich two pc between a...
I am in the process of building a home and plan on doing the samething… I think the important thing here is having clean lines… No dimmer switchers or...
That's a good idea! Which prompted me with another idea! I was thinking since it is 2 inches thick I can use a router and route out a rectangular hole about...
I use a balanced power supply which splits the AC 50 / 50 across the hot and neutral with cap filtering. I was thinking of a better way of getting clean AC....
Hello tweakers, I am going to attempt to shed some light on the subject of "isolation ." It can be a complex subject that is little enough understood that it...
Did you hear any difference with balanced power? I'm thinking of building a box for my tuner and CD player only but before I spend $$ on transformers and IEC...
How about a battery charger and a bank of filter caps to power one of those automotive inverters? Beware of the low-priced inverters, they may not put out a...
I would like to know too if you heard a difference. There is a company that builds and markets balanced power distribution systems (wish I could remember their...
Well good morning Ray! How about this to isolate a preamp or phono or DVD/CD/DAC? Design and build an isolation stand using springs pulled from an old...
Hi Jim, if I were you I would give a try to a nice inner tube got from some bike, inflated as minimum as possible. Or even packaging plastic bag (a sort of big...
Hi Stefano, I might try that. I tried inner tubes under my tube amps BUT the amps are "back heavy" because the three transformers are at the back. I didn't...
Hi Jim, I had the problem of "modeling" a tube under my TT (drop shaped). Well, my father solved it straightforwardly, simply using a couple of o-ring in order...
Hi Jim, I had the problem of "modeling" a tube under my TT (drop shaped). Well, my father solved it straightforwardly, simply using a couple of o-ring in order...
-Hi Jim, And all youse other vibratimg tweakers. 8:-)) 1st. let's introduce a little math. ( I know, yuk.) The natural freq. ( Fn ) of the isolated element...
the output of a 120 volt center tap transformer has the center tap connected to ground, so that the 'hot' and 'neutral' are each 60 volts away from ground. I...