I like to think of the most active among us here on the forum as “constant variables”.
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Well I tried my first experiment replacing an Audio Magic M-1 Fuse with a 4N Silver solid rod on a Southern Man imy my digital router switch LPS. All I can say is reminds me of the story my ex-wife told me of her brother and his cat. He played a whole album of Neil Young and Crazy Horse and the Cat he had for five years ran to door scratching to get out. He never saw his cat again. My ex absolutely hated Neil Young. Lol
The solid rod of silver was letting in all kinds of noise. Was it louder? yes. But not in any good way. Everything all crammed together. Even the Bacch-dsp was struggling to image. The noise increased no black space just thick sound. Neil’s voice was nails on a chalkboard. If I had a cat the door would have been scratched off. Perhaps I need to run some current through the rod? I will have to run these rods end when I am not interested in listening. Come back to this when I have more patience and tolerance.
Perhaps more M-2 fuses are in my future. I replaced the silve rod back with M-1 fuse in my LPD. The joy of music returned. I had not heard anything this poor sounding since my SR master fuse trials
Wow. With the SDFB and a hollow silver slug I get nothing like that in comparison to the M-1 that had been in the component before. Both sounded very good, but the M-1 was not the clear winner.
I will try the hollow silver one next. The LPS supplies 7 amps to the router that claims it needs 6 amps. Maybe the solid silver needs to be run in awhile.
That router uses one of my best common ground cable whisper elite power cords. Which puzzles me since it was pretty finicky and the cord was given special high frequency breakin anses a lot of Dueland silver wire.
I will never, ever understand why the first place you test things is with the Power Supply for your router. And it made that much of a difference. It is just So Very Hard for me to accept. So weird.
The toaster next?
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Perhaps @Duncan_Taylor can chime in. He has pusued several power experiments with digital end. But seems we have had similar experiences as the router having a huge effect on the digital experience. Perhaps I need some muon pro Ethernet conglomerate filtering my digital. But I’d say our experiences are different but similar at getting to the ends of the means. The noise coming through the router switch and feeding it to our system power deserves some taming or filtering. If not filtered it seems to be amplified downstream.
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There are just some things I have to accept or I’ll go mad. I have a wall wart powering each of my routers. I do not see a change to that in my future.
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I just tried the 4N silver hollow sluggo without the rhodium. Tremendous improvement. Not sure if the rhodium is ruining it or the hollow structure is a double skin effect inner and outer core . But is a beautiful balanced analog sound. None of the noise. I think possibly smoother and better than a M-1 fuse. Who would have thought?
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One size doesn’t fit all. But you’re missing out with the latest hollow silver sluggo no rhodium coating. Lol swap you a tuned router LPS for a set of Sakra V17’s 
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@lonson Okay i tried your hollow silver sluggo with a strip of 3M AB7050HF in the center on the LPS for my router.
3m Absorber It adds a bit of HF edge along with reinforcement of bass and recording space acoustic hollow sound. Keeps album anslog sound. Sounds tremendous!!
The hollow silver was a bit too mellow for my speakers silk dome tweeters. Adding the absorber strip is the ticket. Better and quieter than a M-1 fuse.
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I honest and truly believe my MUON Pro saves me from having to consider those sorts of problems. It not only cleans, it shines!
I suppose if I am going to play like two or three of you do, I will have to buy a second MUON Pro and see what happens when I daisy chain them. [Inverse Negative noise?] It could lead to purchasing a third.
If not, I will plug it into a BACCH device. I need an Edgar call on my adio. He is gaslighting me. Huge frown. I haven’t heard my adio in months, and now it is upgraded to top form. And he is making me wait. Bah. Bah twice.
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Hey, sorry Al - I’m part of the problem. Edgar is so busy, he’s loading clients’ BACCH systems on the weekend and having to ask his wife’s permission. I was speaking with him this morning, but my dreadfully slow internet meant that we’re going to have to continue tomorrow (his Saturday, my Sunday).
He will need to train another genius to help with all the installations.
Cheers, Phil
Hi Phil,
Thanks for sharing that. He knows I am kind. He does have to hire and train another. He will then be able to charge a “Gotta be Edgar” fee. Edgar phone calls are unusual and fun.
After you are setup slow Internet won’t be an issue. I am guessing you have a substantial library at home.
Thanks again! Cheers!
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One man band syndrome. I’d thought you would have taken it with you when leaving Axpona. Strange indeed.
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Yes the true definition of audiophile slumming it to hang with our tweaking nonsense. Just think of it as cutting edge development cost of hanging out with the trailing edge folks on the other side of the tracks.
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Oh it’s here, not only did he send me off with it, he sent me off with gifts. It is here, plugged into power, hooked to the internet, waiting for the man to lay his hands on it.
He knows I’m not suffering. I am listening to a B4M version that has ORC. The adio doesn’t have ORC. He can copy my settings on the B4M and plug them into the adio. I am waiting for that. He’s not only good, he is great!
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Cue:
Nobody knows
Da troble eyeb seen!
Nobody knows
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The 3M ruined it for me–I need the mellow, not added high end (but then again I am using ribbon tweeters). I’ve found ALL these Sluggos need three to five days or so to be all they can be. . . my hollow silver is getting better day by day.
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Remember that your MU is more immune than other components, it could make such a difference filtering what the routers are injecting along the path.
I agree with Vmax, having got improvements even from a better DC wire from the LPS to the router. But every system is different.
I’m still waiting for the Tempus switch for a trial test, you may consider also this route in addiction or as an alternative to a second Muon Pro (that I’m really happy to use but placing it between the router and the PhoenixNET switch currently).
What is intriguing me?
The switch has 2 SFP ports designed for future products (maybe a new Muon Pro with fiber connection?)
The Hybrid LPS that comes with the Tempus:
- it should combine the virtues of linear (low noise) AND switch mode (speed) together
- it is made of acrylic material - that I suppose is the same one of the Muon Pro
Having said that, need to mention that NA is going to design/launch a new specific Hybrid LPS, within the end of the year, specifically made to feed routers 12V 2A (if I remember well).
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