The Denizen abides…
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This is the way.
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Fired up.
MLB network never sounded better in glorious, 7.1 channel surround sound.
Going to leave the amp on all night and make sure there are no issues.
Thanks Vince.
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Batter up!
Decisions, decisions… in Denizen summer many nights asleep!
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I’ve been running my system off a 15 amp dedicated line and a separate line for my amps. Today my electrician came by and installed a pair of 20 amp dedicated outlets for me. Amazing work, in and out in 2 hours with no damage and no mess. I’m sure I’m suffering from “expectation bias” but I swear the sound is deeper with better resolution. Whatever it is, I’ll take it.
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Congratulations! It’s not in your head, when you run a larger wire like a #10 awg. straight from the panel without connections, and without other things plugged in witch can cause noise feedback into the circuit, you have lower impedance and less noise in the power. You should definitely have a cleaner more open sound. I feel getting a couple of 20 amp dedicated circuits with #10 wires is a very cost effective way to clean up your sound.
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Same here. I ran 3x 20 amp “home run” circuits. One for the source stack and one each for L & R power amps.
Also, another 20-amp run for the sunroom system that is slowly coming together.
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Hey Vern. What speaker system are you going to use in the sunroom?
Just to clarify. Are these 20a dedicated lines hooked up to the main panel with 20a breaker. Or, is there a separate, smaller, say, 60a breaker box that picks off the main power before the house panel?
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They are Gershman Grand Avant Garde’s
Each circuit has its own 20 amp breaker in the main panel. All are on the same leg of the incoming 220v supply.
Luckily the the person who built the house put in a very large distribution panel with plenty of spare slots.
I thought about putting in a 220v to 220v transformer to isolate a smaller distribution panel but most likely will never get it done.
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@straightwire I was able to just add breakers to my main panel for dedicated audio. The thing I also did was tighten all connections in the box and move my audio circuit breakers to the phase with less noise inducing electric motors but some like pool pump use multiple phases. The other thing is moving ground and hot connections to the top of the bus bar to get the feed prior to the other equipment on the bus.
Then a month or two later go back and retightened all the connections again. It is amazing over time how much they will loosen. Some took 4 to five turns and another 3/4 to whole turn a few months later.
Loose connections are a source of noise. Your P20 will tell you before and after.
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Nice…How do they sound? Do you ever use your AZ Crescendos?
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It’s the third day and the cartridge is really opening up! The dynamics are out of this world! This cartridge really loves piano. I have never heard pianos so realistically portrayed before. With the 45rpm “The Timekeepers”, Count Basie Meets Oscar Peterson, I could swear there’s two live pianos playing, one on each side of my living room, fantastic! Greatest channel separation and lowest background noise I’ve ever heard from a cartridge! This cartridge is bringing out so much more from my Esoteric phono stage that I didn’t know was there! I have all but forgotten about listening to digital these past few days. BTW, my brother came to listen to my new cartridge yesterday, and is already making arrangements to obtaining one.
Here is a picture of my analog setup. I’m using an Esoteric power amp also.
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I haven’t had the Gershman’s out of the boxes yet so nothing to report there.
Yes, I really liked the AZ’s and still have them in basement storage. The M-T-M is a great presentation.
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A new TP Link wireless router to replace a four or five year old NetGear router. Pretty sure it sounds better, if a little forward so far. I ordered an ifi Power Elite 12v supply to replace the Sbooster 19v I was running on the NetGear. We shall see, but I am happy so far…
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A P-15 to replace my P-3. Slowly upgrading my system. Bought M1200s to replace my M700s during the Stellar sale and will be upgrading other components from Stellar series as new products become available.
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A set of Equipment Vibration Protectors from AV Room Service installed under a pair of HHR Exotics TLS1s. I used track 17 from PSAs The Audiophile’s Guide Reference Music disc, ‘Slow Moving Ferns’ by Thomas LaFond. It has some deep bass synth. I have suspended floor so need to isolate from the floor. Had been using Herbie’s isolators. They worked fairly well and are an excellent value. I played the track whilst sitting on the edge of my chair with elbow on knee and took note of the vibrations coming up from the floor. Then put EVPs under one speaker and felt less vibration. Did the second speaker and had a drastic reduction compared to initial state. Bass is now much cleaner and tighter. It can seem like less, but is just getting rid of the floor’s contribution. When I first got the speakers on their spikes my listening chair shook. Fun, but not accurate. Now that the bass is cleaned up the rest seems to be following. The protectors don’t look as nice as the spikes but they sure do sound better. Also, I placed a bit of cloth under each one in the hope that I might be able to get the speakers to slide a bit over the cork floor.
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I have a new toy. It makes the Hyperion cartridge sound even better. It brings even more dimensionality and separation to the picture. I didn’t believe a record mat can make a difference until I tried one of these. A SR UEF Record Mat. I guess my platter is not as resonance free as I thought.
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