Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ns-mx!iowasp.physics.uiowa.edu!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!rutgers!uwm.edu!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!info-high-audio-request From: lrb@rrivax.rri.uwo.ca (Lance R. Bailey) Newsgroups: rec.audio.high-end Subject: Re: The importance of conditioning your line Message-ID: <5387@uwm.edu> Date: 27 Jul 90 12:39:58 GMT Sender: news@uwm.edu Lines: 28 Approved: tjk@csd4.csd.uwm.edu In article <5268@uwm.edu>, chowkwan@aerospace.aero.org writes... >So the moral is: top quality equipment is fantastically >revealing (and I include the ears in the category >of top quality stuff). I would never have believed that plugging >components into the same power bank could cause problems. >Yet the Stax revealed all. i ended up with TWO 15 circuit breakers going to the listening room. one goes to the power and logans, one to the pre and inputs. the wire i used is dryer cable (8 or 10 guage). at one time i had a (this is a phonetic spelling because i've never seen the name written) EENEAK line stabilizer and the difference was a much more open image. >Records are great but as a practical matter I feel compelled >to investigate tweaks that make CD sound enjoyable. >One of the keys to date is to keep that power to the CD player >pure. try a set of NAVCOM stabilzers under it. i put a pair under my power amp and havenet removed them since. _________________________________ Lance R. Bailey, Systems Manager | Robarts Research Institute email: lrb@rri.uwo.ca | Clinical Trials Resources Group vox: 519-663-3787 ext. 4108 | P.O. Box 5015, 100 Perth Dr. fax: 519-663-3789 | London, Canada N6A 5K8