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In Reply to: RE: sotm and the DAC have basic filtering posted by fmak on May 25, 2016 at 06:39:06
Have a look at the web site.
I'd skimmed a write-up on a UK distributor's web site that was obviously lifted from mfgr's spiel. I haven't a clue what "coupled with sophisticated gating principles and proprietary 'Polaris-X' technology" means except "awfully jolly damn good indeed".
Seriously, I'm not for a moment suggesting it isn't well engineered but you of all people would surely agree that filtering can be a bit of a hit-and-miss affair and that no filter is a complete answer. Necessary but not sufficient and all that.
The OP worried if he was insane. OK, he's come to the right place but I don't think so - I'd say he was perceptive. Having been on a similar path myself, I tried to suggest a few simple tests to see if he can't tie things down a bit. If others can come up with better ones, that would be useful.
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I agree and as you said, I am sceptical about 'mains fiters'. They do affect SQ though. But as I found out recently, so does the R and L of mains fuses!
But as I found out recently, so does the R and L of mains fuses!
Not that it helps the OP any and somewhat to my chagrin, I too recently got good results from fitting an "after-market" fuse and fancy mains plug/socket. And that was on a system already fitted with a high-end pro-audio filter, Kostapacket Konditioners and Jon Risch-style isolators.
(Because UK domestic mains systems uses ring circuits and fused plug tops, it's generally safe to have one fuse only on an audio system provided it's wired right. NB that it's almost certainly NOT safe on non-UK systems and that I always fit ELCBs. One never knows, one doesn't.)
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The price being asked for 'audio' fuses in eBay is crazy. But Partsconnxion are closing out HiFiTuning fuses at $10, which is affordable.
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