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In Reply to: RE: Public Service Anouncement! posted by RadioWonder on July 15, 2015 at 07:49:49:
As usual, late to this party by 4 years!
Just for the heck of it, I had an NAD C325BEE (well, I have two) in the system. I had just opened it tonight for no reason other than I was thinking of changing the resistors in it to a better type (it's way out of warranty, anyway). I saw it had fuses. 6 of them. Easy to see, located in the upper right corner of the amp (viewed from the rear of the amp).Now, you'd think this would be a no-brainer that they had fuses, but I hadn't realized that before.
After reading this thread - and since I had no new fuses to try out, I just cleaned the fuse heads and holder with Caig ProGold contact cleaner.
I turned the unit on and held my breath, hoping that, although I'd dried the fuse and holder well (I only did one!), it wouldn't cause a blowout of some type.
The sound was noticeably cleaner on the Rolling Stones Aftermath hybrid CD (I was just using the CD layer). The grain - akin to using a 200 (ASA) speed Kodachrome film - was reduced, so that it was more akin to 50 (ASA)speed film. I thought maybe my Ambien had kicked in (hey, I did this at 11:30 pm!), but it was clear on every cut that there was less grain.
Thanks for the suggestion. I don't think it occurred to me to clean the fuse holder. Tomorrow morning, I can easily clean the PS Audio Power Plant.
We so often get caught up in "bigger and better" equipment that we forget the little things. No wonder, from the 70s on, HP used to have his setup man clean the tube pins every two weeks. And no wonder dealers doubted equipment sounded (sometimes) as he (HP) said it did. One dealer said to me once, "Are we listening to the same piece of equipment as him?!?!" Without cleaning the tube pins, I would say we weren't. Enid Lumley encouraged the same thing. Prophets are sometimes acknowledged after their passing.
Many, Many, MANY thanks to those who stated unequivocally that we clean our fuses and fuse holders.
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- RE: Public Service Anouncement! - Ceres 20:55:06 08/27/15 (1)
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