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In Reply to: Re: Ayre & AC posted by Charles Hansen on February 22, 2007 at 10:54:35:
Mr. Hansen,Thank-you for addressing my post. The insights you provide on this web-site are some of the most influential marketing pieces I've experienced and one of the reasons I have purchased Ayre equipment. That and the excellent sonics!
If you ever get the urge I would be interested to know how all of the frequencies being transmitted (wireless networks, phones, etc) effects our gear. I imagine you have a hi-fi at home and a computer. How do you isolate the two? Switched outlets?
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For what it's worth: when I sit down to listen to music, I unplug all video products, the microwave, and the computer. This definitely helps.
< < I imagine you have a hi-fi at home and a computer. How do you isolate the two? > >Unlike home A/V equipment that uses switching power supplies, computers do not need to respond to remote controls when they are "off". So normally when you turn a computer "off" it is really "off". I don't work on my computer and do critical listening at the same time.
However if there are several people in your home that all work on computers, I would strongly recommend a wired Ethernet network instead of a wireless Wi-Fi network. The Wi-Fi will cause audible degradation in the sound of your stereo.
Plus Wi-Fi operates at the exact same frequency as a microwave oven. I don't know the wisdom of turning your home into a low-level microwave oven.
<> Unfortunately that's not correct. Many computers have Wake On Lan, Wake on Modem enabled and this needs a continuous trickle power. Also modern computers turn on using a soft power switch instead of the older AT hard switch. So this means that the computer is always drawing some power! So turn off the wall switch when not using the computer to get cleaner sound, to save the environment and to save it from surges.
You can refer to these pages for more info:
http://www.mdorn.com/techstuff/atx_pwr_switch.htm
http://www.hardforum.com/archive/index.php/t-778565.html
http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=464539
< < Also modern computers turn on using a soft power switch instead of the older AT hard switch. > >I'm used to the older AT-style computers. I'm sure you are right that the newer computers have the switching supply "on" whenever it is plugged in. A switched power strip would be the simplest solution here.
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