The bad power of electrical current… but we need it !
Posted by: Claude on 17 January 2005
It is the first time I write in this forum, but I have consulted it already many times.
It is indeed very interesting and instructive, the only thing of course I regret is the search button bug; I can’t understand that today nothing can be done for it, well let’s hope...
The reason for me to write today is for something totally different AND VERY IMPORTANT.
I have owned a NAIM system for many years (NAC 72 & HICAP – NAP 140 – CDX – NAT 02). I love the sound of it, BUT only in some rather rare circumstances,
that is when Master ELECTRICAL CURRENT allows it !!!!
I haven’t yet let installed a separate spur for my system, but it is hooked for the time being to the wall socket of the washing machine (unplugged when not in use) in the cellar (15 amp fuse and it is already a separate spur from the rest of the house), of course the system doesn’t lye in the cellar but is in my bureau with a long lead between the 2 locations.
The other night, after listening to some music, my ears were bleeding...
Yesterday night, the sound was enchanting...
Tonight it is so...so...
So my question is, if I install a separate spur for my system in my bureau, I shall still depend on the quality of the mains (perhaps not so much, but still...). I noticed that the pre-amp & amp are more sensitive to the mains quality than the CDX for example. Do you think that changing for another NAIM amp would help the problem ?
It has been said that NAIM electronics are more sensitive to the mains current than other brands, should I change for something else, although, I say it again, I love the sound my NAIM system produces if and when the mains allows it.
I am not the changing type, and I would be very sorry to part from my amp (or even total system), but I am more and more bored with this problem, after all MUSIC is to help us in life and that is what I expect from my audio system. How many times have I been coming home, maybe tired of things in life and just hoping to be able to listen to music... and I wasn’t able to, because of WHOM you know...
Thank you for reading this long message and eventually to respond to it, and sorry for my broken English, I am Swiss and I speak French.
It is indeed very interesting and instructive, the only thing of course I regret is the search button bug; I can’t understand that today nothing can be done for it, well let’s hope...
The reason for me to write today is for something totally different AND VERY IMPORTANT.
I have owned a NAIM system for many years (NAC 72 & HICAP – NAP 140 – CDX – NAT 02). I love the sound of it, BUT only in some rather rare circumstances,
that is when Master ELECTRICAL CURRENT allows it !!!!
I haven’t yet let installed a separate spur for my system, but it is hooked for the time being to the wall socket of the washing machine (unplugged when not in use) in the cellar (15 amp fuse and it is already a separate spur from the rest of the house), of course the system doesn’t lye in the cellar but is in my bureau with a long lead between the 2 locations.
The other night, after listening to some music, my ears were bleeding...
Yesterday night, the sound was enchanting...
Tonight it is so...so...
So my question is, if I install a separate spur for my system in my bureau, I shall still depend on the quality of the mains (perhaps not so much, but still...). I noticed that the pre-amp & amp are more sensitive to the mains quality than the CDX for example. Do you think that changing for another NAIM amp would help the problem ?
It has been said that NAIM electronics are more sensitive to the mains current than other brands, should I change for something else, although, I say it again, I love the sound my NAIM system produces if and when the mains allows it.
I am not the changing type, and I would be very sorry to part from my amp (or even total system), but I am more and more bored with this problem, after all MUSIC is to help us in life and that is what I expect from my audio system. How many times have I been coming home, maybe tired of things in life and just hoping to be able to listen to music... and I wasn’t able to, because of WHOM you know...
Thank you for reading this long message and eventually to respond to it, and sorry for my broken English, I am Swiss and I speak French.