Help wanted re system & dedicated mains supply
Posted by: doctorf on 08 June 2004
This is my first posting. (what a great forum!) I shall try to be brief but I'll try to tell the whole story.
I didn't touch my system for about 15 years. It consisted of Linn Sondek, Valhalla, Ittok, Asaka, NAC42, NAP 160, Arcam 7 cd (about 2 yrs old) & Linn Keilidh speakers.
My son was given a vinyl for his birthday last month so I decided it was time for an upgrade. I bought an NAC72, a flatcap (1) and had the whole lot serviced/recapped by Moorgate Audio in Sheffield. I then bought a home-made stand which cost the guy about £1500 to build. Basically there was no improvement!! I then went and bought some oldish SBLs which had upgraded 'big' speaker units. The system sounded much better. I then realised that my speaker cable was Linn K400 and not naim so I have just changed to NAC A5 - again more improvement!! I now need to replace my cd player but funds are limited - I have negotiated to buy a Roksan Attessa and will get that in the next month or two.
I would appreciate any comments re the above!!
My real question is whether a dedicated spur would improve things. At present I am using a normal ring main and a Belkin anti-spike type 6 socket computer/hifi extension lead. I have easy access to my cellar below the hifi room and I have 3 fuse boxes with many spare supply ports in that cellar - can I just run a 10mm mains cable from a 30amp fuse box supply to the room and terminate with a socket and then plug in my belkin?? or should I have 6 separate supply switches??
All suggestions are welcome. Thanks for reading.
Simon F
I didn't touch my system for about 15 years. It consisted of Linn Sondek, Valhalla, Ittok, Asaka, NAC42, NAP 160, Arcam 7 cd (about 2 yrs old) & Linn Keilidh speakers.
My son was given a vinyl for his birthday last month so I decided it was time for an upgrade. I bought an NAC72, a flatcap (1) and had the whole lot serviced/recapped by Moorgate Audio in Sheffield. I then bought a home-made stand which cost the guy about £1500 to build. Basically there was no improvement!! I then went and bought some oldish SBLs which had upgraded 'big' speaker units. The system sounded much better. I then realised that my speaker cable was Linn K400 and not naim so I have just changed to NAC A5 - again more improvement!! I now need to replace my cd player but funds are limited - I have negotiated to buy a Roksan Attessa and will get that in the next month or two.
I would appreciate any comments re the above!!
My real question is whether a dedicated spur would improve things. At present I am using a normal ring main and a Belkin anti-spike type 6 socket computer/hifi extension lead. I have easy access to my cellar below the hifi room and I have 3 fuse boxes with many spare supply ports in that cellar - can I just run a 10mm mains cable from a 30amp fuse box supply to the room and terminate with a socket and then plug in my belkin?? or should I have 6 separate supply switches??
All suggestions are welcome. Thanks for reading.
Simon F