AC Outlet w/ Clairity, Trasparency, Bass Weight

Zargon,

Mikelavigne... do you think there is there any such correlation with your system? For example, do you live next to an industrial complex or out in the forest?

i live 30 miles east of Seattle in the mountains.....in a development of 3 to 6 acre lots.....next to a wilderness area---protected watershed. i have my own transformer out on the road and have a dedicated home run to a dedicated panel in my separate building (a barn) away from my house. there is nothing but trees and homes within 4 miles of my home. and there is a 4000 foot ridge between my home and any significant development.

my system is inherently quiet in terms of power. i have almost zero ambient noise inside my room. yet there are still performance improvements there to be had with power grid upgrades.

my next planned upgrade is to add an isolation transformer upstream of my dedicated panel. i'm seriously considering the Equi=tech Wall Panel System.

All -- it takes about five minutes (or less) to install an outlet. Admittedly it takes a lot more time to listen to them. But of course, we all love listening anyway.

Never installed outlets before but was around while an electrician did 15A FIM's. Each outlet didn't take long. I'll leave it to an electrician who hopefully won't balk at putting a new 20A outlet on a 15A circuit, which is out of code.

This kind of thing is approaching paranoia: "I can hear when they switch from burning coal to burning gas at the power utility station 30 miles away. I figure that gas burns cleaner and therefore I get a cleaner sound on my system."

Be careful as you proceed down this path - sense check anyone?