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How to stop waterboarding

Account my sound room which is all on one line(no other way to hook it up) I have waterboarding issues through my speakers.(constant low bass pulses). Is there a power conditioner that would achieve continuous 117 volt output- I would hook my preamp only to this. I’m hoping this would stop the waterboarding issue.
powder1
oldhvymec
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I've never heard the term, with regards to stereo gear. Waterboarding? I'd like to understand. Gosh hope it's nothing you've personally gone through..

Noise is usually routing, or ground loop issues, but you're a little light on details.  Do you hear it through all the drivers or just the bass section you reference? Like E said, what's on, when it happens?

Regards

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geoffkait
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I’ve been waterboarded on this forum a bunch of times.  
unsound
7,336 posts
 
Do you mean motor-boating?
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three_easy_payments
2,097 posts
 
I suspect OP means "motorboating" which admittedly is a form of torture to the ears.  I experienced this once and it was due to my router being in close proximity to toroidal transformers.  Problem instantly solved when I moved the router about 8 feet from the rack. 
powder1 OP
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“Water boarding is a term in audio when to many items r hooked up to the same AC line feeding it a nd u get this repetitive bass thumpthru your speaks. If I get my preamp off the same line as my amps——it stops but running power cords that long is difficult for me. I thought that perhaps the Torus line of power conditioners might be the answer account these achieve a perfect 117 volt signal all the time. I think I’ll try these and let you know. I use tube mono amps and I believe it is the trannys that r hunting for  a 117 volt source.. OP
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