Why use a 20A Venom PC on a 15A circuit?
Upgrading power system
Since I already have components and speakers that I love, I try to make an improvement every year with something or another. Last year I bought Magnarisers for My Maggie 3.7's. Nice improvement. Immediate difference. The year before was power cables and conditioner, all Shunyata. And I always wondered why there was little if any improvement. A couple audiophiles said to replace the wall outlet. So I thought about it for years before buying a JPS labs audiophile hospital grade outlet. After removing the original outlet, I compared them. No comparison at all, the JPS weighed almost twice as much and the metal was better quality as well. The JPS was 2o amps and the original was 15. Would I hear the difference? It took all of one minute. Best $150 I ever spent. I was skeptical until I heard the difference, mostly clearer and more pronounced highs and well defined low end. Anybody else have this experience?
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@boxcarman You probably know this, but I’ll state it for those that aren’t familiar with Shunyata. Part of the Shunyata clean power is to use NR (noise reduction) cables. They are usually $100 or so more expensive. These supposedly stop electrical noise from the equipment from contaminating other equipment plugged into the circuit. |
@vonhelmholtz I do understand the concept. I really bought the Venom so I could plug in all my stuff into the dedicated line. It did not increase performance or hinder it either. The improvement in SQ came with the new 20 amp outlet. Speaking of noise in the line, for those who grew up in the 60,s, remember you couldn't watch TV or play records when Mom was vaccuuming? Now THAT was noise. Vaccuums motors were not double insulated then. |
The downside to choosing a physics major in college is that you can never watch and action movie again without noticing all the things that happen that violate the laws of physics. Keep these observations to yourself. Because soon your family will refuse to watch movies with you. DAMHIK. The upside to choosing a physics major is college is that you don't believe in black magic. So a black box that does things that aren't supported by physics doesn't interest you. I bring this up because there is significant discussion in this thread about these appliances that the consumer certainly can't be capabile of understanding, but trust us, they remove noise. Noise isn't like chunks that can be removed with cheese cloth. Once you have noise in your power, the best thing you can do is rectify it and invert it with a super high quality inverter. And for those of you that think their suburban power is clean, mine runs about 4-5% thd. Jerry |
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