Hello all,
New joiner here - been reading for a while and it looked like at least a few of the regulars here are NYC residents, so here goes.
I'm keen to get some friendly advise on cleaning up the power to my components. I live in Manhattan in an apartment building on the Upper East Side. It's close to impossible to carry out any electrical work anytime soon for me (like 20A dedicated lines for the components or replace outlets or some other structural fix). While I'm VERY pleased with the sound (especially after adding S1MkIIs - thanks to Bob @ Rhapsody) I'm getting at the moment, I'm curious if there's something "hidden" in there that I could unearth by addressing the power part of my setup.
I've done the usual reading on the forums and mags trying to get a sense of where to start but most of the advise seems tailored to folks who already have dedicated lines running to their homes and to their listening rooms. In an apartment building scenario, I'm not really sure where to start. Is dirty power coming into the apartment the biggest issue, is the EMI/RFI coming for PC/Networking equipment plugged into other outlets in the house a bigger issue, is grounding good or bad for the building itself, might upgrading the power cords alleviate most of the upstream issues, etc. Is there a way (and is it worthwhile) to measure any of this to actually test where the problems might lie? Since I don't have unlimited funds (not to mention space), I can't simply acquire a full 'stack' of power components.
So the advise I'm looking for is:
1. where to start (line conditioner, distributor, EMI/RFI suppressor, power cords)
2. what products have folks used here in NYC that have helped address one or more of these issues (brands/models)
3. what's the order of priority to allocate funds
Any and all practical advise on how to optimize my setup is greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance
New joiner here - been reading for a while and it looked like at least a few of the regulars here are NYC residents, so here goes.
I'm keen to get some friendly advise on cleaning up the power to my components. I live in Manhattan in an apartment building on the Upper East Side. It's close to impossible to carry out any electrical work anytime soon for me (like 20A dedicated lines for the components or replace outlets or some other structural fix). While I'm VERY pleased with the sound (especially after adding S1MkIIs - thanks to Bob @ Rhapsody) I'm getting at the moment, I'm curious if there's something "hidden" in there that I could unearth by addressing the power part of my setup.
I've done the usual reading on the forums and mags trying to get a sense of where to start but most of the advise seems tailored to folks who already have dedicated lines running to their homes and to their listening rooms. In an apartment building scenario, I'm not really sure where to start. Is dirty power coming into the apartment the biggest issue, is the EMI/RFI coming for PC/Networking equipment plugged into other outlets in the house a bigger issue, is grounding good or bad for the building itself, might upgrading the power cords alleviate most of the upstream issues, etc. Is there a way (and is it worthwhile) to measure any of this to actually test where the problems might lie? Since I don't have unlimited funds (not to mention space), I can't simply acquire a full 'stack' of power components.
So the advise I'm looking for is:
1. where to start (line conditioner, distributor, EMI/RFI suppressor, power cords)
2. what products have folks used here in NYC that have helped address one or more of these issues (brands/models)
3. what's the order of priority to allocate funds
Any and all practical advise on how to optimize my setup is greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance
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