Audio regenerator or dedicated line first?
treitz3
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The title pretty much says it all. If you had a choice, which one would you do first?
Those with experience with doing both, please feel free to let me know which one made the biggest difference in your rig.....and in which order you installed them in.
I am at that point in my audio travels....so what say you?
Those with experience with doing both, please feel free to let me know which one made the biggest difference in your rig.....and in which order you installed them in.
I am at that point in my audio travels....so what say you?
~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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I would say Dedicated line first. As I read somewhere cleanness in is still better even if used with Audio "AC" regenerator as these can't remove all the noise which I assume you're talking about.
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Well, I had noise [bad A/C throughout the house and neighborhood] upstairs with an 8Ω speaker but with the 4Ω downstairs, I hear no artifacts, noise or any other distraction but pure music. I'm just wondering at this point what others would do and what would make the biggest difference in sound improvement in my case.
I already have a Richard Grey 400pro supplying power to everything.
I like the fact that I can take the power regenerator with me when I leave but every rig I have heard so far in my travels that has a dedicated line was just a notch or two above others I heard without a dedicated line. From the folks I have talked to, the regenerator is the way to go...
Hence the question.~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~ -
With a power regenerator there really is no need for a dedicated line. The one issue with power regenerators is that as far as I know (off the top of my head) none of them are rated to power he-man amps.
The issue with your upstairs rig verses your downstairs rig would have more to do with what else is on the line rather than the ohm rating of the speakers.Political Correctness'.........defined
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I'm using a couple pieces of RG gear on a dedicated line. I have the 600 for the amps and I have a Pole Pig for the front end. The Pole Pig is not plugged into the wall but the 600. I'm also using upgraded PCs from components to both the Pole Pig and 600. No special cords from RG to the wall.
This combination results in dead quiet. Once in a great while, I'll pick up some RF from the wireless router which can be noticeable when the system is idling. Other than that, the added wires, and the RGs has brought me a very quiet system.
Several friends are using the PSAudio PPP with mixed results. They think that the large mono amps require their own. Good results with having the front end on a PPP. This could get spendy if you need three or four.
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