10-Jul-2014, 20:49
(10-Jul-2014, 20:27)Rufus McDufus Wrote: The cable for each of my spurs is about 5 metres long and the noise diminishes as a function of distance it seems so the noise from the Devialet on the other spurs is minimal. I went the separate spur route when I had Linn kit as I found components sensitive to the noise from each other.The speaker cable thread is going a bit off topic...... This is very interesting stuff though. Perhaps a new thread to cover peoples experience with Devialet and mains isolation kit is called for?
The downside of separate spurs is (I think) ground loop issues but I don't seem to have had problems with that probably because they're relatively short.
Some people seem to swear by everything on the same circuit, others by separate ones. From what I read single spurs seem to be more musical (and you can benefit from distribution blocks with star grounding) and separate spurs bigger and more impressive. I'm going to try back on a single spur at some point to compare. - might borrow a decent distribution box to check. The Devialet noise being measured by the Audioprism might be a red herring but I've been on a bit of a noise-hunting trip lately so wanted to eliminate the effects as much as possible!
LED and dimmable CFL bulbs also measure highly enough to be concerning, though i can't hear the difference when they're on or off even though the effects can be measured (though pretty small) at the hi-fi end.
