Mains plug, again...

[wadia-miester]

Originally posted by BlueMax
Doesn't fitting large ferrites at both ends of the cable filter out RFI?

To a degree, they can also squash dynamics too , plus what about the 'Common mode' LF shite?, voltage surges and spikes?, hash, HF induced by the components themselves?,cdp's are great generators of shite, tuff call either passive shite removal/or direct ac coupling, maybe total mains regeneration ala' Ps audio and Accuphase, even choose you output wave form 47-63hz.
Too hifi for me, but common mode removal is a basic must for any hifi system I feel.
The mains is key to your system, give the proper stuff and you won't believe the difference WM

 

[BlueMax]

Originally posted by Robbo
Ferrites are a big no no. They will suck out the dynamics and life of the sound.

Oh dear! Last winter I went ferrite mad and fitted couple of dozen huge ferrites on all audio and video components I could lay my hands on.

 

[Robbo]

How did you find the sound after fitting the ferrites? If you are happy with them in place then keep them, but in my system ferrites were a step backwards.

Cheers, Robbo

 

[Tom Alves]

Originally posted by BlueMax
But isn't the CU long way from the living room?

Did you mean running one dedicated cable (eg. a CY or another type of shielded cable with 1.5 mm or bigger cores) for all your HiFi components?

Fortunately my CUs are in my living room. I have a separate CU just for the hifi and from that seven separate spurs, one for each powersupply. It seems to work