My local audio dealer, Glenn, at Audio Two, here in my fair city, had a customer who told him about something he read. This customer read an article suggesting using a piece of straight wire as a drain for some type of noise in the power supplied to the component. One thing led to another, and the two of them ended up using two pieces of silver wire, on the case of the electrical panels, in their homes.
"Loosen the front panel screws, just enough to slip the wire under the screws, and tighten the screws, again. leave the wire extended straight out from the panel, and see what, if anything, happens."
Well, I live in a 40-year-old subdivision, with fuses, aluminum wiring, and underground transformers supplying the houses. Power to my house has always been noisy. I have stopped short of getting a power regen device for my stereo, only because my main rig has a custom "Power Pillow" from Gilbert Yeung, at Blue Circle. It was the one that he used at the Plaza, the last year that the Fest was there. Power was terrible, and every exhibitor had problems. Gilbert's device was one of a few that worked well, under very tough conditions.
Still, Glenn thought I should give it a try, and see. So he gave me two pieces of fine silver wire, like something with which you would wire a tonearm. I took it home, and installed it on my fuse panel. I didn't notice any difference on my main system, but I did leave the Blue Circle unit in place. What I did notice was that the television, a Samsung LED screen, cleaned up, and wasn't throwing occasional digital artifacts, any more. Blacks seems darker, as well, but that's tougher to tell. (TV upstairs, panel in the basement.)
In any case, it seemed like a pretty easy thing to try, for a couple of dollars worth of silver wire. Literally, $2.
I don't have a grasp of the effects at work, here. I just know that there was a difference before and after.
For your consideration.
Oh, and Glenn says he has a bunch of this wire.
"Loosen the front panel screws, just enough to slip the wire under the screws, and tighten the screws, again. leave the wire extended straight out from the panel, and see what, if anything, happens."
Well, I live in a 40-year-old subdivision, with fuses, aluminum wiring, and underground transformers supplying the houses. Power to my house has always been noisy. I have stopped short of getting a power regen device for my stereo, only because my main rig has a custom "Power Pillow" from Gilbert Yeung, at Blue Circle. It was the one that he used at the Plaza, the last year that the Fest was there. Power was terrible, and every exhibitor had problems. Gilbert's device was one of a few that worked well, under very tough conditions.
Still, Glenn thought I should give it a try, and see. So he gave me two pieces of fine silver wire, like something with which you would wire a tonearm. I took it home, and installed it on my fuse panel. I didn't notice any difference on my main system, but I did leave the Blue Circle unit in place. What I did notice was that the television, a Samsung LED screen, cleaned up, and wasn't throwing occasional digital artifacts, any more. Blacks seems darker, as well, but that's tougher to tell. (TV upstairs, panel in the basement.)
In any case, it seemed like a pretty easy thing to try, for a couple of dollars worth of silver wire. Literally, $2.
I don't have a grasp of the effects at work, here. I just know that there was a difference before and after.
For your consideration.
Oh, and Glenn says he has a bunch of this wire.