Incoming! The New Equipment Thread

Ghost said:
Anyone know what I do with the grounding cable at the end of the power cord? I’ve never seen that before
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this must be a Japanese model - I just ignore it here as there are only 2 prong outlets here and we have to use cheaters for anything 3 prong - but if it is Japanese then its 100v (trust me I live in Tokyo) - you may want to check the back of your unit
 
Slimwhit33 said:
From what I’m reading that ground wire is common on a Japanese model table. Two pronged plug with a green ground wire coming out that should be attached to the outlet.
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Oooo, yes that’s exactly what I’m seeing, but not sure what to attach that to. You’re saying there should be another piece for it?
 
Slimwhit33 said:
Did they provide the step down transformer being a 100v Japanese model?
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this is a real thing...im not an expert but you might want to look at step down transformers or at a minimum try and test for speed, not using the strobe and see if the unit gets warm - while the variation in voltage is small, technics is very communicative here about units being not made for export...
 
Ghost said:
Oooo, yes that’s exactly what I’m seeing, but not sure what to attach that to. You’re saying there should be another piece for it?
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I assume the ground wire would get attached to the screw that attaches the outlet face plate?

I am def not an expert on this having never owned a 100v piece of equipment, but I thought you needed a step down transformer to make it work properly with a US 120v power supply. I may be wrong.
 
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Woof, okay I’ll look into a step down transformer to be safe. Anyone have leads on what I would use there?

As for the radio interference, I’m curious if that’s another problem entirely… I turned down the gain on my phono and that def turned it down but not sure this is ideal for a Hana ML, it’s at about 50db of gain rn
 
Ghost said:
Woof, okay I’ll look into a step down transformer to be safe. Anyone have leads on what I would use there?

As for the radio interference, I’m curious if that’s another problem entirely… I turned down the gain on my phono and that def turned it down but not sure this is ideal for a Hana ML, it’s at about 50db of gain rn
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at your own research, I remember reading about this company link - and will probably be using them for my luxman integrated which is 100v when I head back (or sell the fcker) - not affiliated, never used, buyer beware, etc...etc...
 
Ghost said:
Woof, okay I’ll look into a step down transformer to be safe. Anyone have leads on what I would use there?

As for the radio interference, I’m curious if that’s another problem entirely… I turned down the gain on my phono and that def turned it down but not sure this is ideal for a Hana ML, it’s at about 50db of gain rn
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ngower said:
Are you using unshielded RCAs?
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I thought I wasn’t I had two different pairs of BJCs as interconnects between my components, one pair of Beldens and I forget the others. I just swapped out the Beldens and put in a cheapy pair of RCAs that were included with the Technics and that swapped out the radio interference for a hissing noise (which I prefer) but it’s still way louder than I would prefer. So confused as to what’s going on.
 
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