Incoming! The New Equipment Thread

Slimwhit33 said:
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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This is the step-down I use.

Angsty

Post in thread 'Cables - one of the most taboo subjects in audio'

To illustrate how little I care about power cables on my turntables, I have a premium Luxman table plugged into this gizmo.

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The turntable is a 100v unit and requires a 110v transformer to promote power supply longevity. The stock Luxman cable is quite nice, but the power cable on this transformer looks like it could be on a Walmart bed lamp. And it doesn’t matter.

The motor pulls less than 10W so the power draw is minimal and fairly constant. So, in essence, the power cable itself has an easy job. I did have a couple of issues early on with transformer hum, but that...
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Angsty said:
This is the step-down I use.

Angsty

Post in thread 'Cables - one of the most taboo subjects in audio'

To illustrate how little I care about power cables on my turntables, I have a premium Luxman table plugged into this gizmo.

IMG_9425.jpeg

The turntable is a 100v unit and requires a 110v transformer to promote power supply longevity. The stock Luxman cable is quite nice, but the power cable on this transformer looks like it could be on a Walmart bed lamp. And it doesn’t matter.

The motor pulls less than 10W so the power draw is minimal and fairly constant. So, in essence, the power cable itself has an easy job. I did have a couple of issues early on with transformer hum, but that...
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where'd you get it lol. I would like soemthing this simple and seemingly inexpensive
 
Ghost said:
I think the Greenpoint strangeness could be part of it but there’s definitely an interconnect incompatibility happening. I just swapped out the pair of BJCs that ran between my phono and amp with the pair of Belden BJCs that were originally linking my TT to phono and now the hiss has been made MUCH quieter and completely livable now.

Somehow the cheapy RCAs included in the original Technics shipping box were a critical part of the solution lol…
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Cheap "throw-in" RCAs are what VPI recommends to try when you run into grounding problems, too.
 
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Angsty said:
The photo I shared is also the Nissyo TP-811.
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Note the grounding issues I mentioned in the post I linked to. You will likely have to fiddle with the step-down placement in order to minimize ground loops. A SUT with an MC cartridge will kill off radio frequency interference, but I do not want to recommend a greater expense at this point.
 
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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Yeah I'd be very careful running that table without the transformer. Definitely will put strain on the motor to run it at the wrong voltage if it doesn't have the ability to switch voltages internally.
 
Planning to move my hi-fi setup to one wall and have my HT/TV stuff be on its own wall. Part of that will be new furniture and cables and what not, but did buy a Panamax MR4000 to use with my HT stuff so I can free up the other surge protector for the hi-fi rig. Will it do anything substantive? Probably not. But it has like 300 positive reviews on various sites so it's gotta be at least good at its baseline job.

Also my Oyaide spacers and Yamamoto wires are officially in the mail (in Japan)
 
ngower said:
Planning to move my hi-fi setup to one wall and have my HT/TV stuff be on its own wall. Part of that will be new furniture and cables and what not, but did buy a Panamax MR4000 to use with my HT stuff so I can free up the other surge protector for the hi-fi rig. Will it do anything substantive? Probably not. But it has like 300 positive reviews on various sites so it's gotta be at least good at its baseline job.

Also my Oyaide spacers and Yamamoto wires are officially in the mail (in Japan)
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Putting a power conditioner on my modest home theater set up reduced buffering when streaming. Only thing I can figure is that there was whackiness interfering with the WiFi. I noticed absolutely nothing else.
 
Nee Lewman said:
Putting a power conditioner on my modest home theater set up reduced buffering when streaming. Only thing I can figure is that there was whackiness interfering with the WiFi. I noticed absolutely nothing else.
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I do live in an old building and the outlets aren't grounded, so I'm SURE there's some power tomfoolery. If it can tame some of that, fine by me. But so long as it does its job as a surge protector first and foremost, that's mostly what I care about. I should add: I used like $80 in Crutchfield rewards to bring the already on-sale device down to like $90 after taxes
 
Angsty said:
Note the grounding issues I mentioned in the post I linked to. You will likely have to fiddle with the step-down placement in order to minimize ground loops. A SUT with an MC cartridge will kill off radio frequency interference, but I do not want to recommend a greater expense at this point.
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Mather said:
Yeah I'd be very careful running that table without the transformer. Definitely will put strain on the motor to run it at the wrong voltage if it doesn't have the ability to switch voltages internally.
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Joe Mac said:
The eBay link I sent you earlier today is the same one. They send them over from Japan, that seller sells lots of vintage Japanese turntables for export and recommends that one to buy with them for North America.
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Went ahead and ordered one. Thanks for the help team! Def not taking any chances!
 
Ghost said:
Went ahead and ordered one. Thanks for the help team! Def not taking any chances!
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Since the Hana is practically new, would be a good time to double check the setup and learn the tonearm adjustments. There's a ton of YT videos out too.

Should ensure you get a long life out of the cart going forward.

And highly recommend the addition of the AT33MONO when you are ready to cross the mono rubicon 🤘.

Cart rolling is a fun thing and any mono records in your collection will take on a new life..
 
ngower said:
Still should probably look into it. My understanding--having looked at importing Luxman amps--is that over-voltage is a good way to kill power supplies.

EDIT: I did not see the switch mode supply--I think in that case you just need to have a power supply from freedom land?
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You mean Canada?
 
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