700B WOPL Audition List

[BubbaH]

I hope you feel better Ron, and that its nothing serious. Take care of yourself man.

 

[Northwinds]

Thanks Ben, I feel really relieved that I can see properly now. Scared the shit outta me. I think it's just living with stress constantly and it's catching up with me (that and a lack of meaningful sleep). Today was the first day in a LONG time that I have slept for more then 5hrs

 

[Skynyrd77]

I hate drs and the offices bad!! I freak out inside. I have to be on my deathbed to go but now that I have a 4 year old girl and 3 year old boy Ol lady don't give me a choice lmao!!
Better safe than sry Ron ! 50% better is only half way! Don't screw around if it's bad you got to go!!!

 

[Skynyrd77]

This damn hum/ buzz is driving me crazy!!!

 

[Northwinds]

I could go for a buzz and a hummer

 

[Skynyrd77]

I could go for a buzz and a hummer

Thats what I need to deal with it lmao

 

[BubbaH]

While it might not be possible for you. In one case, in a house I lived in, I had to ground my system. I used a cold water bonding clamp, attached to my water main in, and ran a chunk of wire to the ground clamp on my pre amp. That removed a lot of noise from my system.

The clamps are cheap, and might be worthwhile if you can access the water main with relative ease.

 

[Gepetto]

This damn hum/ buzz is driving me crazy!!!

Do you have cable service and is any part of your setup connected to that cable, even indirectly? The only failsafe, hum free connection from cable apparatus to audio gear is via TOSLINK optical.

 

[BubbaH]

Do you have cable service and is any part of your setup connected to that cable, even indirectly? The only failsafe, hum free connection from cable apparatus to audio gear is via TOSLINK optical.

I was wondering that myself Joe. As mentioned above about the ground clamp. In that house I had to ground the cable as well as the pre amp to eliminate the hum. I think it was caused by the cable but would not completely go away simply from grounding the cable splitter.

 

[Gepetto]

I was wondering that myself Joe. As mentioned above about the ground clamp. In that house I had to ground the cable as well as the pre amp to eliminate the hum. I think it was caused by the cable but would not completely go away simply from grounding the cable splitter.

It NEVER will go away completely unless you isolate fully all of the cable box equipment from your setup. NO electrical connection can exist. must be optical or audio isolation transformer on coax connections. TOSLINK is best because you retain all the metadata that comes with the digital format.

 

[Skynyrd77]

I have the 400 hooked to the pioneer pre and my dac connects to pre.my computer is wireless connected to Internet with a usb to dac and sony blu ray to dac via optical.
when I plug the 400 in there is a very faint hum, very faint. But when I turn the pre on it gets loud. But like today. It's been hum free all day . I don't have cable and I have a well so there's no metal pipe either. And the outlets on that line are a seperate breaker for just my stero stuff.

 

[laatsch55]

Hmmmmmm......

 

[Gepetto]

I have the 400 hooked to the pioneer pre and my dac connects to pre.my computer is wireless connected to Internet with a usb to dac and sony blu ray to dac via optical.
when I plug the 400 in there is a very faint hum, very faint. But when I turn the pre on it gets loud. But like today. It's been hum free all day . I don't have cable and I have a well so there's no metal pipe either. And the outlets on that line are a seperate breaker for just my stero stuff.

How about when you disconnect all that computer crap going into your setup?

 

[Skynyrd77]

When it's there it's there. Don't matter what's hooked up!and if I flip the tone off on pre it quiets some but I have to use the -20db button on pre to get it quiet . But then I have to turn it wayyy up to have a ass jam. But so far today it's A OK!!

 

[laatsch55]

Sounds more like the pre is the problem. got a volume control on the Blu-ray player?

 

[Skynyrd77]

Sounds more like the pre is the problem. got a volume control on the Blu-ray player?

No I don't have volume knob!

 

[laatsch55]

A blu-ray player without a remote?

 

[laatsch55]

Joe could the cable thing be interrmittent?

 

[Northwinds]

Jason, do you have a CD player with a volume control? You can run it right into the WOPL and use the volume on the CD player to act as a preamp level control. That won't help you with albums but once you get the pre, you will be all set

 

[Skynyrd77]

Oh!! I can safely hook up my bluray directly to 400 and use the remote volume ? Wow I did not know thT was possible!!! I don't have it hooked to a tv so will the volume be all the way down when I do it???