[slim] Re: Transporter arrived but...

2006-12-04 Thread Wombat
Please kill me! I had to surrender without my good monoblocks and the Transporter for some days cause of my dullness :( When we build the blocks in an aluminium tube housing we simply forgot to couple ground to earth inside. Yesterday night i corrected this and now i am glued to my listening sofa

[slim] Re: Transporter arrived but...

2006-12-04 Thread SuperQ
Wombat;159590 Wrote: When we build the blocks in an aluminium tube housing we simply forgot to couple ground to earth inside. Yesterday night i corrected this and now i am glued to my listening sofa :) And the electrical engineers and inspectors rejoiced at the proper grounding. :) --

Re: [slim] Re: Transporter arrived but...

2006-11-30 Thread Michael Herger
Check antenna cables to your tuner (remove them for a test). I had terrible hum before I added a filter. Did you have this humming problem the first time with the Transporter? Yes I did. I then removed all other connections from the tuner/amp and the problem was gone. I have the TV and an

[slim] Re: Transporter arrived but...

2006-11-30 Thread MrSinatra
not sure if this relates... but, i am redoing the wiring in my house. i have new 200amp service now, well grounded, and need to only do new wires and plugs to different rooms, etc... i have been told that it is best to separate equipment per breaker, so TV and vcr/dvd/tivo on one breaker,

[slim] Re: Transporter arrived but...

2006-11-30 Thread Wombat
Some news! Redone my setup with my 230V isolation transformer and different ideas. The Ground isn´t the problem i have to admit in the hifi setup. Maybe on the PC setup it was. It is my Monoblocks!! They seem to swing up or react to something i don´t know yet. I dedusted my old, bipolar

[slim] Re: Transporter arrived but...

2006-11-30 Thread SuperQ
MrSinatra;158699 Wrote: not sure if this relates... but, i am redoing the wiring in my house. i have new 200amp service now, well grounded, and need to only do new wires and plugs to different rooms, etc... i have been told that it is best to separate equipment per breaker, so TV and

[slim] Re: Transporter arrived but...

2006-11-29 Thread ModelCitizen
Mine makes a much more musical sound than that... with no noise whatsoever. Set it up properly and then see. Otherwise contact technical suppport. Sorry. MC -- ModelCitizen Now what? Transporter Naim NAP 250 PMC OB1s. Music catalog: http://modelcitizen.mine.nu/music.txt

[slim] Re: Transporter arrived but...

2006-11-29 Thread Wombat
Nothing i can do... Just connected to Power and Line-Out. So it must be broken! Lucky me. If bet they even can´t exchange it cause it was pretty rare in stock and back and forth shipping will take me at least 10 days... Fu%3*!! btw. ModelCitizen;158460 Wrote: Mine makes a much more musical

Re: [slim] Re: Transporter arrived but...

2006-11-29 Thread Michael Herger
Nothing i can do... Just connected to Power and Line-Out. Check antenna cables to your tuner (remove them for a test). I had terrible hum before I added a filter. -- Michael - http://www.herger.net/SlimCD - your SlimServer on

[slim] Re: Transporter arrived but...

2006-11-29 Thread tbessie
Could this be your problem? http://www.audioholics.com/techtips/setup/avhardware/groundloopcableTV.php - Tim -- tbessie tbessie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8521 View this thread:

[slim] Re: Transporter arrived but...

2006-11-29 Thread Wombat
Not exactly. There is no TV cable near. but it for sure has something to to with this ground loop. I tried it in 2 different rooms and setups. Sound varies but never goes away. -- Wombat Wombat's Profile:

[slim] Re: Transporter arrived but...

2006-11-29 Thread seanadams
Wombat;158451 Wrote: Finally after hunting this thing around here in germany for some weeks it was delivered. Something is wrong or i am only to dump to set it up? Here is the humming it produces. Fresh out of the box recorded via my soundcard. Is it D.O.A.? Sounds like 50Hz line hum...

[slim] Re: Transporter arrived but...

2006-11-29 Thread Wombat
Well. There are only my monoblocks and the Transporter plugged in my living room - humming In my Pc-Room i tried to disconnect everything but the pieces i need for testing. Transporter to PC - humming. I have a TV card in my PC. When attaching an antenna the humming changes! So i doubt i can do

[slim] Re: Transporter arrived but...

2006-11-29 Thread seanadams
Can you see what happens if you float (disconnect) Transporter's ground? One way to do this is to break the ground pin off of a spare power cord or a cheap power strip. -- seanadams seanadams's Profile:

[slim] Re: Transporter arrived but...

2006-11-29 Thread Wombat
seanadams;158493 Wrote: Can you see what happens if you float (disconnect) Transporter's ground? One way to do this is to break the ground pin off of a spare power cord or a cheap power strip. Just was at it :) works!! Is it dangerous? -- Wombat

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2006-11-29 Thread Pat Farrell
Wombat wrote: One way to do this is to break the ground pin off of a spare power cord or a cheap power strip. Just was at it :) works!! Is it dangerous? You bet it can be dangerous, and against electrical code in countries with three pin wiring. But once you have verified the problem, you

[slim] Re: Transporter arrived but...

2006-11-29 Thread Wombat
Michael Herger;158470 Wrote: Nothing i can do... Just connected to Power and Line-Out. Check antenna cables to your tuner (remove them for a test). I had terrible hum before I added a filter. Did you have this humming problem the first time with the Transporter? -- Wombat