The wall of sound
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2017 5:33 pm
A little idea i had a while back. Would only happen if i had a dedicated listening room or lived alone
What is needed is a wall (preferably solid construction) on to which all your hifi gear is arranged. A bit of diyness and soldering is required.
Start with the sources - vinyl and cd for example. Mount these on shelves at a comfortable height.
Everything amplifier related goes below the sources
LP psu and all cdp psu's go above the source components
Preamp and phono stage go directly under the source components with a minimum of 40cm between each of them
Poweramps go at floor level distanced well apart.
Think of it as a bit like a spoked wheel with source components at the hub. Power sockets could be in the wall directly behind the powered unit. Think of the spokes as signal or dc power cables. This will keep lots of distance between different components and reduce the effects of any musically harming transformer stray field or cable rats nests.
This idea can be broken down even further to the individual parts of amplifiers i.e transformer, rectifier, smoothing capacitors, regulators and amplifier boards. That is where the diy part comes in. More later..........
What is needed is a wall (preferably solid construction) on to which all your hifi gear is arranged. A bit of diyness and soldering is required.
Start with the sources - vinyl and cd for example. Mount these on shelves at a comfortable height.
Everything amplifier related goes below the sources
LP psu and all cdp psu's go above the source components
Preamp and phono stage go directly under the source components with a minimum of 40cm between each of them
Poweramps go at floor level distanced well apart.
Think of it as a bit like a spoked wheel with source components at the hub. Power sockets could be in the wall directly behind the powered unit. Think of the spokes as signal or dc power cables. This will keep lots of distance between different components and reduce the effects of any musically harming transformer stray field or cable rats nests.
This idea can be broken down even further to the individual parts of amplifiers i.e transformer, rectifier, smoothing capacitors, regulators and amplifier boards. That is where the diy part comes in. More later..........