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RE: Using Rochelle salt to absorb EMI from your homes AC line to supercharge your audio system performance

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In Reply to: RE: Using Rochelle salt to absorb EMI from your homes AC line to supercharge your audio system performance posted by cdc on November 14, 2023 at 22:57:25

I'd like to get your thoughts on this tuning approach. Rather then reducing the amount of Rochelle salt at each duplex/switch plate,(36 in my case) why not just remove the salt completely from a given number of duplex/switch plates. In other words, if one wanted to remove 20% of the salt at each plate, instead of fiddling with 36 individual plates, just remove the salt completely from 20% of the plates? Just a thought to mull over, but it would make tuning a lot easier.
Now to further my tuning adventure, I'll probably be adjusting the .5 gram bag from vertical to horizontal in my duplex receptacles. I've also maintained the original suggestion of 1 gram and .5 gram of salt (not counting the bag) at each duplex or switch plate at this point.

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I have tried what you are suggesting... - cdc 19:20:30 12/23/23 (1)
I have tried completely removing Rochelle salt from a junction and performance drops. As you (or I) start to get use to a more resolving system, it is very easy to hear when performance drops or changes.

Thus the easiest way to dial in the system tonally is by junction by junction. You may only have to adjust a few junctions to get the tonality you prefer and improve musicality. There is a balance you will have to listen and feel for. The interesting thing is this tuning is possible with this tweak. You can try whatever method comes to mind. Then listen to your system, trust me you will understand through experimenting.

Also as a system gets more resolving from removing noise from a system the more sensitive the system is to changes and it is easier to hear these changes. This is whether the noise removal is from signal ground or AC power or earth ground.
- RE: I have tried what you are suggesting... - Mick Wolfe 07:29:54 12/24/23 (0)
  Thx. Yes, the method you've just mentioned sounds fairly painless and more logical. Still haven't felt the need to change anything at this point, but I like that approach if needed.

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