Why is he doing this if the old plug is fine?
because he doesn't like to carry that thing around with dangling wire sweeping about. + unearthed plug is pretty much by now... illegal (in civilized countries at least)
because he doesn't like to carry that thing around with dangling wire sweeping about. + unearthed plug is pretty much by now... illegal (in civilized countries at least)He is doing this because he is an idiot that believes that silver plated mains wires will improve the sound of his crappy cassette deck.
50 pounds for that one socket ?
What a moron. Leaving aside the AudioPhool aspects of it, wouldn't any sane person turn the unit upside down and maybe even tape a bag over the inside of the area of the panel to be worked on to minimise the risk of swarf getting to the circuit boards and mechanism?
On the AudioPhool side of things, where do you stop? There are copper tracks on the board you could peel off and replace with silver foil, but what about the copper wire in the transformer primary winding? Then there is all that nasty copper wire in the wall running back to a breaker panel that may well have brass contacts, and maybe transitioning to aluminum meter tails and feed from the pole transformer, then befire that, the probability of overhead HV wires, made of aluminum strands over a high tensile steel core, certainly *not* nicely woven together to reject EMI.
It really is a case of gilding (or in this case silver-plating) a turd.
but what about the copper wire in the transformer primary winding? Then there is all that nasty copper wire in the wall running back to a breaker panel that may well have brass contacts, and maybe transitioning to aluminum meter tails and feed from the pole transformer, then befire that, the probability of overhead HV wires, made of aluminum strands over a high tensile steel core, certainly *not* nicely woven together to reject EMI.
His Youtube moniker is Tweakerman
Did I see that right?
While tinning the first end of the red wire, he put the solder in his mouth to unroll more.
Can we say? Too much lead in his diet!
Did I see that right?
While tinning the first end of the red wire, he put the solder in his mouth to unroll more.
Can we say? Too much lead in his diet!
If that is a problem, I am a walking lead soldier...
Why is he doing this if the old plug is fine?because he doesn't like to carry that thing around with dangling wire sweeping about. + unearthed plug is pretty much by now... illegal (in civilized countries at least)
The C17/C18 coupler is often used in audio applications where a floating ground is maintained to eliminate hum caused by ground loops.