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Thread: Anyone tried the Isotek GII Solus or similars products? |
    
Bronze Member Username: Carlos_m
Great Yarmouth
England
Post Number: 16
Registered: Oct-06
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| Posted on Sunday, December 24, 2006 - 06:47 am: |
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After I moved for the house where I live now my sound system doesn`t play well.
Some times it sounds with more bass, other times with more treble and sam times very well.
I suspect it is contamination in my electricity and maybe the Isotek GII Solus or similars products can resolve my problem.
Thank you for your help |
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Silver Member Username: Arande2
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Post Number: 288
Registered: Dec-06
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| Posted on Sunday, December 24, 2006 - 06:50 am: |
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Well it could be your room...
Hmm England...It very well could be a power issue... |
Silver Member Username: Arande2
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Post Number: 289
Registered: Dec-06
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| Posted on Sunday, December 24, 2006 - 06:51 am: |
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Watch out for posting so many times!!!! |
Bronze Member Username: Carlos_m
Great Yarmouth
England
Post Number: 17
Registered: Oct-06
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| Posted on Sunday, December 24, 2006 - 07:04 am: |
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sorry I did mistake |
Bronze Member Username: Carlos_m
Great Yarmouth
England
Post Number: 18
Registered: Oct-06
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| Posted on Sunday, December 24, 2006 - 07:17 am: |
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sorry about my english. I`m living in Enland but I`m not English. |
Bronze Member Username: Carlos_m
Great Yarmouth
England
Post Number: 19
Registered: Oct-06
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| Posted on Sunday, December 24, 2006 - 07:20 am: |
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Sorry again I wanted say England not Enland |
Gold Member Username: Nuck
Post Number: 5018
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Sunday, December 24, 2006 - 08:03 am: |
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Carlos, your English is fine.
I would agree that speaker placement and room treatment are more likely than a power issue.
Move things around a bit. |
Bronze Member Username: Carlos_m
Great Yarmouth
England
Post Number: 20
Registered: Oct-06
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| Posted on Sunday, December 24, 2006 - 11:09 am: |
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Hi Nuck, thamks for the post.
The problem what I have isn`t constant because the same cd which my system is playing very well
now, might play very bad 2 or 3 hours after and this happens with all my sources.
This happens with my system warm up or cold. |
Bronze Member Username: Manc
Post Number: 23
Registered: Aug-06
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| Posted on Sunday, December 24, 2006 - 12:57 pm: |
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Sorry not tried any mains conditioners but I think most dealers in the UK will let you try mains conditioners at home as they realise it does not always help.
Hope you get it sorted. |
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Bronze Member Username: Carlos_m
Great Yarmouth
England
Post Number: 21
Registered: Oct-06
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| Posted on Sunday, December 24, 2006 - 02:14 pm: |
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Hi folks, merry cristmas and happy new year! |
Bronze Member Username: Manc
Post Number: 24
Registered: Aug-06
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| Posted on Sunday, December 24, 2006 - 02:50 pm: |
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Yep enjoy and best wishes for the coming year to all on here. |
Gold Member Username: Frank_abela
Berkshire
UK
Post Number: 1780
Registered: Sep-04
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| Posted on Wednesday, January 03, 2007 - 04:38 am: |
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Carlos,
I believe you are right in identifying the quality of the mains as your problem. The Isotek is one of the better solutions at the price. However, I am not a big fan of mains conditioners because I think they bring downsides as well as upsides.
Check if the system always sounds bad at similar times or if there is something 'going on' whenever it sounds bad. There's a possibility you'll find one of your household devices such as a computer or washing machine is the culprit.
What else have you got connected to the same ring main as the HiFi? Many people have problems with Christmas lights causing pollution of the mains for example. Computers are also very popular mains polluters. Occasionally, a fridge will turn out to be the cause even though it's in the kitchen! When it next sounds bad, try switching off one appliance at a time until there's nothing left. If there's nothing left and the sound is still bad, it's coming from outside the house...
Regards,
Frank. |
Gold Member Username: Frank_abela
Berkshire
UK
Post Number: 1781
Registered: Sep-04
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| Posted on Wednesday, January 03, 2007 - 04:39 am: |
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And check your fuse box! Make sure it's in good condition. |
Bronze Member Username: Carlos_m
Great Yarmouth
England
Post Number: 22
Registered: Oct-06
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| Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 07:14 am: |
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Hi Frank, thanks for the post.
I was cheking my fuse box, I took out my fuses and pluged it again and now my sound system is singing again. The sound improved in all areas.
I`m going to buy something to clean the fuses, the house is very hold and probably the fuses too.
Thank you very much for your advice, because of you I saved a lot of pounds.
Best regards
Carlos |
Gold Member Username: Frank_abela
Berkshire
UK
Post Number: 1795
Registered: Sep-04
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| Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 12:58 pm: |
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Carlos,
There is some discussion about different fuse boxes sounding different (I know it sounds crazy). Be careful with that fusebox of course, but if you use a good contact cleaner which leaves no residue you should find that things will improve a bit. The question is whether this fusebox is causing the variation in sound because the fuse holders have loosened over time. If so, this is a fire hazard and you should get an electrician in to look at it. Now, a new fusebox with MCBs rather than fuses will cost you around £150 to have installed. It's safer and has the very nice feature that relays just switch off on overload rather than blowing fuses. I have an old house too and I replaced the fusebox when we had a new cooker installed. I didn't perceive a significant difference in sound quality in my system, but I have lost count of the times I have had to switch on the relays after an overload (usually when a bulb has blown). It's something worth thinking about if it's your house.
FWIW, I'm told by more than one reliable source that the best sounding modern boxes are made by Memera.
Regards,
frank. |
Bronze Member Username: Carlos_m
Great Yarmouth
England
Post Number: 23
Registered: Oct-06
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| Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 01:56 pm: |
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Frank,
My diagnosis was premature,it is playing bad again. At moment I don`t have a multimeter at home but I`ll get 0ne and mesure my electricity at home. Some times it the volume in the sound also increse. Is very stange isn`t?
Regards,
Carlos |
Bronze Member Username: Carlos_m
Great Yarmouth
England
Post Number: 24
Registered: Oct-06
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| Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 03:10 pm: |
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By the way Frank, the problem which I`m having, do you think it can be my amplifier? Because the problem happens with any source.
The amplifier is a Nad c320bee.
Rgards,
Carlos |
Gold Member Username: Nuck
Post Number: 5136
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 03:27 pm: |
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Carlos, try new bettries in the remote if the volume changes, and clean it the spring pins. |
Bronze Member Username: Carlos_m
Great Yarmouth
England
Post Number: 25
Registered: Oct-06
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| Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 04:28 pm: |
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Nuck, Can you be more especific please? |
Gold Member Username: Nuck
Post Number: 5153
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| Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 04:33 pm: |
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take a piece of sandpaper and lightly scuff the metal points where the batteries touch the remote.
Touch the battery ends as well. |
Bronze Member Username: Carlos_m
Great Yarmouth
England
Post Number: 26
Registered: Oct-06
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| Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 06:06 pm: |
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Nuck, my remote is working fine |
Bronze Member Username: Carlos_m
Great Yarmouth
England
Post Number: 27
Registered: Oct-06
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| Posted on Friday, January 05, 2007 - 06:20 pm: |
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Today I was turning de volume control to the right and to the left many times and it seems to improve the sound.
The volume control nevar was cleaned.
Do you know if it is easy to clean? And how? I mean inside. |
Gold Member Username: Frank_abela
Berkshire
UK
Post Number: 1814
Registered: Sep-04
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| Posted on Tuesday, January 09, 2007 - 08:18 am: |
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Carlos,
Volume pots tend to be sealed tight (so they don't get dirty as much as possible). I still think your primary culprit is likely to be the fusebox. If it's old, it's less likely to be making that good a connection, and your description of the problem ties in with this kind of issue.
Of course, it could be the amplifier, but this is less likely in my view.
Regards,
Frank. |
Silver Member Username: Stefanom
Vienna,
VA
United States
Post Number: 285
Registered: Apr-06
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| Posted on Tuesday, January 09, 2007 - 11:18 am: |
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One thought would be a decent quality UPS/Battery backup. Something from APC for example will perform voltage correction, line filtering, etc |
Bronze Member Username: Carlos_m
Great Yarmouth
England
Post Number: 28
Registered: Oct-06
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| Posted on Saturday, January 27, 2007 - 09:15 pm: |
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Hi people, sorry because I was long time without give news but I wanted make sure about what was happening with my sound system.
I took new conclusions about the problem which I have.
When I`m listening music with the volume control at nine o`clock position or above the sound is ok but, if I turn de volume control to the left and listen under nine o`clock, 10 minutes after mor or less the sound becomes thin.
Maybe I didn`t realise that before because I didn`t have a baby at home and I allways have listened music louder.
My conclusion now is that, the amplifier doesn`t work very well at low volume.
Now I`d like to ask you, is it comum with other amplifiers or, it just happens with Nad 320bee?
And about the Nad 352, it has the same problem?
Thank you for your help
Carlos |
Gold Member Username: Nuck
Post Number: 5580
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 05:02 am: |
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http://forum.ecoustics.com/cgi-bin/bbs/show.pl?tpc=1&post=778691#POST778691 |
Bronze Member Username: Carlos_m
Great Yarmouth
England
Post Number: 29
Registered: Oct-06
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| Posted on Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 08:21 pm: |
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Nuck, thank you very much
Regards,
Carlos |
Gold Member Username: Frank_abela
Berkshire
UK
Post Number: 1886
Registered: Sep-04
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| Posted on Monday, January 29, 2007 - 01:11 pm: |
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Carlos,
I don't want to ruin your day but...
Low level listening is as much about your hearing as it is about your system's ability to resolve detail with very little power. Some are better at it than others. Also note that at very low volumes, people's hearing doesn't resolve bass and treble as well as at medium volumes. Therefore, it's entirely possible that you can't adjust to the low-level hearing scenario. (Sorry!)
Regards,
Frank. |
Bronze Member Username: Carlos_m
Great Yarmouth
England
Post Number: 31
Registered: Oct-06
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| Posted on Monday, February 05, 2007 - 07:31 am: |
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Hi folks my problem finished.
Four days ago the electricity company changed a eletric cable which gave electric energy to my house, because that cable was in bad condition and now everything works fine.
My sound system works very well now in any volume low or high.
Everything on music sounds as it should be and my conclusion now is this, our sound start on our electricity quality.
Any way, thanks for your help
Best regards
Carlos |
Gold Member Username: Nuck
Post Number: 5743
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Monday, February 05, 2007 - 07:48 am: |
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Thats great news, Carlos! |
Gold Member Username: Arande2
400dB could probably d...,
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Post Number: 1085
Registered: Dec-06
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| Posted on Monday, February 05, 2007 - 07:49 am: |
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"How about dem Colts?" |
Bronze Member Username: Carlos_m
Great Yarmouth
England
Post Number: 32
Registered: Oct-06
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| Posted on Monday, February 05, 2007 - 12:10 pm: |
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Andre, What do you mean?
Can you be more specific please? |
Platinum Member Username: Project6
Post Number: 12745
Registered: Dec-03
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| Posted on Monday, February 05, 2007 - 12:14 pm: |
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Disregard Andre's comments, Carlos. He tends to do random postings on people's threads. He is talking about American football and has absolutely nothing to do with your post, nor was it intended to be of any help. |
Gold Member Username: Nuck
Post Number: 5757
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| Posted on Monday, February 05, 2007 - 12:26 pm: |
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This is a recording. Beep. |
