Thunder, lightening, rain.....

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   I last played any music last Saturday (5 days ago) - tonight after thunder storms this afternoon and a lot of heavy rain played the second of a new double album and the sound had changed quite radically.  
In place of a dynamic, tight, fast, detailed, open and wide sound stage presentation the sound is now ‘dulled’, slow, leaden, which lacks precision and any focus or sharp images.

What has changed; nothing in the system.

My household voltage is on the high side for me at around 240-241volts.

We haven’t suffered any power cuts but several heavy downpours over the last few hours so don’t believe the system has been damaged by any mains spikes etc and has been powered off throughout until used.

This does afflict all sources and is even evident if brushing the stylus or dropping in to the lead in grove rather than a normal light crisp sound both are more of a heavy thick brush/thud sound.

There is no suggestion of any mid-upper distortion or any such nasties.

Whether my Earth rod has been over watered I cannot say but do wonder whether there is something in the grid mains supply pollution which is temporarily causing short term low performance (which I have experienced in the past albeit at least a couple of years ago).

Will sit tight and see if improves over the next few days as I suspect it will......am due a spring clean of my external mains/rod contacts so will look at those in the next week or so.

Edited by Richardl60 - 25 Apr 2019 at 8:39pm

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Richardl60 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 04 Nov 2014 Location: Yorkshire Status: Offline Points: 1468	Post Options Post Reply Quote Richardl60 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Thunder, lightening, rain..... Posted: 25 Apr 2019 at 8:38pm
	I last played any music last Saturday (5 days ago) - tonight after thunder storms this afternoon and a lot of heavy rain played the second of a new double album and the sound had changed quite radically. In place of a dynamic, tight, fast, detailed, open and wide sound stage presentation the sound is now ‘dulled’, slow, leaden, which lacks precision and any focus or sharp images. What has changed; nothing in the system. My household voltage is on the high side for me at around 240-241volts. We haven’t suffered any power cuts but several heavy downpours over the last few hours so don’t believe the system has been damaged by any mains spikes etc and has been powered off throughout until used. This does afflict all sources and is even evident if brushing the stylus or dropping in to the lead in grove rather than a normal light crisp sound both are more of a heavy thick brush/thud sound. There is no suggestion of any mid-upper distortion or any such nasties. Whether my Earth rod has been over watered I cannot say but do wonder whether there is something in the grid mains supply pollution which is temporarily causing short term low performance (which I have experienced in the past albeit at least a couple of years ago). Will sit tight and see if improves over the next few days as I suspect it will......am due a spring clean of my external mains/rod contacts so will look at those in the next week or so. Edited by Richardl60 - 25 Apr 2019 at 8:39pm

Richardl60 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 04 Nov 2014 Location: Yorkshire Status: Offline Points: 1468	Post Options Post Reply Quote Richardl60 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 Apr 2019 at 4:56pm
	Back to normal now after a few days......did sound petty good though having cleaned two mains junction boxes and my earth rod connections with appropriate cleaner sounds better than ever, the crispness, details and gorgeous soundstage are as good or actually better than a week ago. The earth rod top/clamp was very damp in its box but not swimming! Voltage around my normal 237-8. Didn’t follow Graham’s comment relating to toroidals (my amp has two).......sorry. Edited by Richardl60 - 28 Apr 2019 at 4:59pm

Thunder, lightening, rain.....

Cadman Enterprises Limited
7 Kirkstall Close
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+44 (0) 1909 568739
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Thunder, lightening, rain.....

Cadman Enterprises Limited7 Kirkstall CloseSouth AnstonSheffield S25 5BAEngland

+44 (0) 1909 568739+44 (0) 7947 107188

john at gspaudio.co.uk

Cadman Enterprises Limited
7 Kirkstall Close
South Anston
Sheffield S25 5BA
England

+44 (0) 1909 568739
+44 (0) 7947 107188