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I wonder if @Neil Davidson is still active on here? It's his firms product.
Neil, hi you are right the units gets warm at most and I cant feel any airflow around the PJ, just the warm air exiting at the front, where I sit is below the box with no direct line of sounds from the exiting fans, the noise appears to come more from the back where the air enters and some of the fans are pushing the airflow, I added a little more internal sound absorption at internal sides of the internal cover, its now more than quiet enough to just hush a little in the background. Not 100% silent but way less than any PJ I have had before. If I ever notice it in a silent part of a film, I think the next step would be something on the ceiling in front of the projector to reduce reflections off the ceiling
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I assumed you were spoilt having a separate line for the PJ, but you're saying that's not as good as you used to have- one MCB for each unit? How many did you have? And when can you tell the difference?I have been delving in the film cupboard and looking at the electrics, I have a separate ring for the AV kit and a separate line to the PJ as this was relativley easy to configure. As it was only a few hours work (well as always quite a few!) and I have some spare cable and large IEC connectors I decided to have separate lines for the Lumagen and Panasonic, so all 'noisy' video items go back to the consumer unit. All the electrics are 'new' as the house was refurbished in 2016, we have a CU on most floors, the one conveniently placed in the cinema room covers two bedroom floors. I do have the CU cover back on by the way !
So I will have analogue on the ring main and video back to the CU on separate lines. Not sure if I will get an improvement, but at least I had freed up two wall sockets. I miss the lower noise floor of dedicated mains, when I had each unit fed from one MCB in the old install it was a large upgrade on a ring main.
Nice. Which model is it, and where from?Finally replaced my seat, took me ages to find a suitable 4 seater, most say seat 4 and mean 3 at best.... 2.5m wide and very comfy
Nice. Which model is it, and where from?
Thank you. This isn't something I've seen many others post about in their builds.I am a big fan of really high quality mains, I only have 3 MCB's to individual items/sockets in the current set up another on a ring for the rest of the sockets.
In the previous installation I have one MCB for each plug using thicker than required cable for each. The upgrade you hear is subtle in some ways and not in others, I heard
Given the outlay perhaps £1-2k all done and dusted, very much less if you do some of this yourself, its a very well priced upgrade on a high end system. Just use cooker cable or at least 6mm sq and the impedance will be very low. There is a lot of rubbish talked about with cables and mains. I have never heard a mains filter or cleaner I liked, always seemed to reduce dynamics, even if there might have been some other audible benefits (rarely)
- Greater bass extension with more control, things seemed weightier and tighter. seemed more dynamic
- A real sense of solidity to everything. When I hear systems with really good mains and power supplies this usually comes across, like power supply upgrade on a pre amp, but somehow a bit more fundamental.
- A little less of the digital 'hash' that can detract from many systems. Somehow sounds a little more organic and tangible and a greater sense of 'darkness' probably
- Less variability with performance
- Removes 99.9% of hum
If I was building an install not much additional cash. I'd start with separate lines for
- Processor
- Projector
- Anything else digital- Players etc
- Power amps
It is rather nice. I'm toying with the idea of a 2m sofa which is large for 2, but seats 3 of us, or possibly something that seats all 4 of us. With the 4 seater, I wonder if it's not quite as good when there's just 2 of you, as you're not able to lean on the corners (unless you're social distancing from the Mrs )Its from John Sankey Mitford Lounger - Sofas - Catalogue
I bought it at a good price from Rossitors a local supplier Rossetti Sofa
I think I paid £2,700 with the chosen fabric. Its really nicely made and has been super so far, I did try a cheaper product from another shop, fortunately they took it back, I was very disappointed. I preferred sitting on my 10 year old Habitat sale sofa !
It is rather nice. I'm toying with the idea of a 2m sofa which is large for 2, but seats 3 of us, or possibly something that seats all 4 of us. With the 4 seater, I wonder if it's not quite as good when there's just 2 of you, as you're not able to lean on the corners (unless you're social distancing from the Mrs )