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Subject: Re: [PolySix] Re: 3-Prong Power Cord?

From: simon <simski@dds.nl>
Date: 2018-04-06

that is a signal there is something wrong with the psu. maybe not from
the dac, but one of the many things in your signal path. I would worry
if the orientation of the prong changed your sound... psu's should be
isolated from the mains.

On 06-04-18 00:03, josh.nursing@gmail.com [PolySix] wrote:
> Ha, just stumbled upon this again while looking for posts on reducing noise.
>
> It's a simple thing to just plug the two-prong jack the other way by
> flipping it 180 degrees - doesn't matter if it is soldered or not at the
> Polysix side, of course.
>
> Actually, I did this for my DAC's PSU that I built myself, and one of
> the two ways provides mch better sound. The orientation probably shows
> differing levels of leakage currents.
>
> You can do that for any audio equipment with two prongs, provided the
> two prongs are both small enough in Northern America as one slit is
> smaller - at least that's how it is in Canada.
>
>

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