GoodSoundClub - Romy the Cat's Audio Site

In the Forum: Audio Discussions
In the Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity.

Post Subject: A year wastedPosted by manisandher on: 7/13/2012

About this time last year I decided to stop using my PP2000. It has been sitting in my basement gathering dust all this time. I even put it up for sale last year but only received stupid offers for it, so decided to keep it.

I've been having problems with some humming transformers in a pair of gainclone amps I bought for my study/office system. The manufacturer sent me some new transformers to try and a couple of days ago I was all ready to get them soldered into place. But I hate soldering, and to delay the almost inevitable I thought I'd try the amps with the PP2000 and see if I could eliminate the humming with its anti-humming pot. Well, it worked. But what I really wasn't expecting was the sound to become far more 'musical'. It just started 'making sense' more. Music that had previously annoyed me now started sounding intriguing. I took the PP2000 out and the 'musicality' disappeared. But it back and it returned. I listened to music well into the night - something I've never done in my study/office before. Yesterday, I placed the PP2000 in my main system. Although the difference wasn't as marked as in my study/office system, it same effect was there for sure. Without it, the sound is a bit dull and boring. With it, there is some 'life' injected into the music - far more interesting.

So why do I now prefer the sound with the PP2000 as opposed to last year when I stopped using it? I think it's because last year I never plugged all the components into it. Playing around with various configurations these last couple of day, what I've learned is that everything has to be plugged into the PP... even the PC. Otherwise the sound is too bright, forward and edgy, my main criticisms. Last year this was easily fixed by running from battery, but now with all the components running off the PP, the PP sounds very similar running from AC or from battery.

Romy the Cat wrote:
I would be particularly interested to hear a feedback from the people who use PP3000 and who upgraded it to PP+…

I've just ordered a PP+3000 for my main system - the PP2000 will feed my study/office system. I'll report my thoughts on the difference between the two when the new one arrives in a few weeks' time.

Mani.

Rerurn to Romy the Cat's Site