Tacima SC5723

[Dom]

I bought a Tacima SC5723, which plugs into a spare socket, like the Russ Andrews Silencers. I have mine plugged into the Tacima CS929 and the results are good. I would imagine WHF would give it 5 stars.

The SC5723 is £40 and as the mag would say "Its a no-brainer".

 

[The_Lhc]

Looking at my own system I don't even understand the concept of a "spare socket", it's like a bunch of snakes having an orgy back there...

 

[Dom]

Looking at my own system I don't even understand the concept of a "spare socket", it's like a bunch of snakes having an orgy back there...

I know what you mean.

 

[BigH]

I bought a Tacima SC5723, which plugs into a spare socket, like the Russ Andrews Silencers. I have mine plugged into the Tacima CS929 and the results are good. I would imagine WHF would give it 5 stars.

The SC5723 is £40 and as the mag would say "Its a no-brainer".

Why plug one into the other? Do they do different things? Yes I'm sure WHF would give it 5 *, they did on the CS929.

 

[hybridauth_Facebook_100004211376004]

I bought The tacima cs929 a wee while back and can't say I noticed any difference at all . Although I only bought it as I needed a 6 socket adapter and it looked of decent quality,later I saw whf had given it a review with an accolade of stars . can't say I noticed any discernable difference to a 7 socket belkin unit I had been using previously.more snake oil imo.

 

[Dom]

I bought a Tacima SC5723, which plugs into a spare socket, like the Russ Andrews Silencers. I have mine plugged into the Tacima CS929 and the results are good. I would imagine WHF would give it 5 stars.

The SC5723 is £40 and as the mag would say "Its a no-brainer".

Why plug one into the other? Do they do different things? Yes I'm sure WHF would give it 5 *, they did on the CS929.

No, they don't do things differently, just RFI and surge. The way I see it if a component reduces noise by 20%, another will reduce it again.

Like Rick and Morty says "Its more art than science."

 

[keeper of the quays]

Does the tacima have surge protection?

 

[macdiddy]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tacima-Conditioner-Frequency-Interference-Filter/dp/B000PS5700

*dance4*

 

[BigH]

I bought a Tacima SC5723, which plugs into a spare socket, like the Russ Andrews Silencers. I have mine plugged into the Tacima CS929 and the results are good. I would imagine WHF would give it 5 stars.

The SC5723 is £40 and as the mag would say "Its a no-brainer".

Why plug one into the other? Do they do different things? Yes I'm sure WHF would give it 5 *, they did on the CS929.

No, they don't do things differently, just RFI and surge. The way I see it if a component reduces noise by 20%, another will reduce it again.

Like Rick and Morty says "Its more art than science."

I don't think it works like that. Also I would look into loading, 5 sockets going into an extention maybe not a good idea. Also these have filters on them, some say it reduces your power. If the first one cuts your RF by 100% then there is no point in the 2nd one, its just filtering the power again?

 

[Dom]

I bought a Tacima SC5723, which plugs into a spare socket, like the Russ Andrews Silencers. I have mine plugged into the Tacima CS929 and the results are good. I would imagine WHF would give it 5 stars.

The SC5723 is £40 and as the mag would say "Its a no-brainer".

Why plug one into the other? Do they do different things? Yes I'm sure WHF would give it 5 *, they did on the CS929.

No, they don't do things differently, just RFI and surge. The way I see it if a component reduces noise by 20%, another will reduce it again.

Like Rick and Morty says "Its more art than science."

I don't think it works like that. Also I would look into loading, 5 sockets going into an extention maybe not a good idea. Also these have filters on them, some say it reduces your power. If the first one cuts your RF by 100% then there is no point in the 2nd one, its just filtering the power again?

WHF don't believe these affect amp performance, they come with 13 amp fuses so I'm not sure about under/over loading.

Here, I see what your saying, I'm also aware that if RF is cut by 100% then the another will do nothing. It could even create noise.

But from just listening I find nothing wrong with the situation.

 

[drummerman]

Not sure about your new plug-in as I haven't got one but I use two CS929's. One for my cyrus components the other for the turntable/s and stage plus CCA.

I have in the past in certain systems noticed subtle improvements in noise reduction and clarity using the Tacima's plus they have surge protection and look cool. As most of my cyrus stuff is PSX-R'd I wouldn't expect to much of a difference. More so for the vinyl end.

Agree with WH, for the price (and they are often further discounted) the Tacimas are absolute no-brainers.

 

[BigH]

I bought a Tacima SC5723, which plugs into a spare socket, like the Russ Andrews Silencers. I have mine plugged into the Tacima CS929 and the results are good. I would imagine WHF would give it 5 stars.

The SC5723 is £40 and as the mag would say "Its a no-brainer".

Why plug one into the other? Do they do different things? Yes I'm sure WHF would give it 5 *, they did on the CS929.

No, they don't do things differently, just RFI and surge. The way I see it if a component reduces noise by 20%, another will reduce it again.

Like Rick and Morty says "Its more art than science."

I don't think it works like that. Also I would look into loading, 5 sockets going into an extention maybe not a good idea. Also these have filters on them, some say it reduces your power. If the first one cuts your RF by 100% then there is no point in the 2nd one, its just filtering the power again?

WHF don't believe these affect amp performance, they come with 13 amp fuses so I'm not sure about under/over loading.

Here I see what your saying, I'm also aware that if RF is cut by 100% then the another will do nothing. It could even create noise.

But from just listening I find nothing wrong with the situation.

But if you have 10 items off one plug I would be careful, you could overload it and cause a fire. I would not plug an extention into an extention, but I'm not an electrician.

Really you need to add more wall sockets or even run a spur from the fuse box/ consumer unit.

 

[ellisdj]

I would not run a big amp off a tacima CS929 - it was causing issues with my Bryston - creating an inductive load - so I chopped it for an Isotek Titan - no problem since

As already mentioned on the other thread if you fully load these up with components you lose any benefit - try limiting things plugged into and seperate noisey items - like routers, sky boxes anything with an smps power supply - then see if you get a difference.

Inside is basically a single bar that links all the positive connections, then one for all the earth connections etc. There is no star wiring like in better blocks so any noise pushed to earth is shared across all devices plugged in - which can create a loop of noise which creates common mode nose problems - making things worse not better

Better off being selective in how you use them if you want full benefit - lucky they are cheap enough to use 2 for example.

If you look at bettr devices effort is made to keep all sockets seperated and filtered individually.

But of course this all snake oil - and someone will be along to say so before you take a breath.

The blocks the thred is about can work really well - but I found it used in correctly made the sound worse, not better (I used to have 3 in my system of a different brand)

 

[macdiddy]

no response from Trev-c yet to say that we're all mad, that all mains is the same etc etc, which then turns into the usual yes/no slanging match carrying on for the next 10 pages like the "interconnect" post elsewhere in this forum.

 

[Dom]

But of course this all snake oil - and someone will be along to say so before you take a breath

Yeah. Thats why I like WH, poeple are more concerned with safety and such.

On a side note the Russ Andrews The Silencer is now plugged in next to the fridge. So let the snake oil commence.

 

[BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW]

Just a thought, could we not combine this thread with the_lhc's 'More old crap' thread?

 

[The_Lhc]

Just a thought, could we not combine this thread with the_lhc's 'More old crap' thread?

Please don't, I'm looking for serious advice there! I don't know why I'm expecting to receive any but there you go...

 

[BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW]

Just a thought, could we not combine this thread with the_lhc's 'More old crap' thread?

Please don't, I'm looking for serious advice there!

And it doesn't get any more serious than Russ Andrews Snake Oil, it can make even the shittest system sound wonderous.

 

[keeper of the quays]

I have a tacima thingy too..i hadn't realised it had surge protection! Had a power surge a few months ago..seems it protected my hifi...cool..worth it for that alone..

 

[BigH]

I have a tacima thingy too..i hadn't realised it had surge protection! Had a power surge a few months ago..seems it protected my hifi...cool..worth it for that alone..

If you had a surge then the fuse would have blown?

 

[TrevC]

I bought a Tacima SC5723, which plugs into a spare socket, like the Russ Andrews Silencers. I have mine plugged into the Tacima CS929 and the results are good. I would imagine WHF would give it 5 stars.

The SC5723 is £40 and as the mag would say "Its a no-brainer".

It's a no difference in performance whatsoever er. Nothing on the mains, wires, conditioners, whatever, affects performance. It's a good idea to have a surge limiter connected however.

 

[keeper of the quays]

I have a tacima thingy too..i hadn't realised it had surge protection! Had a power surge a few months ago..seems it protected my hifi...cool..worth it for that alone..

If you had a surge then the fuse would have blown? 

what fuse? I was listening to music then all my kit went off! Clocks went to reset too! I'm assuming power surge as the power didn't go off as such?

 

[drummerman]

I bought a Tacima SC5723, which plugs into a spare socket, like the Russ Andrews Silencers. I have mine plugged into the Tacima CS929 and the results are good. I would imagine WHF would give it 5 stars.

The SC5723 is £40 and as the mag would say "Its a no-brainer".

It's a no difference in performance whatsoever er. Nothing on the mains, wires, conditioners, whatever, affects performance. It's a good idea to have a surge limiter connected however.

Like the sun rises in the morning ... still, we have positiveness too. You're on my Xmas card list but as they all seem to say the same thing and look similar ...

 

[TrevC]

I bought a Tacima SC5723, which plugs into a spare socket, like the Russ Andrews Silencers. I have mine plugged into the Tacima CS929 and the results are good. I would imagine WHF would give it 5 stars.

The SC5723 is £40 and as the mag would say "Its a no-brainer".

It's a no difference in performance whatsoever er. Nothing on the mains, wires, conditioners, whatever, affects performance. It's a good idea to have a surge limiter connected however.

Like the sun rises in the morning ... still, we have positiveness too. You're on my Xmas card list but as they all seem to say the same thing and look similar ...

I'm a very positive person. My interconnects are free and fab, my speaker wires are cheap and fab. Life is better when you have a clue. You don't get fooled.

 

[ellisdj]

TrevC for new London Mayor are you a running candidate ??