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I got a ground based 7kW system put in a few months back. The panels are bifacial, and it makes a small but noticeable difference in the early morning and evening. We have a 5KW battery. It and the inverter are located externally in the garage. The battery basically provides enough power to get us t...

Good idea.


I have Elbow on July 1st - Dublin
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Tnks for input... but that doesn't rip/store my CD collection..... ( "real estate" in l/room is confined and at present unwieldy...) And if I'm looking at correct units, price is €3k + Unless I'm missing something....??? i7 would be enough, i9 is overkill mainly only needed if you want to...

Hopefully not derailing the thread since you are still waiting on the reply about the Innuos but I would recommend you check these out (https://www.smallgreencomputer.com/collections/audio-server). I use the i9 Optical with an optical Rendu and am really happy with them. Good price, good performance...

cybot wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 3:48 pm
What mains blocks are you thinking of?

Hi - just a Puritan Audio Labs PS108 - 8 Way Distribution Strip. I don't want any filtering, at least not initially.

BTW - I quite like your creeper look, adds something unique/distinctive to the setup

Thanks Fran, you are spot on. The fit in well side by side.Just waiting on an extension block from the listening hut now.

Success. Found some plugs on audiophoics that did the job. 2 of 4 shown below.

You may also try here: https://www.audiophonics.fr/en/various-internationals-c-509.html As far as I can see the max. accepted cable diameter is 20mm here. If you open your original plug you can see if it is possible to "slim" a bit the cable and maybe customize it for a different plug. Be...

Yeah I'm not surprised you have to look abroad. Is there any particular skill needed in swapping them out once you get them? I can't imagine there is, but who's knows what secret sauce goes into these things. If they are anything like the US Oyaide then no but with the fuses etc the UK ones might n...

Found a place https://www.mcru.co.uk/ that have some options that should work. Would have preferred to source in Ireland but couldn't find anything