[Dan Banquer]

On a suggestion from a friend of mine I did the following experiment. Set your AM radio to in between two stations where you should have near silence. Plug in your wall wart supply from the Squeezebox and you will probably get noise coming through the AM tuner. Unplug the Squeezebox wall wart and you should get near silence. FCC's getting pretty loose these days eh?
                  d.b.

[Davey]

Yep, I noticed that a long time ago.  That thing radiates quite a bit and I had to switch to a linear supply for that reason.

Here's a thread from the Slim forum where the subject came up:

http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19452&page=2

Davey.

[Dan Banquer]

Thanks, I suspected as much.
             d.b.

[Occam]

Well Dan, its even more fun than you suspected. When you unplug it and then move it towards the radio, you can hear this 'motorboating' and (for a couple of seconds) with a little practice you can use the  combo as a Theramin.

[CornellAlum]

It's horrible.  I have to turn my computer off completely, let the squeezebox die from no signal, then actually listen to NPR again while I am trying to go to sleep.  Is this something that could be fixed with ers paper at curiosity?

[Occam]

  Is this something that could be fixed with ers paper at curiosity?

No, but I'm sure a hammer would work.....

but think about it. If you use a stock SB feeding a NuForce amp, you could destroy both your AM and FM reception. These are not 'problems', they're features which only the most discerning of audiophiles can appreciate. 

[lonewolfny42]

A hammer and a theremin......would make some nice music.

[tianguis]

Wolfie:
     
        You're right! Try Mickey Hart's "Dafos", Rykodisc RCD 10108. His "Beam" is a long aluminum beam strung with twelve piano bass strings using acoustic feedback
through a mag pickup, controlled by a pedal. Not a theramin, but it sounds kinda like the deepest theramin you've ever heard. Shakes my floor. "Dafos" also has lots of hammers.

Larry

[CornellAlum]

Since we are sort of on this topic..should I use ers or dampening material or both in my diy sb3 supply which I miraculously have working?  Are the jensen caps worth the money?