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What are the absolute quietest (no buzzing) dimmers you can buy?
I spent a couple of hours searching on the internet and I came to the following conclusions:
1) When it comes to conventional dimmers, Lutron is quiet
2) The quietest dimmers are variac dimmers.
3) Some dimmers emit little RFI interference, some are quiet , and some are both, but there seem to be no specs on noise emissions.
My problem is that I can't find any variac dimmers anywhere online, only companies catering to film crews that rent them for $10/day or so. Can anyone post a URL for some sources?
I need to find the absolute quietest dimmers because my wife is insanely sensitive to electrical noise. I'm jealous because her ears are so much better than mine
I'm the audio nut but she can easily hear the difference between 16/44.1 and 24/192 recordings which sound pretty much the same to me.
I spent a couple of hours searching on the internet and I came to the following conclusions:
1) When it comes to conventional dimmers, Lutron is quiet
2) The quietest dimmers are variac dimmers.
3) Some dimmers emit little RFI interference, some are quiet , and some are both, but there seem to be no specs on noise emissions.
My problem is that I can't find any variac dimmers anywhere online, only companies catering to film crews that rent them for $10/day or so. Can anyone post a URL for some sources?
I need to find the absolute quietest dimmers because my wife is insanely sensitive to electrical noise. I'm jealous because her ears are so much better than mine