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In Reply to: Because they have filament transformers. posted by Al Sekela on August 19, 2006 at 16:03:44:
but being a lazy sort of guy, although I have many filament transformers, exactly what do you hear, if I may ask? I've been snubbing my filament transformer secondaries for a significant gain in sonic quality: fuller, warmer sound and a lowering of the noise floor. Is that what you've been achieving with this tweak?Since I use the filament outputs, I had conjectured that the diode spikes could enter the power transformer and be reflected onto the other secondaries and other taps. While I didn't have high enough voltage caps to snub the B+ AC lines, I had enough to snub the filament ones, figuring that that may help the B+ line also.
Thanks,
Stu
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- I'll bite, Al, - unclestu52 16:21:47 08/19/06 (4)
- Exactly. Include more mid-bass resolution. - Al Sekela 15:24:28 08/20/06 (3)
- Interesting - unclestu52 12:57:24 08/21/06 (2)
- I think the transformers/chokes have to be near the noise source and - Al Sekela 19:48:33 08/21/06 (1)
- Thanks! - unclestu52 20:27:18 08/21/06 (0)