atmasphere
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| Direction of aftermarket fuses (only for believers!) Millivolts...... If that was the reason, wouldn’t the same reasoning hold true for the AC mains line voltage feeding the fuse? In other words a small VD in millivolts on the mains feeding a piece of equipment could/would have an impact on the S... | |
| Can SMPS based preamps/amps sound organic ? Ralph, I am familiar with the very high sound quality of your products, are you suggesting that they'd sound even better if you could use SMPS rather than LPS?Charles, I think its very possible. SMPSs have the advantage of better regulation ove... | |
| Cartridges in general Given Raul's fondness for MMs and MI cartridges, I've never understood his outspoken aversion to MC step-up transformers. True, a stepup transformer will increase the magnetic distortions of an MC cartridge, but the larger magnetic circuit of a... | |
| Direction of aftermarket fuses (only for believers!) Therefore, going by Occum's razor as Atmasphere suggests, the hypothesis with the fewest assumptions would be that the fuse itself is directional, not the fuse holder. This is a classic strawman, and like all logical fallacies, is false by defin... | |
| Can SMPS based preamps/amps sound organic ? Given the positive and encouraging comments here with regard to SMPS what explains the continued popularity of linear power supplies? It leads me to suspect that they must have some significant inherent justification. Or is it just stubbornn... | |
| Direction of aftermarket fuses (only for believers!) And thanks also for the compliments you extended in my direction in some of your other recent posts.They were long overdue. | |
| Direction of aftermarket fuses (only for believers!) What exactly are you insinuating? That your technique is to continuously troll until you’ve beaten people down. Its not a way to further discussion, merely a method of making yourself always right all the time.You can test the fuse holder separate... | |
| Can SMPS based preamps/amps sound organic ? SMPS issues got sorted out a long time (decades) ago. These days a properly designed SMPS should be as quiet or quieter than a conventional supply. | |
| Direction of aftermarket fuses (only for believers!) just to set the record straight, UL is not a requirement or a directive, it’s a guideline or standard.I did not state that it was. I did state that the CE mark was a directive, and that there are others. You simply chose to misinterpret, as part o... | |
| Direction of aftermarket fuses (only for believers!) I read your last post. I read your last two posts. Did I err? Did I misinterpret something? As far as I can tell, you misinterpret on purpose. That makes it hard to have a conversation. Example: Or maybe you’re insinuating that any person who does... | |
| Electrical issues with Philips GA 212 Electronic Ken's comments above are exactly spot on. I think you might have some success retrofitting an LED for the job- that way you can set the current (by bypassing the LED with a resistor) such that the unit will work without your finger on the sensor. | |
| Direction of aftermarket fuses (only for believers!) I meant if you wanted to get to the truth you would eliminate the fuse holder from the equation. You know, for the experiment. Capish? Whether or not aftermarket fuses meet UL, etc. is irrelevant to the question of directionality. You don’t rea... | |
| Atma-sphere amps best power tubes @don_c55 , he did that about a year ago. | |
| Direction of aftermarket fuses (only for believers!) Al, if you (and Atmasphere) really were thorough you would simply eliminate the fuse holder entirely, no?No. That would never meet UL, CE or other directives. | |
| Direction of aftermarket fuses (only for believers!) If y'all are interested, I think I've sorted out what this reversal phenomena is all about.It has to do with the fact that the connections on fuse holders are not perfect. The act of reversing the fuse sometimes gets you a better connection. Howev... |