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West at west@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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4/30/08 2:14 AM:
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> "Andre Jute" <fiultra1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>> On Apr 26, 12:17 pm, "Iain Churches" <Iai...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> I wonder what the DC resistance of a 250mA fuse might
>>> be?
>>>
>>> I have just been speaking with a guy would told me that he
>>> has replaced the fuse from the CT of the OPT of his tube
>>> amp with a wire link, "because the fuse adds to the power
>>> supply impedance and does not have a linear response"
>>>
>>> He could not quote any reference to substantiate this.
>>>
>>> I wonder what the audio bandwidth impedance of a
>>> 250mA fuse might be? -)
>>>
>>> Compared to the cost of an OPT, the fuse seems to be a
>>> good component for such a small investment.
>>>
>>> Iain
>>
>> You friend is right. A fuse is a terrible waste of wire. There is no
>> gain on it. Anything that isn't straight wire with gain kills the
>> sound. Active devices are worst -- that's tubes to you newbies.
>> Capacitors are next, assassins of your sound. Then resistors which
>> have 31 different kinds of noise, including the polite "Johnson noise"
>> for those who want to avoid explicit sexual references. Inductors
>> might be marginally acceptable if wound with silver wire on Black
>> Mountain ferrous cores but generally speaking bent wire (you can't
>> make an inductor with straight wire) is awful, which is why, as is
>> widely known, transformers wreck the sound so much that some people
>> put up with transistors just to avoid transformers. So, there is
>> nothing left except straight wire with gain, if you want really fine
>> sound. Of course, the finest sound is silence, and that is what you
>> get with straight wire, since no one knows how to give gain to
>> straight wire. As I said, your friend only sounds weird: in an
>> engineering and audiophile sense, he is perfectly right. All truly
>> advanced audiophiles arrive at straight wire and listen raptly to the
>> silence.
>
> Talk about sound, Boss. Just what kind of Gregorian Chant juxtaposition
> (best word I can think of at this ungodly hour) with the clarinet do you
> listen to? I simply adore Gregorian Chant and I also am fond of the
> clarinet. Combining the two seems a bit off-beat and confusing, but I
know
> better than to question your tastes. Will you share label(s) with me so
I
> can also taste and perhaps in a way, delve into your inner sanctum?
>
> Cordially,
> west
>
>> Andre Jute
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>
Oh Gawd! I think I'm going to throw up . . . .
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