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In Reply to: So why do Mercury rectifiers sound so good? posted by andy evans on June 20, 2006 at 15:31:19:
Low impedance. Near-constant voltage drop that doesnt' vary with current. low voltage drop (avg. 15volts). Lack of switching noise. Those are things I can think of off hand. MV does sound the best, IMNSHO.-Ed
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- Re: So why do Mercury rectifiers sound so good? - Ed Sawyer 18:40:44 06/20/06 (3)
- Lack of Switching Noise??? - Steve O 21:10:42 06/20/06 (2)
- was meant w.r.t. vs. noise/transients of silicon rectifiers - Ed Sawyer 05:28:25 06/21/06 (1)
- can the electromagnetic noise from a mercury vapor... - radiance 00:03:46 06/23/06 (0)