SuperQ wrote: > Basically, tubes completely suck at being good rectifiers.
Indeed. There is a reason that rectifiers were the first tubes to be replaced (even in tube amps) as soon as semiconductor rectifiers became available. > But, given the good PSU design of the Transporter, I'm guessing there's > enough capacitor to deal with the sags and you won't hear any difference > at all. All you're left with is the warmth and glowing of the placebo > effect. I agree - that is why I asked what any possible benefits could be based on. I guess placebo is the only real answer. "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Julf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42050 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104936 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
