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In the Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity.

Post Subject: A laboratory in the kitchenPosted by steverino on: 1/26/2016

It would be nice if we had a unified theory concerning power and audio systems performance but that would not be enough. For example a physicist can provide elegant equations describing heat transfer in a vacuum. But ask them to provide an exact equation describing how a full coffee cup radiates on a kitchen table would elicit all kinds of objections that it was too complicated except for approximation. Of course the same is true of sounds in anechoic chambers vs home listening rooms.

I can't speak for Rowuk or Clark but my thought was simply that the same experimentation used to create audio signal paths should be applied to power supply design. Further, it appears that we are at somewhat of an impasse in signal path design inasmuch as the best sounding components typically employ circuit designs that have been known for decades. Any improvement comes from better implementation rather than a new signal path design. I share your reservations about the use of batteries except perhaps for digital source devices, I think that any notable improvements in sonics will have to come via the AC power supply (and perhaps volume controls) for the foreseeable future.

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