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My curiosity peaked with Jessie Dazzle’s last few posts.  I realized that, in France, he receives 220v, 50 Hz power.  I then recalled Romy’s post at http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?postID=1177#1177.  I was wondering if, at 240V, some of the fluctuations between good and bad electricity could be alleviated.  Perhaps if a power regenerator were to run off of the full 240v and output 120v, some of the problems could be alleviated.  I’m not sure, but it is something that I would like to explore.

I have no idea where the problems in our power come from.  I remember that, years ago, our lights were flickering a few times per day.  We had the power company come out and, after being really impressed with our antique copper connectors, he said that he would try to clean rather than replace them.  After that, the lights were just fine.  This was at work and before I had my playback system there (yes, I have my system at work.  Damn, I love my job!).  The lights still don’t flicker but a playback system is certainly far more sensitive to bad electricity and in very different ways.  So certainly some of the problems exist in the connectors. 

At least today, I had good enough electricity to thoroughly enjoy Karajan conducting Beethoven’s 6th and Horowitz performance of Scarlatti’s Sonata for keyboard in E major, "Cortège."

Just my two cents, anyway.  Tesla may have won the current wars, but his plan to wirelessly transmit power through the earth may have been better for audio.  Too bad it didn’t sell.

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