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In the Thread: Signal variation, noise, and effects on circuit topology

Post Subject: The Library of BabelPosted by Paul S on: 12/7/2008

Well, I thought there was a lot of this going on all along, but that we just haven't come up with much that is "universal" in the usual, "what do you recommend?" sense yet? Maybe this is because one person's Cu PIO is another person's V-Cap, depending on any number of non-standardize-able features of the circuits, ancillary components, system, room, listener, etc. As an offhand example, I wonder if the Cu PIO coupler would "work just as well" in the same circuit but with a 300B instead of a 2A3? I realize this does not squib the general idea - at all - but it does seem to significantly temper -and severally restrict - applicability of information within such a "database". And maybe this is why forums like this tend to fragment into "sections" that address more-specific (and putatively better-defined) issues?

As somewhat of a romantic, I also wonder if what we need is already "out there", spread out here and among the various OCD sites, like some wild, gigantic, Hegel-overshadowing "Encyclopedia of Hi-Fi"? Shades of Jorge Borges!

I think I have made broad recommendations for amorphous core transformers, because I have yet to hear a downside in any application I am familiar with. OTOH, at the same time I hope that people would not immediately extend this "recommendation" to PS use, or even dedicated LF, for that matter. In other words, I hope people do bring to bear their own established objectives and they are paying attention.

Making a small effort, I can't at this time think think of anything else I would make such broad generalizations about. In fact, sad to say, I realize I am much more comfortable finding fault with and generally slamming components. But this stems from my continued frustration with components that are either ill conceived, poorly executed in terms of production, or both, which I think of as serious compromises even as I wind up using them, anyway. I mean, what are you gonna do? I do try to report my findings, but how are we going to format and subsequently interpret such observations?

Probably, most people who read this site have ignored all the warnings and they are still hovering, waiting for Romy to drop some crumbs that they expect to feast on. Too bad that just about anything and everything of value herein is - as it has been clearly explained, over and over, ad nauseum - totally dependent on the foreknowledge and the objectives underlying the inquiry.

So, again, any thoughts on just how better to compile and use such a "raw" database? No surprise, I suppose, but I'm drawing a blank.

Best regards,
Paul S

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