To me Alex, he sounds like a tube-type 33rpm audiophile who believes
tubes and vinyl sound way better every time.
>What is "attack" and "release" of regulation cycle. Does he mean
>"transient response" ?
>
>Alex
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: amps-admin@contesting.com [mailto:amps-admin@contesting.com]On
>> Behalf Of skipp isaham
>> Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 9:55 PM
>> To: amps@contesting.com
>> Subject: [Amps] re: CTI screen regulator, tubes vs solid state
>>
>>
>> re: CTI screen regulator, tubes vs solid state
>> -
>> Remember the past posts on the CTI 4cx250b amplifiers
>> using tube voltage regulators in the screen supply?
>> The President Bob Piselli (wa1zru) Emailed the
>> below text to me.
>> -
>> -
>> [paste]
>> ... The reason I used gas regulators vs solid state, is
>> the ability of gas regulators to have a longer time
>> constant over the attack and release cycle of regulation.
>> What that gives you is a more smooth voltage transition
>> of regulation, not like the"chopping" effect of solid state.
>> You can hear this effect in the audio signal.
>> -
>> Solid state has no place here and in my opinion is
>> nothing more than someone trying to re-invent the
>> wheel by limiting component space and cost. Also,
>> gas regulators provide DC filtering. Many people don't
>> realize that fact. Maybe that's why this amplifier sounds
>> so good on the air. 73 and thanks for your comments.
>> Bob
>> President/CTI ComTec, Inc.
>> -
>> The URL is www.cticomtec.com
>>
>>
>>
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