Re: Thanks was Re: Best recharable AA batts

Pooh Bear <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>Mike Rivers wrote:
>> In article <MPG.1d619b6b46ba8aeb9897c8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> letty@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
>>
>> > This may be why I seem to favor the sound of my boxes using old style
>> > carbon-zinc batts I can find in Italy for around a buck.
>>
>> Definitely EJ Syndrome. Over here you can't even get zinc-carbon
>> batteries at Radio Shack any more.
>>
>> A few years ago, there was a company that makes effect pedals (can't
>> remember who, but they're a big name) that showed a "Vintage
>> battery" at NAMM one year. I don't think they ever actually sold it,
>> though, and I hever heard anything about it after that one show.

>Different battery chemistries result in different supply impedance.
>No idea if this is enough to explain any difference in the sound of battery powered gear.
>Graham

The story I've heard is that the older pedals with germanium transisters
DO sound different (some say "beter" wrt distortion and wahs) when
using weaker batteries. I don't know if there's any scientific truth
to this however.

.

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