Re: Memory distortion?

"Edi Zubovic" <edi.zubovic[rem this]@ri.t-com.hr> wrote in
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> On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:19:14 +0100, Pooh Bear
> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>
>> And funnily enough - it's the boutique products that are
>> most likely to be so damaged.
>>
>> Graham
>
> -- Beware of that ilk. A friend of mine called me
> recently to contact the manufacturers od $ 12.000
> monoblocks because a customer brought him both of the
> amplifiers (each looking as a microwave oven and
> weighting accordingly), they were schorched. Apparently,
> the man connected the amplifiers to a Dutch electrostat
> loudspeaker pair ie. to their transformers, as I have
> understood. Ouch.
>
> I found a website, showing pretty big works and I tried
> twice to contact them to their e-mail adresses, shortly
> describing the problem and asking for a diagram because
> some component markings were unreadable. Of course, I
> stated both the type and serial numbers. No reply
> whatsoever.
>
> And these pretty powerful amps weren't protected by any
> means. Oh yes, it would disturb the sound :>

My take is that people who spend like $12K on power amps are
probably into audio primarily for bragging rights. So,
paying $12K is a rite of passage, and having them blow up
shortly after installation is just an excuse to run right
out and spend $12K again, and also to have a good whine
about how quickly the last $12K amps turned into pumpkins.

It's the old Mercedes-of-the-month gambit.


.

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