In Reply to: copper cap rectifier posted by jerry on October 30, 2001 at 01:56:00:
Solid state diodes plus a current inrush limiter plus a resistor simulating the voltage drop is not the same a tube rectifier. Garden variety diodes (iN1007, etc) produces switching noise when the current goes into reversal, which is less with better types but still present. Hexfreds and high speed/high efficiency diodes help here, however, a reverse recovery spike filter will smooth the sound considerably.Considering that there are sonic differences between different manufacturers tube rectifiers of the same type, I would expect the Copper Cap to have a distinctly different sound than a tube rectifier.
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- Re: copper cap rectifier - David McGown 02:21:19 10/30/01 (1)
- Re: thanks for your comments david - jerry 05:07:36 10/30/01 (0)