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In Reply to: RE: Tell us more about the Plasmatron posted by riboge on October 25, 2014 at 12:58:42
Okay, here's the scoop: I used one at a show because Chris came in the room and lent one to us. The two exhibitors in the room (one myself) were so impressed with the improvement that we both bought one. Now I never listen to digital without it.It is different than any other AC power conditioner. I believe it drops the AC voltage a tiny bit and uses that headroom to regulate the voltage. It is an AC voltage regulator. You can see the Thyratron tubes pulsing at certain times during the day when the power is fluctuating more. It is quite a light show and makes the digital sound so much better, improving dynamics, clarity and liveness.
Steve N.
Edits: 10/26/14Follow Ups:
"It is different than any other AC power conditioner."
Which I take to mean different in effect. How can you resist trying to measure and understand the mechanism? It may not be subtle at all...
Rick
The units contain 2 Thyratrons presumably as rectifiers of sorts.
The name Plasmatron appears to have been picked to sound hitech. Amongst other things, a Plasmatron can be:
''https://www.vki.ac.be/.../71-12...
Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics
The Plasmatron is a high enthalpy facility in which a jet of plasma is generated in a test chamber kept at sub-atmospheric pressure (between 5 and 200 mbar).''
I mean to ask both about the function each performs, how they differ and how one would use an AC voltage regulator like Plasmatron with a linear power supply.
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