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RE: The idea behind the bricks

E-Stat,

I've noticed a few different proposed suggestions as to how and why the "magic bricks" worked over the years. The 2 I remember the best are:

1) The brick's weight deaded transformer, chassis and tube vibrations.
2) The bricks absorbed or influenced magentic fields around the transformers.

If #2 is the main reason the bricks worked then I'd agree toroids would render the bricks less effect and perhaps unnecessary. But #2 might not be the only thing the brick affected and it's possible they still might have some influence on toroid-based amps as well. I'd love to hear a brick on an amp that used toroids. We'd know in about 20mins if the brick helped or not!

Thetubeguy1954


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