Sridhar> Is there any place where it would make sense to use giant Sridhar> power cables on an audio system? How about if the stereo is Sridhar> located in a Faraday Cage running on a diesel generator Sridhar> producing very clean power? No. For one thing, a thin cable is probably doing more filtering than a thick one. And the power supply is heavily regulated in any case, which is why the dirt coming in from the power company doesn't come out the speakers. It's 100% pure snake oil. paul

woodelf> I suspect the the power supplies have the most snake woodelf> oil. 90% of all the power supplies I have seen looking for a woodelf> good valve amp schematic have heavy filtering but very woodelf> little regulation. My 115 volt ac is about 123 volts out woodelf> here. That doesn't make the power supplies snake oily. Tubes are generally not picky about the supply voltage, so no regulation is needed for good performance. There are a few exceptions: precision oscillators, and traveling wave tubes. But your basic tetrode or pentode amp is quite uncritical; regulators would just be unnecessary bulk. paul

I have a VT101, the top 1/2 of the case is yellowing, I'm told there is a DEC Grey that can be purchased to refurb the case, anyone know where I can obtain some??? Curt -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.12.4/146 - Release Date: 10/21/2005