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Didn't you just say in another post that you HADN'T made any TWs? I meant I didn't build any Trainwrecks OUTSIDE of building them for Ken, meaning I didn't even tell anyone I built amps for Ken for 9 years, until after his death. I didn't want to affect any perceived value of his product. I didn't ...

Anyway, I'll end this with a question Dave. In regards to the wire comments you made, with you recalling a personal conversation with KF? Do you think it possible that he said what he said to you because he didn't want to share the info? Or because you were making PC board amps and using stranded w...

Man, where was Mercury when you needed a good interleaved, paper insulated OT, you know? :lol: Mercury has been making transformers for a long time. I opened up a 1985 A.M.P. BH420 recently and a Mercury Transformer sticker fell out. Shoot Less.... Google More. Try to get some information from sour...

Dave - WTF? "I did a whole AB test of output transformers and Hammond ended up at the bottom of the list. Didn't test the particular transformer you mentioned, but from my results I wouldn't even bother with them." Eh? Well you seem to be a fair and reasonable guy on so many levels. Too, I remember...

Deric wrote:

It ain't all Peace, Love, Dope... but MOTHER FUCKER can we please just gain a modicum of civility here and not flush this place that I dig down the drain?

Can I get an Amen?

Nice job everyone derailimg my thread. Now I know why.


Amen

Mr. Funk in this thread has viciously attacked Gerald Weber whom I happen to have a very positive relationship with. No one has said a word about that have they. Now for some reason I'm the only sob in here is supposedly rude though. I'm a Jackass huh. Up yours buddy. And to you Mr. Funk, you have ...

I would love to see the theory on that one. I am still trying to decide if Mercury trannies are hype or not. I already pointed you to the webpage with a white paper explaining how the wire works. Now it's your turn to make the effort and read it. I like Mercury transformers. I think they are second...

I think that making one's first post after lurking for a year in a forum a sales pitch post will get you lambasted pretty much anywhere. Your right again. After building Trainwrecks for Ken 10 years ago I lurked here so I could steal your stuff. You make no sense. I wasn't even reading this page. I...

Dave, Dave, Dave. Where did you take a wrong turn writing such crap for my eyes? Whatever you think you have been privy to, in having been able to hang with Ken, you still have to know that all the comments and preferences he had were well documented. What exactly then are you trying to do with the...

Yes the molecularly aligned vacuum power cords! Whatever, everybody has an opinion. Good luck with the amp clinic Dave. I'm sorry I am so skeptical, I would love to hear a live demonstration or even better try one on one of my amps that I am familiar with how it sounds. Yes, Mouser #173-53102 There...

You're misunderstanding what I'm saying. IF you have RF coming through your amp (hearing a radio station in your speakers) you should TRY clamping a ferrite bead on the instrument cable, and/or the power cord. It's not meant to make your amp sound better or reduce audible high frequency. It's only ...

I took the ferrite bead/clamp from the power cord of my DVR and put it around one of my amps power cord and it didn't seem to attenuate any high frequencies or produce more clarity. Amp sounds the same with or without. Do I need the one from Radio Shack or what? :wink: God Bless, John You're misund...

You are right I didn’t read the white paper. I actually tried one of these power cables on a Guitar amp , (not a mixing board, bass amp or Sound system) and formed my own opinion. Isn’t that a strange approach? (Maybe we weren’t close enough to a radio station). We actually had 5 or six guys try it...

billyz wrote:Well, I would guess a Dynaco tranny. they are pretty good Iron.

Since you guessed, yes, it's a modded Dynaco A470. One of the first things Ken told me.

Dave

I can really see a need for a power cord that can deliver a lot of clean power to an amp, as long as that amp was in need of a lot of power (Current/voltage) like a 1000 watt PA amp that was driving a lot of bass, but please explain to me how a ac circuit capable of delivering 20 amps at the outlet...