rowuk , you are not wrong feeling that what we do with
PS and Mains regenerator is kind of ridicules. Indeed we convert AC to DC, then
to AC against and then to DC again. If you use SS then it very much makes sense
to run DC directly to B+. I know of guys from Eastern Europe who run tube electronics,
ironically high voltage direct heated triodes and they power +850 directly from
batteries. Yes, I feel it is “elegant: solution but I feel that there is no
future behind this approach. It might work for some kind of boutique installation
but universally it would not work. Now, would it be fun if ALL let say digital
devises have a mandatory +12V power entry and PS switch internal/external?
Saying all of it I am not sure that running batteries direct
would be problem-free solution. The guys who do run batteries report own unique
problems. I personally would not explore this direction. What I would love to
see instead of going for batteries would be a unified theory of power for Audio
or some kind of knowledge that would explain what is relationship between Sound
and Power. So far we just tweaking power and not truly know what we do. We accidently
catch better result and we think that it was it. I hope our structural engineers
and doctors do not use the same skill set… |
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