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I have stated several times that the ML2s are less sensitive to bad electricity than my phono stage, and this is true.  However, this is not to say that the amps are immune to bad electricity.  In fact, it is the effects of bad electricity on the ML2s that got me thinking more about audible effects from the amps themselves, because these effects are mostly more noticible when the amps "struggle" with bad electricity, including voltage drop.

 One thing I think about the ML2s is that they seem to want/need LOTS of good electricity to do their best.  Nothing unique in this, really, but I have found that the ML2s normal "effects" on the sound are far less "transparent" when the electricity is bad, meaning that bad electricity has actually given me some insight into how the ML2s go about their business.  Unfortunately, now that I've become more aware of the processes on bad electricity days I am also more aware of these processes when the electricity is good.

For one thing, the "rules" of SETs still apply to the ML2s, meaning these amps do their very best when operating well within their comfort zone.  And that comfort zone is a lot smaller when electricity is bad, as it often is.  Because the ML2s are so "powerful" I can see where someone might get the idea that they can be pushed, since they will deliver the SPLs with difficult loads and bad power, and they are still lots better than other amps when so stressed.  OTOH, once you start to figure out what really makes these amps special, then you are also bound to notice when they are not doing their considerable best.

So, how much good power do these things need coming in to put out their best?  I suppose its 120 clean, well-shaped VAC.

If I say it is clear now that the corrective elements at work in the ML2 are a "factor" at all times, then the Morons will immediately "understand" that this is a "flaw" that therefore "devalues" the ML2.  So perhaps I should say that the wonderful things the ML2 does come - like everything - at a price.  And perhaps we pay some sort of price like this for any plug-and-play solution.

At this point I can hear the ML2s "failings", but I still can't imagine "actual" amps that might do better in the context of my present system.

I liked Romy's idea for the motor driving the generator, so I looked into it a little deeper and found out that the more "serious" generators require up to 20 hp to drive them!

I can actually see the generating station from my listening room.  Maybe a dedicated line...

Paul S

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