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   From: trevor@home.net   
      
   "Phil Allison"  wrote in message   
   news:9a43tjFo5pU1@mid.individual.net...   
   > Incandescent bulbs provide a better solution for live sound apps.   
   >   
   > They allow all transients and normal levels through and rapidly compresses   
   > ( without distortion ) exceptional levels  -  like feedback howls -  to a   
   > tolerable level for the HF drivers.   
   >   
   > OTOH,  a Polyswitch cuts the sound almost right off ( without any warning)   
   > and takes quite a while to re-set after tripping.   
      
      
   Having replaced bulbs in others PA speakers that NEVER "reset", I don't see   
   that as a better problem. I already use a compressor/peak limiter and don't   
   need a globe to do it. And of course, rapid compression IS distortion, just   
   the lesser of two evils.   
   But as I said, át least solder the globe rather than use a socket. IF you   
   expect it to blow regularly enough to need one, then you've chosen the wrong   
   globe for the application.   
      
   Trevor.   
      
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