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   From: david.looser@btinternet.com   
      
    wrote in message   
   news:a9b8c246-51b9-428d-8242-522e685a63d5@24g2000yqi.googlegroups.com...   
   > The British electrical standards are the dumbest on planet, or at   
   > least the dumbest I have ever run into. Except for the Japanese, who   
   > are combine the worst possible voltage standard with two different   
   > frequencies.   
   >   
   > In the US, we have two voltages in (all but really really old)   
   > houses: 120 and 240, although most outlets are 120, the ranges,   
   > clothes dryers and air conditioners are 240. And that 240 is balanced.   
   > If we were SERIOUS audiophiles, we'd have 240 volt four pin dryer   
   > outlets put in our listening rooms and run our power amps on 240.   
      
   A very large number of countries run their mains supplies at 220-240V, not   
   just the UK! Electrical standards were not designed for the benefit of   
   audiophools, but in practice there's nothing wrong with the 230V standard in   
   this regard. The standard of electrical installations I've seen in the US   
   are far worse than those normally encountered here. And the high-powered   
   audio equipment I've seen in the US runs off 120V thus supplies requiring   
   heavy-guage mains flex. Definitely no improvement on what we have here!   
      
   David.   
      
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