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   Phil Allison to All   
   Re: Speaker Matching transformers.   
   21 May 13 12:21:30   
   
   From: phil_a@tpg.com.au   
      
   "Lord Valve"   
   > Phil Allison wrote:   
   > >   
   >> One guy here is Australia found using it interfered with the reverb sound   
   >> from his Fender.   
   >   
   > ??????   
   >   
   >> I wonder if he had the box sitting smack on top of his amp as shown in   
   >> the   
   >> advertising.   
   >>   
   >   
   > It's a steel box, and the reverb tranny in the Fender is shielded.   
      
   ** Thin steel covers are not good magnetic shields.   
      
      
   > I don't see a mechanism for coupling there, unless it's   
   > through the spring tank, and that'd be pretty far away   
   > from the unit in most Fender combos.   
      
      
   ** Maybe the fool had the box sitting on top of the reverb bag ?   
      
   I've seen AC power step-down trannys mounted on the side panels of Fenders,   
   right down low almost touching the reverb unit.   
      
   Or, it was reverb and speaker leads all tangled up.   
      
      
      
   ....   Phil   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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