Home Vinyl Asylum

Welcome Licorice Pizza (LP) lovers! Setup guides and Vinyl FAQ.

It's all in the exotic metal names

Mercury rectifiers! Gives the sound a very, ...uh,... slick and mercurial quality I bet.

A classic example of enginerds with a solution looking for a problem. I have a Hg tube here in my antique display! Mercury-vapor rectifiers were used for very high currents but they were a ridiculous pain in the butt- they had to be warmed up for a long time before appling the AC and they could flash and short-out. Taking one out of the box, the mercury would plate itself onto everything inside the envelope and they'd need to warm up for days before they could be safely powered up! The later rectifiers with Xenon gas were looked on as a godsend. Jeez- am I dating myself!?!?

I think the Aluminum/Lithium alloy headshells will sound very calming...


This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:
  VH Audio  


Follow Ups Full Thread
Follow Ups

FAQ

Post a Message!

Forgot Password?
Moniker (Username):
Password (Optional):
  Remember my Moniker & Password  (What's this?)    Eat Me
E-Mail (Optional):
Subject:
Message:   (Posts are subject to Content Rules)
Optional Link URL:
Optional Link Title:
Optional Image URL:
Upload Image:
E-mail Replies:  Automagically notify you when someone responds.