Re: why wall warts?

[Doug Tapia <dtapia@unoco.edu>]

>Subject:     Re: why wall warts?
>Sent:        7/5/19 6:33 AM
>Received:    7/4/99 11:39 AM
>From:        lance glover, baumhaus@earthlink.net
>To:          Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com
>
>
>Matt Davignon wrote:
>
>> By the way, what's with these fat plugs? All of my older 
>Electro-Harmonix
>> effects have the regular AC plugs just like anything else in my house. 
>Now
>> that they're being made again, they come with those annoying fat plugs. 
>How
>> was that necessary? Newer versions of things are supposed to be smaller 
>and
>> more convenient! The fact that my older pedals were built with those 
>nice
>> small plugs seems to prove that those fat plugs aren't really 
>necessary! 
They
>> could simply put the AC to DC adaptor right inside the pedal! It would 
>make
>> the pedal a little bigger, but it would be a lot nicer!
>
>i read somewhere (possibly this list) that most signal processor 
>manufacturers
>don't build in a power supply these days because 1. it is cheaper and 2. 
>it
>helps with overseas marketability...
>
3.  Removing the power supply (or at least the step down transformer) 
from the main unit lowers the noise floor by a few dB

4.  Devices with internal power supplies have to be tested for UL 
listing, which is a pretty expensive undertaking from any perspective.