Have posted this before, but in IL, my transformer was (fortunately for me) on a pole in my backyard/garden and was maybe 100â from my junction box inside the house.
Lightning took it out TWICE within a day or so, and there was so much replacement going on by the utility that they ended up putting in a roughly 50% over spec transformer on the second day, as it was the only one left on the truck.
My power got more consistent and quieter, despite it being âcompletely silly overkillâ. There were about a half dozen other houses sharing this transformer, with 100 to 200 amp services.
No idea if and how this relates to the Thread Problem, but I sorta think it is related to the transformer-close-to-the-house thing.
On a much, much smaller scale, I recently bought a Neumann U67 Reissue microphone. I mentioned it to Dan Schwartz, PS-locally of Copper fame, a great guy and bass guitar God - and he asked if this U67 reissue had a transformer. I repliedâŚuh, yeah? - they put all the same stuff into the reissue as the originalâŚwhy?
He said in so many words that the transformer, and the quality of the transformer, makes the mic.
TL mics (transformerless), though that is often touted as a âthingâ, (accompanied by way lower prices), have always sounded likeâŚyouâre listening to them through a mile of cable ; )
Sorta kidding, as they obviously donât have 8% distortion, but sorta not - as they never sound anywhere near as good as a mic with a good transformer.