[sdiy] Transformer question

[Matthew Smith]

Quoth Paul Perry at 24/02/11 22:46...
...
> part of a synth, certainly needs to be looked at carefully. And yeah, those 
> heatsinks..
> no wonder the world has gone switchmode!

And are switching supplies really the evil they are made out to be? 
Especially those switching in the MHz range.

Having worked only with digital stuff for a long time, it's a bit of a 
culture shock going back to "legacy" linear supplies - and I've wondered 
if [and why] it is really necessary. Granted, I would *not* want to put 
something switching at only a couple of octaves above audio in an audio 
application, but modern switchers?

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