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I'm tempted to get a Variac to use with one of my tube amps. Apparently, limiting incoming AC voltage to about 105 can be helpful.
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Be very careful with doing that with a variac. Dropping input voltage using variacs to cause a 'brown-out' for the tubes in guitar amps leading to the overdiven/distorted sound guitar players like. But for audio reproduction that is not a beneficial result.
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