Implied specs are very handy for the manufacturer.
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I'm not sure what you are implying, but it was just a phone converstation and Whirlwind is a company I trust more than many others to give the straight poop about their products..
Warning: I am not making a specific comment about company or this actual product, just speaking in general from a distance.
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Verbal communication is imprecise.
Not every representative from a given company has a full understanding of performance considerations and engineering tradeoffs made.
Written spec sheets ASSuming they are comprehensive and accurate, are not (should not be) subject to interpretation or misunderstanding.
I've overheard and/or been sucked into enough conversations between customers and service people or sales types, to know that even with the best of intentions misinformation can and does get spoken. Not with malicious intent but it is not human nature to understate the benefits of a product you represent. Most redesigns of mid line products are done to reduce cost, or perhaps deal with obsolete components. Few companies invest fresh tooling capital and incur supply disruption just to make a working product a little better. A good engineer will try to both improve and reduce cost when tasked with tooling up a replacement. Sometimes we win sometimes not so much.
It is possible to improve the performance of a transformer stuffed inside a small XLR barrel if it uses an improved core material, or if the old transformer it replaces sucked even worse than it had to for the limited core size constraint.
JR
