18th May 2007
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#121 | | Lives for gear
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How do you like this color? (Studio monitor amp) http://wavebourn.com/images/audio/gu50red_2.gif
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Most wires and parts do in fact sound exactly the same. --Ethan
But sounds of 1 meter and 1 kilometer of the same wire are totally different --Wavebourn
Can I add that many bands sound better when they are 1Km away compared to 1 Metre! --Matt Syson  | 
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18th May 2007
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#122 | | 500 series nutjob
Joined: Nov 2004 Location: 500 series Guru SKANK! ; )
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cool!  | |
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18th May 2007
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#123 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by pan60  cool! | Thank you! It is 2x100W monster, 20Hz - 20 KHz
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18th May 2007
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#124 | | Gear Guru
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Nice, but couldn't you get bigger transformers?
-tINY
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18th May 2007
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#125 | | 500 series nutjob
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18th May 2007
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#126 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by tINY
Nice, but couldn't you get bigger transformers?
-tINY
| 300W power transformer, 100W output trafos from 20 Hz full power, why bigger?  | |
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18th May 2007
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#127 | | Gear Guru
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So they are stressed less.
They'd look cool too.....
-tINY
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18th May 2007
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#128 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by tINY
So they are stressed less.
They'd look cool too.....
-tINY
| Do you need more than 100W per channel for a studio monitoring?
I use such vocal amps for concerts with 1000 people audience.
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19th May 2007
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#129 | | Lives for gear
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19th May 2007
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#130 | | Lives for gear
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Very Howard Johnsons! | |
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20th May 2007
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#131 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by max cooper Very Howard Johnsons! | Who is Howard Johnson? 
It is my own design! tutt
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20th May 2007
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#132 | | Gear Guru
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HoJo's was a restuarant and hotel chain that used orange and light blue in the decor.....
-tINY
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21st May 2007
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#133 | | Gear addict
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Hamptone HVTP2 (assembled by Scott Hampton):
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21st May 2007
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#134 | | Lives for gear
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nice ,I like the black and white photos
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21st May 2007
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#135 | | Moderator
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Thread Starter  | Quote:
Originally Posted by Wavebourn | Is that a key switch on the front panel?
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22nd May 2007
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#136 | | Lives for gear
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doing some cleanup and maintainance today... snapped some pics
1. maselec mea-2
2. api 2500
3. nseq-1 (solid state) (the FF op-amps are on a breadboard!)
__________________ nothing helps "suck", not even analog
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22nd May 2007
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#137 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by Tim Farrant Is that a key switch on the front panel? | Yes, it is a safety switch. The amp contains high voltage so I want it to be lockable by owner so no kids or other careless people can't switch it on.
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22nd May 2007
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#138 | | 500 series nutjob
Joined: Nov 2004 Location: 500 series Guru SKANK! ; )
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Originally Posted by Wavebourn Yes, it is a safety switch. The amp contains high voltage so I want it to be lockable by owner so no kids or other careless people can't switch it on. | :(
i was hoping to feel the power.   | |
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22nd May 2007
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#139 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by pan60 :(
i was hoping to feel the power. | No doubt you can feel 750V on anodes plus 700V swing (1450V total on peaks). tutt
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22nd May 2007
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#140 | | Moderator
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Thread Starter | Quote:
Originally Posted by jdg doing some cleanup and maintainance today... snapped some pics
1. maselec mea-2 | Empty box! Why ship air around the world? Now that's more like it - no spare space! Quote: |
3. nseq-1 (solid state) (the FF op-amps are on a breadboard!)
| Is this a prototype?
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22nd May 2007
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#141 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by Tim Farrant Is this a prototype? | must be!?!
i owned a nseq-2 for a long while, had to sell it.. this one came up.. bought it on a lark.. it sounds nothing like the solid state side of the nseq-2... this sounds very very sweet and very very colored.. i rarely use more then 1 or 2db.
i'll email fred, see if he cares to share any history  | |
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22nd May 2007
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#142 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by Tim Farrant Empty box! Why ship air around the world?
| Rack mount form factors, rear and front panels are well occupied. Designed by somebody with good drawing art skills,
...though a heatsink is not properly oriented.
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22nd May 2007
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#143 | | Lives for gear
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also, anyone know why there is a battery holder in the 2500 (without a battery?)
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22nd May 2007
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#144 | | Moderator
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Originally Posted by Wavebourn Rack mount form factors, rear and front panels are well occupied. Designed by somebody with good drawing art skills,
...though a heatsink is not properly oriented. | It's nicely designed for sure, but they could have made the box less deep, saves material costs, packing and shipping costs, which reduces price for the end user which makes sense to any manufacturer IMHO.
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23rd May 2007
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#145 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by Tim Farrant It's nicely designed for sure, but they could have made the box less deep, saves material costs, packing and shipping costs, which reduces price for the end user which makes sense to any manufacturer IMHO. | If it is a prototype they could use surplus boxes available. You know, since manufacturing went abroad prototyping went to be very costly...
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23rd May 2007
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#146 | | Lives for gear
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But the customer wouldn't feel so good about paying through the nose for some rinky-dink little box 3" deep that only weighs half a pound. Empty space is cheap, from a marketing perspective.
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2nd June 2007
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#147 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Mar 2007 Location: Pittsboro NC
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| Guitar wiring counts, too!
The track can only sound as good as the source, right?
Perhaps there is value in wiring an electric guitar with a bit of attention to detail, as follows:
1) All cavities coated with Electrodag shielding paint
2) Custom-taper pots from CTS that feature a really robust construction and a THICK conductive track
3) Low-pass filter caps specifically spec'd for the guitar, made by Hoveland
4) 12 gauge solid copper ground link prevents any loose pot from spinning and breaking connections .
Simple stuff that helps to make a better tool for the rest of the recording chain to capture.
Pictured...a typical TCM Carolina control cavity.  | |
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2nd June 2007
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#148 | | 500 series nutjob
Joined: Nov 2004 Location: 500 series Guru SKANK! ; )
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cool is cool!
nice Terry
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4th June 2007
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#149 | | Gear addict
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Heres one.
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4th June 2007
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#150 | | Lives for gear
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Nice work, Terry. I guess it doesn't matter that the ground wires don't all terminate to one pot?
FWIW, I like to replace the standard pickup leads with Mogami W2944.
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