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Old 18th May 2007, 05:03 PM   #121
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How do you like this color? (Studio monitor amp)

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Old 18th May 2007, 05:19 PM   #122
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Old 18th May 2007, 05:41 PM   #123
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cool!
Thank you! It is 2x100W monster, 20Hz - 20 KHz
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Old 18th May 2007, 06:37 PM   #124
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Nice, but couldn't you get bigger transformers?



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Old 18th May 2007, 06:42 PM   #125
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size dose not matter :)
how many slots are should a 500 form card be?
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Old 18th May 2007, 07:06 PM   #126
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Nice, but couldn't you get bigger transformers?



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300W power transformer, 100W output trafos from 20 Hz full power, why bigger?
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So they are stressed less.

They'd look cool too.....



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Old 18th May 2007, 08:48 PM   #128
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So they are stressed less.

They'd look cool too.....



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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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Old 19th May 2007, 06:06 PM   #129
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Here it is with a front panel:

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Old 19th May 2007, 08:14 PM   #130
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Very Howard Johnsons!
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Old 20th May 2007, 05:26 AM   #131
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Very Howard Johnsons!
Who is Howard Johnson?
It is my own design!
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Old 20th May 2007, 09:49 PM   #132
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HoJo's was a restuarant and hotel chain that used orange and light blue in the decor.....






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Old 21st May 2007, 01:00 AM   #133
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Hamptone HVTP2 (assembled by Scott Hampton):
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Old 21st May 2007, 03:51 AM   #134
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nice ,I like the black and white photos
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Old 21st May 2007, 06:55 AM   #135
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Is that a key switch on the front panel?
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Old 22nd May 2007, 02:11 AM   #136
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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!)
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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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Old 22nd May 2007, 02:22 AM   #138
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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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i was hoping to feel the power.

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i was hoping to feel the power.

No doubt you can feel 750V on anodes plus 700V swing (1450V total on peaks).
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Old 22nd May 2007, 04:03 AM   #140
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doing some cleanup and maintainance today... snapped some pics

1. maselec mea-2
Empty box! Why ship air around the world?

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Now that's more like it - no spare space!

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Is this a prototype?
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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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Old 22nd May 2007, 04:29 AM   #142
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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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also, anyone know why there is a battery holder in the 2500 (without a battery?)
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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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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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Old 23rd May 2007, 06:46 AM   #146
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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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Old 2nd June 2007, 04:12 AM   #147
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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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Old 2nd June 2007, 04:14 PM   #148
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cool is cool!
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Old 4th June 2007, 01:21 AM   #149
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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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