I need a good curve tracer. One of these:
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Or one of these:
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Or one of these:
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If you've got one of these gathering dust in your garage, I'll happily take it off your hands...
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Ah knows it. I have a (now fairly small) collection of Tek 'scopes -- a 475, a 7623 with the usual 7B53A+7A18+7A26 plugins, a 7603 with 7D20 plugin (sadly, in need of attention due to power supply problems), and a 549 with a Type Z plugin. Aside from the 475 which is a nice vintage daily-driver (though I have a modern GAtten DSO too), these are basically test-equipment eye-candy collection toys.I will just preface this by saying that I am a HUGE Tektronix fan,and apparently a storage facility for all old things Tek........
I had the 570 a long time ago (the astronomical prices they command have absolutely no relation to their level of performance!) and I have also played around with the modified-for-tube-use later SS models.But believe me,the allure fades quickly Dave.They require huge amounts of real estate,are clunky to operate and are really rather limited by todays standards.If you have the need for semiconductor curving,I will say that the 576/577 models are still good machines,but again,the previous caveats still apply.And do remember,these babies are old now,with all of the inherent component degradation this brings.The wonky switches can drive you insane!
Awww, pretty! I love even my low shelf Onkyo stuff. I imagine that one KICKS!
Yes, really, my beloved 1916 house has a LOT of placement problems in room configs - I don't really have a perfect room setup for any of my systems. The basement is the best one, where I've got a shoebox shaped room, roughly 18' x 54', paneled, with the two Advant 5002s along one of the short sides angled to a sweet spot chair about 12' forward.Easy answer. A new abode with a large enough room for my Maggies to really strut their stuff. The gear I have can definitely be bettered but a kick-butt room would be the first move. That done, a pair of MG-3.7i's would be nice
Which Maggies do you have? I'll never have a room big enough for the big ones, but the 1.7s tempt me for that "oneday"...Easy answer. A new abode with a large enough room for my Maggies to really strut their stuff. The gear I have can definitely be bettered but a kick-butt room would be the first move. That done, a pair of MG-3.7i's would be nice
Which Maggies do you have? I'll never have a room big enough for the big ones, but the 1.7s tempt me for that "oneday"...
I would like to be able to have Jim Smith come to my home and evaluate my room, then return with a variety of recommended pieces for me to select from.