across the bench [season-2] the electron strikes back
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sae-7125
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and in other news, as 28-jun is almost over in this timezone...
melvin kaminsky joins the triple digit club
en.wikipedia.org
plus actively working with rick moranis on spaceballs 2: the new one
en.wikipedia.org
*i probably shouldnt be doing stuff like this on an audio/electronics themed thread but audio/video entertainment industry is still related to hifi.
either way a day of celebration for an influential entertainment industry veteran, back in the saddle even if its not blazing. cheers to melvin.
melvin kaminsky joins the triple digit club
Mel Brooks - Wikipedia
plus actively working with rick moranis on spaceballs 2: the new one
Rick Moranis - Wikipedia
*i probably shouldnt be doing stuff like this on an audio/electronics themed thread but audio/video entertainment industry is still related to hifi.
either way a day of celebration for an influential entertainment industry veteran, back in the saddle even if its not blazing. cheers to melvin.
not sure I like that drop chassis thing on the Atlas. Seems like it would be difficult to get tubes out of it. Also the output tubes can't be pulled from the bases. I've had tubes lose that adhesive between the bottle and base, not great to yank such tubes by the glass. I guess you can pull the top but doing that just to pull a tube seems inconvenient.
sae-7125
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i agree, it has more than a few drawbacks in terms of physical access. not to mention more heat captured inside a heavily unventilated chassis, what could possibly go wrong...
the amp seems to have fewer heat/location issues vs a previously posted rogue integrated amp a while back.
sae-7125
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further excavation of the site revealed ancient writing dating back to before the pharaoh bought his first turn-table somewhere around 1234 bce. the wiring used shows how primitive electrons were carried from site to site in ancient times.
fuses look ok although one might be original or vice-versa. all measure fine and have same rating..
Bradbrews
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I’ve been doing this at least 4 decades longer than I’ve been fixing them!
In fact I started doing that to everything quite early in life. There was even a rule in the house that I was not allowed to take apart anything unless it was broken!
sae-7125
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are you certain we werent separated at birth, i tend to have a similar modus operandi in regards to unauthorized access/use/possession-of a toolbox (+/- power tools).
plus spending pre-teen years tech dumpster diving when not at grandpa&dads army surplus store which had a warehouse area filled with ww2/korea/vietnam era jeep parts and other things normal children remember growing up around.
sae-7125
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stm CL-30 thermistor (ntc) to help reduce inrush would be my guess
amp is wired for 4r load currently, looks like a headache to change over to 8r.
chances are this type of amp gets abused from an impedance point of view. wonder how that affects output tube life or circuit sanity... then again, its not like speakers have a flat impedance curve to begin with.
