audio-talk

Hello, it's been a while. Hope you are all well. A friend of mine has asked if i can take a look at his 1968 sugden class A amplifier. I have taken it out of it's wooden sleeve and things don't look very straight forward (to me) The boards don't have component numbers on them for a start. And i unde...

Just in case it hasn't had an airing here before.....
Hitler on audio cables....

Sorry for the late notice

I'll come along with Graeme on Saturday if that's OK

Sorry for the late notice
I would like to come on Saturday
I can bring my own lunch if i am too late for the food order
Not sure if i'll bring anything
Be good just to see everyone

The naim type power amp kits are more expensive and don't include heatsink, power supply and preamp (but still only a little over £20) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/pair-2-channel-AMP-KIT-base-on-NAP140-naim-140-amplifier-100W-2-free-ship-/221159101522?pt=UK_AudioTVElectronics_HomeAudioHiFi_Amplifiers&a...

I just checked the recipe for the CAT 5 cable i brought to Owston It is the FFRC version on TNT audio The design is for biwire and the configuration is different for high and low. The suggestion in the article is that inductance isn't important for bass so use 2 separate runs of cable for _ve and +v...

I signed up for a British Gas service contract after a few years of being unable to find a reliable local gas man and having an unreliable boiler

Shame you are not local Paul

Yes, there seems to be plenty of russian equivalents to EL84

If you loose the cathode bypass cap do you loose linearity or just gain ?

Thanks for the report on Sunday's activity , Richard. That 2A3 pre-amp is a nice project, nothing too expensive in there . Were there any thoughts regarding your turntable vs. the Garrard , or does modesty not permit .. ? Should mention that I too was impressed with Ali's speakers , despite the Ber...

Trying to remember how Sunday went... We tryed my set up again with the speakers in phase this time Then swapped various power amps in and out To my ears the F5 was most complimentary to my speakers (not an easy task) giving sound that didn't give me a headache after a few minutes This bears out my...

Strange how it was fine for a while and then spat the dummy out

Presumably you could add series resistance to chokes with not enough ?

Trying to remember how Sunday went... We tryed my set up again with the speakers in phase this time Then swapped various power amps in and out To my ears the F5 was most complimentary to my speakers (not an easy task) giving sound that didn't give me a headache after a few minutes Then we went over ...

Yes it turned out i had got the red and black banana plugs the wrong way round on one of my lengths of Cat 5 speaker cable. So what everyone heard on Saturday and what i have been listening to at home for some time has been out of phase ! :oops: So things did sound better after this was noticed but ...

My Cat 5 uses the FRCC recipe on this page:

http://www.tnt-audio.com/clinica/diycables.html

There are other CAT 5 recipes including the triple twin which is also linked to off the same page

Fair enough but if i am going to take the responsibility of voting i want to feel more informed than doing a few minutes or hours internet research And i don't feel particularly motivated to put effort into what i don't know the significance of. Maybe they should have done some local TV programs or ...