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by Paul Barker
Sat Aug 11, 2007 8:32 am
Forum: Jokes
Topic: A little light humour
Replies: 2710
Views: 1225760

The Italian man said, "Last week, my wife and I had great sex. I rubbed her body all over with olive oil, we made passionate love, and she screamed for five full minutes at the end." The Frenchman boasted, "Last week when my wife and I had sex, I rubbed her body all over with butter. ...
by Paul Barker
Fri Aug 10, 2007 8:29 am
Forum: Everyones Projects
Topic: Colin's gm70 Boat Anchor monoblocs
Replies: 88
Views: 72607

What you did that neat a job hand drilling? You must have way more patience than me.
by Paul Barker
Fri Aug 10, 2007 7:41 am
Forum: Everyones Projects
Topic: Colin's gm70 Boat Anchor monoblocs
Replies: 88
Views: 72607

That's the one skater boy :wink: ps my apprentice is a skater, but I can't really picture him on one. He has the bum for it (top of trousers half way down his thigh). He really is completely useless, the other day Ian (also corgi registered) sent him to cap off cold feed in loft, bear in mind he's b...
by Paul Barker
Thu Aug 09, 2007 8:57 pm
Forum: Everyones Projects
Topic: Colin's gm70 Boat Anchor monoblocs
Replies: 88
Views: 72607

When I first met Steve he looked a 100 years younger. Women, I was in a house conscerning a gas fire with two women today, it was as plain as day the wrinkly was the mother, but while the daughter was out of the room I applied my usual charm. "You're her mother? I thought you were sisters"...
by Paul Barker
Thu Aug 09, 2007 8:49 am
Forum: Everyones Projects
Topic: Colin's gm70 Boat Anchor monoblocs
Replies: 88
Views: 72607

Back before you came on "the scene" (of balding overweight middle aged and above anorachs) Excludes Nick and Dave with all that enviable hair. Darren (another well known anorach) and myself wanted to do a joint project of making a 212 amp looking something like yours and we would have sold...
by Paul Barker
Thu Aug 09, 2007 8:45 am
Forum: Everyones Projects
Topic: Colin's gm70 Boat Anchor monoblocs
Replies: 88
Views: 72607

There are people with 6k burning a hole in their pockets for the right amp, these people don't go into a restaurant and read the menu from right to left, they read from left to right, I want that, they don't even look at the column of numbers on the right which is a meaningless set of information. t...
by Paul Barker
Thu Aug 09, 2007 7:54 am
Forum: Everyones Projects
Topic: Colin's gm70 Boat Anchor monoblocs
Replies: 88
Views: 72607

It takes a gargantuan effort to achieve what Collin has, but 90% of the work is the success of the circuit, well done Nick.

I haven't yet breadboarded the amp I want someone like Collin to build.
by Paul Barker
Wed Aug 08, 2007 9:00 pm
Forum: Everyones Projects
Topic: Colin's gm70 Boat Anchor monoblocs
Replies: 88
Views: 72607

You can definately build my final amp at a fee when I decide on it.

You could sell those for 6 grand or so couldn't you?
by Paul Barker
Wed Aug 08, 2007 8:52 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Best output TXs for the money help
Replies: 60
Views: 44138

You can get no useful guidance reading reviews or formulating or believing theories. All you have of any value to aid in the decision is people you can trust that have heard what you are asking about. Better still your own ears, If tht information isn't available to you it is a pure lottery. Most re...
by Paul Barker
Wed Aug 08, 2007 8:47 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Long Tail Pair Question
Replies: 6
Views: 7225

Now you're cooking on gas.
by Paul Barker
Tue Aug 07, 2007 8:35 pm
Forum: Jokes
Topic: A little light humour
Replies: 2710
Views: 1225760

It is if this is.

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And your phone number, madam?
by Paul Barker
Tue Aug 07, 2007 8:18 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Long Tail Pair Question
Replies: 6
Views: 7225

I believe Slagle had good results in times past using chokes instead of tail resistors. Less voltage drop, similar result of forcing balance.
by Paul Barker
Tue Aug 07, 2007 8:16 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Long Tail Pair Question
Replies: 6
Views: 7225

By the way I would only alter one stage in the first instance to check for quality before deciding to continue. You might go different values for each stage, the first stage could afford to loose more headroom so maybe calulate for 100v across the tail resistor mking it greater value, the second sta...
by Paul Barker
Tue Aug 07, 2007 8:11 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Long Tail Pair Question
Replies: 6
Views: 7225

You have to loose some voltage headroom. Decide how much you don't mind losing. Say 50v then calculate the quiescent current of the pair of valves, devide 50 by the current in amps and you have your tail resistor value. The tail resistor goes between the cathode resistor and ground, the grid resisto...
by Paul Barker
Tue Aug 07, 2007 8:53 am
Forum: New Users
Topic: Aha! Found you!
Replies: 73
Views: 55844

Great to see so many friends joining.