Audio nuggets YOU have learned along the way...

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  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,288
    The more you drink the better I look
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,776
    erniejade wrote: »
    The more you drink the better I look

    And your getting darn near sexy at your B-day party.....
  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,521
    mrbiron wrote: »
    Beer makes music sound better.

    Dilly Dilly!
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,033
    steveinaz wrote: »
    mrbiron wrote: »
    Beer makes music sound better.

    Dilly Dilly!

    And that beer makes me want to kill myself...
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,124
    edited August 2018
    NEVER, EVER allow anyone to carry your prized Tyler Lindbrook speakers down a flight of stairs. I wish I could find that picture....

    @treitz3

    Would you beez talking about this pic of Tom and his flying speakers at Carver Fest

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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,033
    That be the one...
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  • codycatalist
    codycatalist Posts: 2,662
    That be the one...

    Ouch...
    Just a dude doing dude-ly things

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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,009
    That's the one I was thinking of too. :o:#:s
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,009
    Anybody remember if he got hurt?

    Also, what kind of speaker got destroyed?
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    Here you go6z8spt274s5p.jpeg
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,033
    Tony M wrote: »
    Anybody remember if he got hurt?

    Also, what kind of speaker got destroyed?

    Tyler Linbrooks...
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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    Tony M wrote: »
    kharp1 wrote: »
    Tony M wrote: »
    verb wrote: »
    All good advice @Tony M I’ve got an SAE amp that’s been sitting in the box for years. Eventually I want to use it for my garage setup. Any startup advice?

    Use cheap speakers to start with. I hope it starts working from the get-go. SAE gear is pretty good aren't they?

    Start with a variac. Do not use without hooking it up to a variac.

    Most of us don't have a Variac. I did think about that but didn't include it in my response to Dave's question. You're right. Maybe I should have.
    Dave might own one. ;)

    WARNING, WARNING! THREAD CAREENING TEMPORARILY OFF-TOPIC!

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    If you don't feel like buying a Variac, you can make one (or a reasonable facsimile thereof) with parts you can (still) get at your nearest Home Despot or Lowes or even local hardware/electrical supply store (if you're lucky enough to have one).

    Google "Dim bulb tester" for instructions & info.
    Here's one example, to get you started :)
    https://antiqueradio.org/dimbulb.htm

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    The goal with these devices, by the way, is to ease the components back to life rather than slamming them with AC mains voltage & wakin' 'em up with a jolt. The DBT can also help diagnose problems (short circuits, e.g., in the power supply or even downstream of it) without toasting fragile and sometimes expensive components inside the device being tested/reawakened.

    This is (FWIW) more of a must-have for vacuum tube hardware (with high voltage power supplies) than for solid state stuff, but on the other hand, the use
    of solid-state rectification in any component

    The main idea is to use lower input voltage to reform the component's electrolytic capacitors, particularly the "filter" caps in the power supply. This is, at the least, a do no harm exercise, and can rescue capacitors that might otherwise be (more or less) toasted by a hard start up.

    This said, electrolytic capacitors are pretty brute force solutions to a couple of problems (the need for large values of capacitance at high-ish voltages, in a compact package and cheap). Two factoids (strongly held opinions, empirically informed) about electrolytics. 1) any that are more than about three decades old have outlived their usefulness and should probably be replaced and 2) the ones you can buy today really are better than the ones you got three, four, or more decades ago.

    Just sayin'.

    OK IT'S SAFE TO RETURN TO THE THREAD NOW. MOVE ALONG, NOTHING TO SEE HERE.

    ;)

    Great info Doc! Appreciate it!
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 32,922
    edited August 2018
    De nada.
    I see I failed to finish one sentence in that little opus :p

    it should have said:
    This is (FWIW) more of a must-have for vacuum tube hardware (with high voltage power supplies) than for solid state stuff, but on the other hand, the use
    of solid-state rectification in any component will let the capacitors 'come to life' even at low input voltages, which is "best" for reforming them. Tube rectifiers don't wake up until the input voltage is 50 or 60 VAC, so - despite the fact we all do it - reforming electrolytic capacitors in a tube amp doesn't work as well with a tube rectifier as with solid state rectifiers.

    ... or words to that effect :|
  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,009
    Tony M wrote: »
    Anybody remember if he got hurt?

    Also, what kind of speaker got destroyed?

    Tyler Linbrooks...

    OUCH! :o:s
    Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them.
  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 24,474
    erniejade wrote: »
    The more you drink the better I look

    I can't drink THAT much ...... EVER!! >:)B)
  • gmcman
    gmcman Posts: 1,739
    Turn your amp off, and/or unplug before making or removing any connections. You might accidentally drop the end of the interconnect and it could land on your speaker output terminals..... :*
  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,557
    edited August 2018
    ^^ Adding to the above, unplug it and wait a few minutes for it to completely discharge. I learned first hand that just because it's switched off and unplugged doesn't mean it's not still "live" in some weay.
  • Jimbo18
    Jimbo18 Posts: 2,309
    The adage for buying coins is "Buy the book before you buy the coin". I learned that I should have done more research before I bought any equipment.
  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,557
    Just when you thought you've done enough research, do some more.
  • maximillian
    maximillian Posts: 2,142
    Upgrade to the point you have pleasing sound. And then learn how to be satisfied with it.

    Unless you are rich then party on.
  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 24,474
    Upgrade to the point you have pleasing sound. And then learn how to be satisfied with it.

    Unless you are rich then party on.

    I stopped right after this nugget...



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  • codycatalist
    codycatalist Posts: 2,662
    Always have fuses on hand. I learned that last night =P
    Just a dude doing dude-ly things

    "Temptation is the manifestation of desire which equals necessity." - Mikey081057
    " I have always had a champange taste with a beer budget" - Rick88
    "Just because the thread is getting views don't mean much .. I like a good train wreck doesn't mean i want to be in one..." - pitdogg2
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,638
    A bird in the hand feels funny...
  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,033
    A bird in the hand feels funny...

    I find it better to release the bird, especially when some jackwagon on the freeway cuts you off and then slams on the brakes.
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  • maximillian
    maximillian Posts: 2,142
    pitdogg2 wrote: »

    I stopped right after this nugget...

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    I'm stuck on vinyl:

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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,902
    A bird in the hand feels funny...

    Yep....but 2 in the bush ? Now we have a story over a few beers.. :)
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,638
    tonyb wrote: »
    A bird in the hand feels funny...

    Yep....but 2 in the bush ? Now we have a story over a few beers.. :)

    Bushes are dead. Russ already came by...
  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 12,557
    Some days your system just isn't going to sound how you want it to, and engage you musically like it usually does. It's not the system's performance, it's you.
  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,033
    Clipdat wrote: »
    Some days your system just isn't going to sound how you want it to, and engage you musically like it usually does. It's not the system's performance, it's you.

    This is wrong on many levels. In my rig, if it doesn't sound right, something is usually up. I lost a power tube a while back and it did not take long to find out what was up once I felt something was out of sorts. Other times, a setting could be off somewhere, balance shifted one war or the other.

    Never has it been something with me.
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