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It's understandable to be confused by this, because it requires accepting and understanding two very counterintuitive things at the same time! I did not really understand this until we covered it in one of my college sound engineering courses. One of the more interesting things we did in the...

I'm late to the party here so forgive me if it was mentioned, but check out "fourier transform." The remarkable discovery that many pure tones can be represented by one more complex tone. Which is absolutely NUTS when you think about it! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourier_transform The...

Thats good news, projects are the best way to get some excitement going in your days. Getting my wheels turning and thinking of the possibilities makes getting out of bed a lot easier. A lot of fulfillment can be had by building and fixing things, imo. I get a lot of joy out of not throwing...

Thanks for that. It's admirable that you managed to get yourself out of that situation. Definitely haven't given up on him. He's been clean for over a year as far as I know. Supporting himself down in Louisiana, just a lot of dealing with the aftereffects and depression that was already present...

I am late to this topic, and somewhat new here, but I wanted to offer my sincerest sympathy for what you're going through. I am relatively young and not married but I can't even imagine what that has been like for you. I shed a tear reading all of this... I can only hope you can take some...

Cool article, good info. Yeah, I was also a little worried about outgassing as well, so I put a thin layer of plastic coated paper sealed over the frame on both sides. I have a P95 mask for particulates so I wore that as well as gloves when handling the stuff - it is definitely kind of nasty. I...

Nice! Just wondering. In the past I've made my own absorber panels by framing 3 inch thick mineral wool in 1x4s and covering it with black stage fabric. Not as pretty as yours but if I hang em a few inches from the wall, BOY do they work well for the price! Really got rid of the resonance in my...

Beautiful! Very nice panels, too. Any diffusers in there? Welcome.

Nice! Looks clean. I appreciate the tip. I'll definitely let you know if I decide to make any en masse. So far I haven't fabricated any circuits I needed more than one of, so just been using vector board for that. The conductive filament is pretty expensive anyway, though there's a certain...

Good point. Maybe that would be my step 2. I'm thinking this 3d printing thing might be useful for perfecting the design. Would hate to order a pack of 50 and have to make changes!

Hey folks, For those who don't know me, I have a lot of fun 3D printing - Recently I learned about a type of printer filament that's electrically conductive. The more affordable option is not really usable for audio electronics and other small signal amplifiers due to high volume resistivity...

Very nice, Nando. Mine is nothing too special, it's a SL95B. I found it on the curb, believe it or not. The changer doesn't function (seems it was missing the pieces) but aside from that it's still chugging along. Glad you're enjoying the archived tapes - agreed there are some surprisingly...

Thanks all. Enjoying my PL 1000 for sure! I don't know if it was the white oak mod or not but there was a mod posted in PDF form on this forum. It described a way to convert the PL 1000 to unity gain like the 4000, and some resistor changes to extend the range of the peak unlimiter and...

Oh hey! I think you did a fine job of distributing them out. I'm now remembering what put the project on hold for me and it was sticky shed. Of course, since then I've acquired a food dehydrator courtesy of a guy named Brian who I digitized some early 90s radio archive tapes for about a year...

Thanks Bob! Appreciate that. Oh yeah...! Ohhhhhh yeahhhh. I almost forgot about that project, that was interesting. For anybody interested here's the link down below http://www.mediafire.com/folder/ojfsfipjv8g4z/Digitized_Tapes_(16_bit_linear_PCM%2C_no_dither) I actually still have some of...

Ahh, thanks for that wisdom. Seems better than what I've been doing. I'm not surprised that your components look so clean if you clean them before every recording. A good habit to have.

Thanks Gepetto - I agree. I'm trying to learn all I can so the knowledge can live on. Neat Nando, lots of different sources then. That's a very clean looking RT-707! I always liked what a compact package it is - almost sought one out. Heck maybe I still will someday, it would look great mounted...

Thanks Fishoz! Good to be here - they do say our cheesesteaks are the best! Yeah - love open reel! To me, the word is "FAT." My "tower of tape" as I call it is currently dismantled as I do some modifications on my Akai - instead I can post a pic of my workshop I setup in the basement. I...

Hi Nando, Good point! A little about me: I'm probably on the younger side for a forum like this, always been one of the "babies" in these vintage audio forums - turning 29 this month. My background in audio I guess you could say, is hereditary - my parents are both musicians and so I grew up...

Hi everybody, Some of you probably recognize me from over in that "parallel universe." I came across this great forum when I was searching for info about the Phase Linear 1000. Well, after consulting a great PDF that was uploaded here I managed to complete some mods to the unit and it's...