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Oops! AngrySailor, thanks for sharing your hands-on experience! I got faked by the photo. Q: Isn't it illegal to sell a meter that can't be properly zeroized? :0) Anyway, the troubleshooting prior to that should be valid... Trust, but verify -- 3D

When I was looking at your Exploded Diagram I noticed that the meter at rest was 'below' the starting point. Of course this isn't a valid angular position, so I didn't know if the meter was mechanically "zero'd" properly or not when in the normal (vertical) position? Anyway, at some point in...

Carl182, I think that with a bit of experimentation we can narrow down where the problem is being created, and at that point you can better decide if you want to pursue the actual fix. (If nothing else, you (and I) will get to learn a little more about the VU meter setup on the older PL amps.)...

That's astounding! I think we just experienced a little bit of Synchronicity there... :0) **** You know, I've always thought that individuals like astronaut Neil Armstrong (X-15/Apollo 11), Kelly Johnson (Skunkworks/SR-71), Bill "Maverick" Golden, & Bob Carver were people worth studying in...

(continued) ...or maybe a nice, clean, pickup that wouldn't draw undo attention to itself...but those in the know would understand. In other words, the guys in this forum like to not only "drive something different", but it's something that's affordable, and/or affords you the ability to...

Hi Carl182, You made a couple of interesting observations, so I thought I'd take a crack at explaining Phase Linear from an American perspective, and maybe with this additional 'cultural context' your amplifier's visual design & performance goals will make more sense? "My idea was that "nice...

Re: The stock wiring harness -- To be perfectly honest, if you set the Way-Back machine to the '70s this kind of wiring harness was not unheard of in *consumer* electronics. And my guess why the amp sounded as hum-free as it did despite what you see in the photo is due to the original design's...

Carl182, Your creation is stunning. In your intro you are a self-described "industrial designer". It shows in your work. Your first 2 photos made me think that your amplifier would look perfect in my favorite Stanley Kubrick movie: One of my pastimes is to locate/study/enjoy items that...

Vintage 700b, First off, *nice* workmanship on the inside of your 'better than new' 700B restoration. You guys in here have definitely raised the bar...I will definitely push my soldering/wiring skills to emulate what you have on display. **** Speaking of which, when you read the following...

Spence, This is familiar turf for me -- that is, watching the gurus do something intricate...sweating bullets on the inside, poker face on the outside, meanwhile thinking WTF have I gotten myself into...in public no less? :0) **** But the silver lining in all this? Well, instead of taking...

Gepetto, My junkbay 'for parts only' 400 S2 has a bent chassis...but I was thinking that since it was going to be my shop amp I wasn't going to worry to about it. But once you add in the additional depth...plus it looks like it's already machined for a modern IEC power connector? And finally, I...

Hey WOPL Sniffer, I took the liberty of downloading your photo & then running it through Picasa.** Spent a total of maybe 90 seconds playing with the photo -- the deck is a beauty, and I wanted to see if I could get a better look-see with some photo tuning: That's a handsome cassette deck...

"Bouncin' with Bud"...and the rest of this CD. No doubt even better from your uncompressed CD source. (!) Nice. Perfect Sunday morning acoustic landscape... EDIT: Gonna have to find me my own CD copy Just bought a new CD of this off of ebay for when I break out of my current 'low-res'...

Miracle Mile, Genuine thanks for sharing that cover -- for me it literally put the original performance in a whole new light. You see, I realize that when listening to music my tendency is to prefer instrumentals to songs with a lead singer. And there are plenty of songs where there is a lead...

It took a little digging...but I found a photo of a Beach Boys single that was the back of a Post Honey-Comb cereal box: Funny the things that stick in your head. Now if I could just remember what I had for dinner yesterday... :0) EDIT: Actually, this looks to be a 33 1/3rpm single? Hmmmm...

Me too! Here's my conundrum. In the other video where Mr. Soundsmith talked about energy storage & resonant frequencies up in the kHz range vis-a-vis the cactus needle cantilever...he actually had me when it came to the way that nature had designed the cactus needle to be a robust solution for...

Edison Rolls? You might find this interesting. Open this video & skip to ~32:50 & listen to this phono cartridge guru talk about making a high performing cartridge to work on your Edison Rolls: Actually, for vinyl devos the whole video is pretty neat. Tell you what, if he wasn't so far...

That's the scary part -- for the group of people that hang out in here? It really is doable! Careful with that Eldo, Eugene! :0)

Don't doubt me...they are still out there. To quote Marty McFly's dad, "It's our density."

Dude, I'm so there. We'd have to find a '76 Eldo with the big longhorn on the front of the 8' long hood. Then, get Perry to bondo up Lee like he so generously offered, I'd buff him up a little, and then we could road trip it to the CES show & attend as energy tycoons with the big bux. If we...