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Years ago I read that the Soviet military still used tubes because they were less susceptible to EMPs from nuclear detonations.

Regarding those "death grip" Monster Cables, I may have posted this story before. I worked for a large audio chain and one of the locations I was at contained a top producing sales person for the company. Ironically he did not know that much about audio. He was fond of bragging to the rest...

I made lots of patch cords once upon a time and could not justify anything but cheap RCA plugs because a plug is a plug. My only criterion became metal barrels instead of plastic. But over time therefore repeated connects/disconnects, a number of them failed. Either they physically broke (fell...

Your 400 looks like it's got dark tinted meter lenses. I too have a 4 fin, also from 1973 made in the month of March I believe. it's meters lenses are darkly tinted. So dark, that when I got it, illumnation was barely detectible. I had to view the bulbs direct on to see if they were...

Thanks! Q409, and it's other channel counterpart, I have not checked yet.

Oh yes, it could.

Glen called, shortly after I posted and straightened me out.

If I may pick a brain or three, This might be a basic "Electronics 101" question and the component make/modle may be irrelevant. I've spent some time dabbling inside a free NAD 7225PE receiver. The power amp section has a problem. Both channels work and the volume it produces is equal on...

I remembered Tonar styli from record player needles in the 50’s & 60’s and was pleased to see that brand name was still around. Within the past 7 or 8 years I’ve ordered Tonar styli several times. Once from a Canadian vendor in New Brunswick and others from Pickupnaalden - Netherlands. The...

My opinon but "It Came out of the Sky" is one of the best rock 'n' roll songs ever recorded.

Auto stop was malfunctioning in two or three cassette decks that passed through my hands. In those cases it was a rubber idler tire that lost its grip. I was able to get square profile rubber O rings with proper ID’s & OD’s that got auto stop working again. Getting at the hubs to re & re...

I have a Heathkit assembly manual from circa 1968 and in the back is a price list for all the individual parts. Tube prices were less than $2 each.

I got a copy of that LP when it came out. Mine is titled at the Royal Abert Hall before changing it to The Concert. Since it was mislabeled as they never played there, it's still factory sealed. What's it like to listen to? I've never heard it but reviews and reports I read long ago were...

Sanding by hand is not one of my favorite things and the times I've needed to do it, surfaces were two dimensions - flat. I congratulate you an your patience. Your fingers are the sanding block?

That is how I came to be on this forum. I bought a used 700B in 1990 for PA use in a band I was in but after some years it came to live in my closet. It had issues and when I searched online for tips on restoraton, I found Pheonix. Restoration was attempted but a WOPL conversion was the most...

Big for patio speakers.

My bezels were chipped and just a repaint would not make them disappear. I did what has already been mentioned, blasting off the old paint down to bare metal. A coat of rattle can primer then rattle can semi-gloss black and I think they look lke new. There was a business not too far from me...

That was wicked. I felt badly for those sheep.

Now I feel silly for spending the time I did looking for a Floyd album I was unaware of where RM/RE was short form for the title. But to be fair, the acronym should have been RM/RI.

Maybe it's a momentary lapse of memory but what is RM/RE?