Mystery Muse Electronics Model One Preamp

The bay has a listing for the flyer for the unit giving some specs. Easy enough to copy the image and enlarge to read.
There is another one for sale there, too, maybe the owner knows something about it. Might be worth and ask for manuals or knowledge.
 
Didn’t have time for any audio yesterday, had to do a brake job on the bosses Camaro. Frigging Brembo pads are expensive and only made it 45k, might have made it 50k but she drives like Lewis Hamilton.
Anyway, thanks for the info and I agree with the vintage 1990/91. When I checked the PS output voltage I was surprised at how loud the transformer was with the lid off. The chassis is steel and at least 2 times thicker than the PL stuff, presumably for noise isolation.
The power delivery plug system doesn’t make sense to me, it has obviously been replaced from original but also looks to be modified and not safely either.
I think sorting the power is my first objective and then finding a suitable volume control replacement will be next.
 
NeverSatisfied said:
but she drives like Lewis Hamilton.
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Doubt that. Lewis can drive.

I'm more of the thinking that she drives like a soccer mom late as usual, Gun the engine, Hit the brakes. Not that I know how she drives. Maybe she does track her car and laps better than most.

front brakes at 45k on a heavy car like that isn't unusual. If you had to do the rears, too, well then Chevy is putting low mileage pads on the rear to make em both wear out at the same time. Rears usually good for nearly 100k.
 
8991XJ said:
Doubt that. Lewis can drive.
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Lol, Lewis could learn a couple things from my gal. Her daddy was a racer and mechanic. Call her a soccer mom and after your vision returns she would tell you her first car was a V8 and every car she has owned since have been 2 door V8’s with most being standard transmissions.
 
Autocrossing it might explain that behavior as well. Fastest way to punch through the pylons with a big front-engined V8 car is to wail on it until about 20 feet further than you should coming into the turn, stand on the brakes to shift the weight off the rear and then turn the steering wheel in the desired direction and wait for the rotation before getting back on the gas again. No such thing as trail braking or carrying momentum through the apex with the big guns...

And yes, Lewis knows what he's doing, though I'd love to see him try Gurney's Eagle-Weslake V12 at Spa...
 
Bob Boyer said:
Autocrossing it might explain that behavior as well. Fastest way to punch through the pylons with a big front-engined V8 car is to wail on it until about 20 feet further than you should coming into the turn, stand on the brakes to shift the weight off the rear and then turn the steering wheel in the desired direction and wait for the rotation before getting back on the gas again. No such thing as trail braking or carrying momentum through the apex with the big guns...

And yes, Lewis knows what he's doing, though I'd love to see him try Gurney's Eagle-Weslake V12 at Spa...
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Pretty sure these new era F1 drivers don’t know how to use the third pedal.
 
Third pedal is an anachronism.

Reason the Europeans like their floppy paddle shifting two-pedal cars is they had to have three pedals until these new trannies came out cause their automatics sucked in their under powered little cars. They embraced the move away from 3-pedals. Americans seem stuck in the past with a demand for manual transmissions with a clutch. Sure they were the better choice but we always had decent automatics. Today the newer floppy paddle shifted stuff is faster.

Both my cars have manual transmissions and I like that.
 
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First time I tried the flappy paddles was test driving a then-new 3rd gen Miata on some country roads near the dealer. My autocross co-driver (who was always faster than me) could not extricate his rear bumper from my front bumper. I was not twisting the motor past 4000 rpm - the car had 25 miles on it - and he grew up running those roads. To say we were both seriously impressed with the quickness of the paddle shifter was an understatement.

We both, however, still preferred our manual Miatas.
 
Knowing the roads is major. I was visiting a college buddy back in the day driving to Tellico Plains and my in a Camaro and the local in front of me in a pickup truck and I couldn't keep up. My first time on the road and he has probably outrun the cops a few times on that same road.
 
Since we are going down this rabbit hole. I have had many sports cars over the years, 3 Z cars, 4 Vette’s and all were standards. I now have a F type R and it is my first paddle shifter, honestly it stays in full auto 95% of the time. When I do use the paddles I have to concentrate on not moving my left foot and the overall experience is less fun for me but I have no doubt that if properly executed the paddles are much faster.
 
D-500 Flogger said:
Lee,

You are thinking of the MR2 -- super nimble car. It is the essence of a mid-engine design, putting as much of the weight inbetween the tires as possible, giving a low polar moment of inertia. (ie: You could change your mind even while in the middle of a corner...and the car would still do what you requested.) A true traveling companion, especially when driving on unfamiliar roads...

Edit: (Taken from Wikipedia) "The name MR2 stands for either "mid-ship run-about 2-seater"[1] or "mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive, 2-seater".[2] In French-speaking markets, the vehicle was renamed Toyota MR because the abbreviation "MR2" sounds like a profanity when spoken in French.[3]"
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Thanks Davis. Only rode in it once but I was impressed. My youngest sons Mitsubishi 3000 GT is a corner eater too..
 
The Mr.2 with its center mass is an interesting car. I watched one in my rear view mirror spin a number of times on and off the highway as part of an accident. It spun within its wheelbase, not something a front or rear engined car would do. Late 80s, Rt 4 in Pittsburg/Antioch area, NorCal.
 
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