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Continued SoundMagic HP 150 tape auditions ...



Steely Dan - Citizen Dan 2nd mix tape for the box-set
Metal Master 90
1993
 
Seventy One Minutes Of… ~ Faust

[video=youtube;VuDPbqdKUSk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuDPbqdKUSk[/video]
 
Grateful Dead - Reckoning
(1981, Arista) artisan symbol, GF in the deadwax; mastered by Greg Fulginiti at Artisan Sound

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Recycling pictures from a awhile back.
 
Wot am I listening to?
My new amplifier blowing up…..
That's wot I'm listening to. :angryfire:
Get a CLASS A they said.
The music will never sound the same, they said.
They're right. Through all the buzzing and spluttering, and sounds of an arc welder coming out of my speakers, the music DOESN'T sound the same…..
I just can't imagine how much damage to drivers I've just done, and I'm not prepared to get up to find out just yet.
I think I'll just sit here in the quiet and meditate……. before I FREAKIN' EXPLODE! :shaking2:
 
pennysdad said:
Wot am I listening to?
My new amplifier blowing up…..
That's wot I'm listening to. :angryfire:
Get a CLASS A they said.
The music will never sound the same, they said.
They're right. Through all the buzzing and spluttering, and sounds of an arc welder coming out of my speakers, the music DOESN'T sound the same…..
I just can't imagine how much damage to drivers I've just done, and I'm not prepared to get up to find out just yet.
I think I'll just sit here in the quiet and meditate……. before I FREAKIN' EXPLODE! :shaking2:
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Sorry to hear that! Hope the drivers took the hit without damage.
 
What Class A amp was powering your set-up? Glad to hear no major damage, I haven't heard about solid state class A amps AWOLing and sputtering before unless there was a problem with age non functioning protection curcuits.
 
stuwee said:
What Class A amp was powering your set-up? Glad to hear no major damage, I haven't heard about solid state class A amps AWOLing and sputtering before unless there was a problem with age non functioning protection curcuits.
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It's a Chinese thing. AUDIOROMY FU-29. 30W/ch Tube amp. [not SS]
They have a bit of a cult thing going. Lots like 'em.
Personally, I'm not too keen with it at the moment, but it will be resurrected.
It's not very old. Maybe a year. I guess I just need to put some quality bits in its power supply and it should be good.
 
Do you have an idea of what happened? Did you get some direct current on the output or maybe severe clipping? I'm not familiar with your speakers but there's a lot I don't know about in the audio world. Here's hoping that your other drivers survived.

I know you like JBL speakers so here's an FYI:

An AK'r has a pair of JBL 4430 Studio Monitors listed for sale - they certainly look like a really nice pair and from what I've read they put out some great sounds. These are the ones with the "baby butt" diffraction port but it looks more like a nice pair of hooters to me.
 

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NavLinear said:
Do you have an idea of what happened? Did you get some direct current on the output or maybe severe clipping? I'm not familiar with your speakers but there's a lot I don't know about in the audio world. Here's hoping that your other drivers survived.

I know you like JBL speakers so here's an FYI:

An AK'r has a pair of JBL 4430 Studio Monitors listed for sale - they certainly look like a really nice pair and from what I've read they put out some great sounds. These are the ones with the "baby butt" diffraction port but it looks more like a nice pair of hooters to me.
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There was a pair of them 4430's here for AU$1,440. I was gonna grab 'em, but I wanted the Spendor BC1's more. [I've got a pair of those horns anyway, that I take to bed with me from time to time...... After a few drinks.... I'm their's.]

Lucky with tube amps, they don't go DC coz of their o/p x-formers [I think]. If I had any other of my [SS] amps running I'd have lost all the drivers.
Everything still works which is most surprising considering the amount of square wave coming out of the amp, and totally bypassed the front end so it must've been power to the o/p tubes. But then, wot would I know. Just making wild guesses.
 

Childish Gambino~ Because the Internet(Glassnote).



Miles Davis~ Bags Groove(Prestige).



Dead Milkmen~ Big Lizard in my Backyard(Asbestos).



Phish~ Junta(Jemp).
 
pennysdad said:

Lucky with tube amps, they don't go DC coz of their o/p x-formers [I think].
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NavLinear said:
Did you get some direct current on the output or maybe severe clipping?
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I think (but not exactly sure about it) that it's the nature of tubes not to go into DC- it's strictly a solid state thing. Smack me on the fingers if I'm wrong about that.

Tubes also don't clip as hard as transistors. When they reach their peak output the waveform slopes instead of abruptly clipping the peaks off.
 
MarkWComer said:
I think (but not exactly sure about it) that it's the nature of tubes not to go into DC- it's strictly a solid state thing. Smack me on the fingers if I'm wrong about that.

Tubes also don't clip as hard as transistors. When they reach their peak output the waveform slopes instead of abruptly clipping the peaks off.
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Sounds good. Must be true! :happy3:
 
Open air listening on the trusty B&W's ...



Led Zeppelin - Remasters mix tape
Metal Master 90
1992

Culled from this:

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