richingoth

Responses from richingoth

What's your favorite lyric from a song?
Artist: Mission U.k. Album: Carved In Sand Title: Into The Blue ...Gasoline rainbows swimming in the puddles in the streetWhichever way the wind blows we've got the whole damnWorld crawling at our feetLaughing canyons and evergladesCandle flames ... 
signal generators and...
What you need is called a frequency counter.Do a search, the better manufacturers include Agilent Technologies (formally Hewlett/Packard) and Fluke. 
Need help finding out the Watt Value of a resistor
Imin2u here are the color codes for the mutiplier, tolerance and failure rates for carbon (RC, RCR) type resistors. Note some inductors use the same color bands but are identified by a double wide silver band in the first postion.http://www.pmel.o... 
Need help finding out the Watt Value of a resistor
Dale manufactered those color resistors, (metel film?) but I'm talking over 10 years ago when I work last as an QA Engineer and delt with all those military grade components in the avionics industry. Any other markings, and give us the diameter, t... 
"notched" records....what's the story?
I used to bandsaw those notches in boxes of K-Tel (disco?)records back in the summer of 1978. I'm sure I cut some up too. 
Is it hard to calibrate db meters on AMP ?
Set the signal generator to sine wave 1 kHz and set the output voltage of the sig.gen. to the input sensitvity voltage of the amp with the AC volt meter. The two 8 ohm 100 watt power resistor will go across the speaker terminals + & -, one eac... 
Is it hard to calibrate db meters on AMP ?
For mechanical zero adjustment there should be a small adjusting screw at the bottom of the needle where it swings.Turn the screw until the needle aligns with the zero mark and turn the screw a little the other way so that the internal adjusting m... 
Would Audiogoners be interested in this?
I'm all ears. Bring it on Ben.Thanks.Regards,Rich 
Fastest high-current SS amp below $1000 used?
The following slew rates (in Volts/micro-seconds) are from the Sound and Vision 2002 Buyer's guide:and some are in your price range list price givenParasound HCA-1000A (130) $650NAD 218THX (100) $1200Belles 150A/2 (50) $1200Jeff Roland Design Grou... 
What's the correct plug for 20Amp power cord?
There are NEMA-style plugs, connectors, and receptacles configurations on pages 696 - 701 of the McMaster-Carr catalog:http://www.mcmaster.com/RegardsRich 
JBL 4410a a classic or a dust collector?
Thanks for the link Buscis2.The 4410A info is in the above link just click on the following:JBL Library, Specs, Pro Speakers,8 columns down or copy and paste:http://www.lansingheritage.org/html/jbl/specs/pro-speakers/1995-4400a.htmRegardsRich 
Good Pop Interpreters
The Australian band The Church (Best know "For Under The Milky Way"), their 1999 release of A Box of Birds. They've been very clever about their choices; only Mott the Hoople's "All the Young Dudes," Hawkwind's "Silver Machine" and Neil Young's "C... 
Best Recording of Scheherazade
My only recording is by this progressive rock band.Artist: Renaissance Album Title: Scheherazade & Other Stories Date of Release: 1975 
TV Recommendations
FWIW, Consumer Reports March 2004 issue (my dad received it in the mail today) has all the different types of TVs (plasma, lcd, rear projection, crt; HD and std.), and their pro and cons, also rated some model numbers in their respected catagories... 
Do You Remember Your First CD Player?
My first CD player was a Sony CFD-S47 boombox that I've purchased about 3-4 years ago, now it is at work as I'm listening to UNTO ASHES on it. It seems I'm the last person in America to own a CD player.