1: Inmate Central, RE: More importantly--what would they want or gain from us?... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-05-18, 05:32:59 (24.12.41.4)
I agree, have heard it a bit differently, The proof that intelligent alien life exists is that they haven't (formally) visited us. .......

2: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Amp cutting out on more efficient speaker. Why? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-05-14, 13:32:30 (24.12.41.4)
What kind of shape are the L200's? Have the crossovers been checked or updated? I remember the L200's being made in the mid 70's, so getting close to 50 years old. I also don't remember them as having .......

3: Inmate Central, RE: Oil Filter (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-05-13, 05:43:38 (24.12.41.4)
I watched a youTube clip of a guy that dissected popular brand oil filters. It is probably still up. Wix looked good, Fram filters were not well made. I has been a while, don't remember much about the .......

4: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: Relay failure (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-05-06, 08:27:11 (24.12.41.4)
I have seen that as a failure mode for a relay, but it isn't the only thing that can cause it. If it is the relay and you want to fix it, you need to take off the cover and see what you are dealing w .......

5: Inmate Central, Tribalism? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-05-05, 06:17:46 (24.12.41.4)
Do we sense tribalism in ourselves and try to fight it? Sociologists say that we illogically believe and support notions aligned with ours and discount opposing views with bias. I'm definitely a lef .......

6: Inmate Central, RE: How you managed to twist what I wrote escapes me (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-05-03, 09:35:50 (24.12.41.4)
I didn't make it to 5, I was laughing too hard about the first ones. One thought I did have was, cave men with nuclear weapons. Too bad biological evolution which now seems to have reversed, is so fa .......

7: Inmate Central, RE: I agree with Alito in these "10 key passages" (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-05-03, 08:36:37 (24.12.41.4)
I love it, didn't realize you were being tongue in cheek until I read the first one. .......

8: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Clicks (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-05-01, 06:36:25 (24.12.41.4)
It was a math error in the time slicing stuff. Went for a walk, thought about it. My music theory is really weak, it would be nice if I can get some advice in that area. I'm guessing it is more impor .......

9: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Clicks (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-30, 10:49:57 (24.12.41.4)
Resolved the stutter and the low going excursion went away. .......

10: General Asylum, RE: An open letter and appeal for this forum (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-30, 08:21:57 (24.12.41.4)
I think the site is great, no problem with format and style. It is too bad that the interests appear to be shifting, from vintage to digital and pc. Vinyl, it is nice to see a resurgence there. But th .......

11: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Clicks (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-28, 16:51:27 (24.12.41.4)
Unique, because I don't know what I am doing. I think I posted about it before, started as an app to convey line graphs to visually impaired math students. The part I'm working on is an extension that .......

12: Inmate Central, RE: Whole House Fan Experience ? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-28, 10:37:25 (24.12.41.4)
You're into Raspberry Pi's, controlling fans, dampers etc., is a good application for one. There is a single wire temperature sensor, you can chain as many as you need. They have pressure controlled d .......

13: Inmate Central, RE: Deutsche Bank: Two "suicides" and now another death (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-28, 10:29:00 (24.12.41.4)
That is right out of a Daniel Silva book. .......

14: Inmate Central, RE: the end of the German sports sedan... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-28, 07:35:41 (24.12.41.4)
I thought the mortal wound was electric steering, with the loss of the feel of the road. .......

15: Inmate Central, RE: Reality bites! Youtube really cracks me up! (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-28, 05:50:31 (24.12.41.4)
Kroil is your friend. And let it sit. .......

16: Inmate Central, RE: I never understood the purpose of a roundabout. nt (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-28, 05:28:59 (24.12.41.4)
Years ago Mass. changed the right of way rules for roundabouts. The joke at the time, "Who would sponsor such a bill?" answer "Auto body repair shops". .......

17: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Clicks (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-27, 18:52:49 (24.12.41.4)
That's a good idea, but Apple changed their paradigm for supporting other platforms about 2 years ago. I work on this on and off, and when they made the change all I did was to force the added layer t .......

18: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Clicks (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-27, 07:36:43 (24.12.41.4)
Thanks Abe, I'm doing something a bit different than synthesizers normally do, which is time slicing. And surprisingly the low excursion I suspect/guess is some characteristic of iPhone D/A that I am .......

19: Inmate Central, RE: I'll stick with my hybrid Honda Insight, thanks (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-26, 19:06:40 (24.12.41.4)
They have a cult like following, the first couple of years they came out are collected. .......

20: Computer Audio Asylum, Clicks (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-26, 18:06:38 (24.12.41.4)
I'm synthesizing tones on an iPhone. Part of it is in Swift, all the real time stuff is in Objective C. Frequency and amplitude does change, but that isn't what is happening when the click occurs. .......

21: Inmate Central, RE: I'll stick with my hybrid Honda Insight, thanks (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-26, 16:49:00 (24.12.41.4)
The Insight is a good hybrid design, simpler than the Prius. Good choice. .......

22: Inmate Central, RE: Paying off mortgage early in today's environment (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-26, 07:47:05 (24.12.41.4)
You're getting sound financial advice here, along with peace of mind advice. If you are waffling between the two, wait a bit, it will sort itself out. Meaning if/when the CD and bond rates are multi .......

23: Inmate Central, RE: Humans are now hackable (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-26, 05:22:10 (24.12.41.4)
On the other hand, as Greta Thurnberg so well stated, we can't even realize that our house is on fire. My favorite part of the clip are the subliminal injection shots. The fact that people are hackabl .......

24: Tubes Asylum, RE: Citation II KT88 Tube Matching (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-26, 05:12:20 (24.12.41.4)
Thanks Jim, sorry to have given him bad information. I looked, I used 20 ohm resistors, have had the amplifier about 25 years, and don't remember why I did that. .......

25: Tubes Asylum, RE: Citation II KT88 Tube Matching (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-24, 15:24:34 (24.12.41.4)
My experience, for what it is worth, the transformers are robust. The first time it happened I probably tried a Shugang or some other low cost KT88 that I have hanging around. Now I just replace the r .......

26: Tubes Asylum, RE: Citation II KT88 Tube Matching (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-24, 14:39:29 (24.12.41.4)
I was being lazy, and because the tubes had as much use as they did. But I have done that in other amps and come to think of it, I have in the Citation while I was waiting for the matched pair. I have .......

27: Tubes Asylum, RE: Citation II KT88 Tube Matching (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-24, 14:11:22 (24.12.41.4)
My Citation does that occasionally, one time it even melted the glass. You might want to take the cover off the bottom, usually when a tube red plates in it, a resistor on that tube also fails/burns. .......

28: Inmate Central, Ahh Travel (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-24, 08:14:32 (24.12.41.4)
Took a flight last night, optimistically 5% wore masks, the gal sitting in front of us, dry coughed continuously for about half of the three plus hour flight. She also looked sick, no mask of course. .......

29: Inmate Central, RE: I love cars like this. (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-21, 17:20:40 (208.86.125.217)
I had a couple of Citroens, the only car that got me laid. I came out of a grocery store and this gal was standing there, staring at my car... .......

30: Inmate Central, RE: The Swedes had the weirdest sports car of all, it was a Volvo with strange curves. nt (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-21, 17:18:59 (208.86.125.217)
P1800, I had one of those, not exactly a sports car, but it did turn some heads. .......

31: Inmate Central, RE: The guy who installed our mini-split tried to explain to me how... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-21, 17:16:34 (208.86.125.217)
Coincidence, looked at Yahoo news and found this: https://www.yahoo.com/news/electric-heat-pumps-much-less-122634633.html The fact that your mini-split does heat and cool, didn't convince you? I had a .......

32: Inmate Central, RE: Dumb question of the day.... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-21, 15:08:36 (208.86.125.217)
Hi Abe, It is a reversing AC unit, so it provides both heat and cooling. It used to be that these units didn't heat well below about 15 degrees, now they make them that can be used in northern climate .......

33: Inmate Central, RE: Swamp Coolers (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-21, 14:34:53 (208.86.125.217)
We replaced evap coolers due to the noise. When you run them, you leave windows cracked for air flow and efficiency. Insects find the cool damp air and do their best to find their way in, through smal .......

34: Inmate Central, RE: That was over 4 years. (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-21, 09:23:04 (208.86.125.217)
"If you buy health insurance through the federal insurance marketplace or your state marketplace, any premiums you pay out of pocket are tax-deductible. If you are self-employed, you can deduct the am .......

35: Inmate Central, RE: If you think ACA was such a good deal, why don't you write me a check. (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-21, 07:08:43 (208.86.125.217)
I don't understand what this means: "For $4,500 that we had to pay the IRS because Obama care is counted as income." I had a small business, out of absolute desperation, after being turned down for ev .......

36: Inmate Central, RE: Solar Power Experiment of the Day (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-21, 06:44:09 (208.86.125.217)
Nice, where you are located you won't be significantly affected by this. Solar panels have a pretty significant negative coefficient to temperature. .......

37: Inmate Central, RE: How many here have visited our nation's capital? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-18, 14:27:51 (208.86.125.217)
I went to DC a number of times as a kid, watched my mother testify in front of sub committee hearings, sat with our congressman, a bachelor, on the floor of the house when it was in session, met VP an .......

38: Inmate Central, RE: The last ten years in US show our our problems! (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-17, 12:53:00 (208.86.125.217)
The author either didn't read Jared Diamond, or forgot what he said. .......

39: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: That tuner has a pretty high output impedance (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-15, 16:02:58 (208.86.125.217)
It isn't spec'd, but it is very high, a 1MOhm resistor to ground and 33K to grid. .......

40: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: I thought the citation was a power amp? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-15, 08:37:07 (208.86.125.217)
Hi Tre, it is a citation power amp, I answered someone else with a picture of it. I guess the front panels changed, mine actually says Citation 11 not II. I knew they made a preamp, didn't realize it .......

41: Inmate Central, RE: Sad failed attempt (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-15, 08:17:13 (208.86.125.217)
Congrats .......

42: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: I thought the citation was a power amp? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-14, 18:21:42 (208.86.125.217)
Hi Tre, it is a citation power amp, I answered someone else with a picture of it. I guess the front panels changed, mine actually says Citation 11 not II. I knew they made a preamp, didn't realize it .......

43: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Impedance missmatch... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-14, 09:09:08 (208.86.125.217)
Thank-you for the recommendation. I actually like my preamp, just waiting for the FET's. But what is throwing me is that I look at the schematics and I don't see an impedance mismatch. .......

44: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Perhaps not a great combination (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-14, 08:41:51 (208.86.125.217)
I sure did, this is why. Now I don't know what to call it. .......

45: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Perhaps not a great combination (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-14, 07:32:10 (208.86.125.217)
Too funny, I don't even know what that is. Sorry this is the amp I have, it looks like it says 11, maybe II, it is also referred to as deuce. Now I feel better, these posts had me really scratching .......

46: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Perhaps not a great combination (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-13, 12:00:09 (208.86.125.217)
You mentioned "input impedance of the Citation is 20k ohms per the manual", that really has me scratching my head. I look at the schematic and can't see how it could be that low. Can you tell me page .......

47: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Bypassing preamp (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-13, 11:16:10 (208.86.125.217)
Thanks everyone, I looked at the schematics of both, quick glance, 10X rule of thumb was exceeded. I'm very surprised by HK spec'ing input impedance at 20K, it is 1 MOHM to ground with a 33K grid resi .......

48: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Bypassing preamp (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-13, 07:01:47 (208.86.125.217)
I have an ARC SP11, with a bad FET, which I have ordered. So I temporarily ran my Scott 310E tuner directly to Citation 11 amp. The result is a loss of dynamics (and magic) to the point that it doesn' .......

49: Inmate Central, RE: nobody really believes any of it (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-12, 17:48:20 (208.86.125.217)
Ours is. .......

50: Inmate Central, RE: Carjacking problems in the Southwest (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-12, 08:00:02 (208.86.125.217)
I've got a drivers license, I don't know what the big deal is. .......

51: Inmate Central, RE: EV's (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-11, 07:44:21 (208.86.125.217)
I didn't write the post, it was sent to me a by a friend that vehemently believes every word of it. And apparently he isn't the only one. I wanted to bang my head against something hard when I read it .......

52: Inmate Central, RE: Valid points but I don't think it has anything whatsoever (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-10, 20:25:58 (208.86.125.217)
My friend that sent me this post, believes everything in it. Apparently he isn't alone. As others here have posted, much of the posting is incorrect. And the degree of the misinformation is not insign .......

53: Inmate Central, RE: In that case, if you have the bottom bracket tools.... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-10, 09:14:17 (208.86.125.217)
I got the bike back yesterday, didn't recall if I had ever removed the bottom bracket bearing. Heck when I saw the bike, the first thing I said was that I thought it was blue, it is silver. Pulled the .......

54: Inmate Central, RE: Since you already have the drive... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-10, 08:42:28 (208.86.125.217)
Thank-you for posting that clip. My problem is I ride where I live and it is bumpy, trails, etc. I'm hooked on full suspension, the bike I ride is a Gary Fisher Cake. The bike I gave away and got back .......

55: Inmate Central, RE: Thanks... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-10, 08:35:00 (208.86.125.217)
Hi Dave, That was one of the things that got me back into it. A friend sent me a link for an electric bike for about $1,000, asked me what I thought. My 2 cents was that the electrics were ok, battery .......

56: Inmate Central, RE: EV's (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-10, 06:35:16 (208.86.125.217)
The guy that sent me that, believed all of it, hook, line and sinker. And he isn't alone. I posted it here, because inmates of this asylum are smarter than the average bear. I believe that if my frien .......

57: Inmate Central, RE: Just curious... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-10, 06:28:35 (208.86.125.217)
Hi Dave, What you are doing for the Ukrainian is excellent, my hat is off to you. Conversion kit with battery is just under $1,000 for 1HP motor. Ghost also mentioned cost. The other bikes I have fool .......

58: Inmate Central, E-Bike Mid Conversion? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-09, 18:01:28 (208.86.125.217)
Has anyone done an E-Bike mid conversion? I'm just starting. This is the motor, it just slides into where the main bearing was. I haven't fooled around with e-bikes for a long time, it came up so I .......

59: Inmate Central, RE: If EVs ever get the market penetration that ICE vehicles do... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-09, 16:13:45 (208.86.125.217)
That is a funny comment about religion, but not really an equal comparison. Religion addresses the unknown, nothing unknown about the current cost of electricity. You can see it in your utility bill. .......

60: Inmate Central, RE: I would have thought self-extinguishing would be a feature by now (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-09, 16:10:52 (208.86.125.217)
BMS is what is supposed to handle this issue, for all lithium batteries. It apparently is not working correctly in the vehicle that burned. Side comment, gasoline is also flammable, there aren't buil .......

61: Inmate Central, RE: Your cost to fill is 100 times the correct amount. Electricity cost is incorrect. (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-09, 09:53:02 (208.86.125.217)
I didn't write any of it, but I did shake my head when I read it, which was better than what I felt like doing, which was to bang my head against something hard. .......

62: Inmate Central, RE: Valid points but I don't think it has anything whatsoever (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-09, 09:33:54 (208.86.125.217)
My friend that sent me this post, believes everything in it. Apparently he isn't alone. As others here have posted, much of the posting is incorrect. And the degree of the misinformation is not insign .......

63: Inmate Central, RE: I am of Lithuanian descent... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-09, 08:35:14 (208.86.125.217)
Labos, I grew using in an area that attracted a lot of Lithuanians due to its similarity to the Baltic. Great place to grow up, the cop that used to stop and play basketball with us would also go down .......

64: Inmate Central, EV's (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-08, 15:19:21 (208.86.125.217)
I received the following from a friend: In case you were thinking of buying hybrid or an electric car... Ever since the advent of electric cars, the REAL cost per mile of those things has never been .......

65: Inmate Central, Breakfast (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-07, 12:19:20 (208.86.125.217)
Breakfast shows up in the oddest places. .......

66: Inmate Central, RE: Automotive Idea (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-07, 06:24:14 (208.86.125.217)
I bought a car that had one. I bought the car unseen, not running from out of state as a project to work on when I am there. While I was working on the car, I found a well hidden electronic module and .......

67: Inmate Central, RE: Kaepernick still stalking NFL (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-03, 10:47:50 (208.86.125.217)
Spike Lee is a phenomenal film maker. Thank-you for reminding me, about time to re-watch some of his movies. .......

68: Inmate Central, RE: Yes Fred, the masses are always right.... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-02, 13:25:58 (208.86.125.217)
Thank-you, I live in a border state, the immigrants from south of the border are the hardest working folks around. They contribute significantly to all aspects of the economy. I do agree they should m .......

69: Inmate Central, RE: Today's used car (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-02, 13:18:21 (208.86.125.217)
I had a stock one, it was a nice handling car. .......

70: Inmate Central, RE: Interesting war strategy... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-02, 11:20:32 (208.86.125.217)
Heck yes, lots of people will vote for politicians that understand how this country was built or can read what it says on the Statue of Liberty. I sure do. .......

71: Inmate Central, RE: Interesting war strategy... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-02, 11:19:05 (208.86.125.217)
Reminiscent of Catch 22, when one country paid its enemy to bomb themselves because it was cheaper. .......

72: Inmate Central, RE: Gas Prices . . . (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-04-02, 06:12:17 (208.86.125.217)
The other side of this is that it slows down the shift to planet saving alternatives. Greta Thunberg said it best, "Our house is on fire", it seems we can't understand that, yet we get concerned when .......

73: Inmate Central, RE: Boy, ain't that the truth. (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-03-30, 14:01:35 (208.86.125.217)
You guys surprised me, oil drilling incentives are even better than solar. But it isn't that, I'm near Phoenix. Small homes here are older and not well insulated. Solar panels allow people to afford t .......

74: Inmate Central, RE: Boy, ain't that the truth. (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-03-29, 18:38:32 (208.86.125.217)
You guys surprised me, oil drilling incentives are even better than solar. But it isn't that, I'm near Phoenix. Small homes here are older and not well insulated. Solar panels allow people to afford t .......

75: Inmate Central, Solar 25% tax credit still in effect (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-03-29, 14:25:57 (208.86.125.217)
Solar comes up here from time to time. I added some equipment for a standalone solar system this last year, just did my taxes and saw the 25% Federal tax credit is still in place. Just letting people .......

76: Inmate Central, RE: More Bicycle Questions......... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-03-26, 17:59:54 (208.86.125.217)
I'm into comfort, don't care if I lose a bit of energy. Full suspension bikes are great, and you can use knobby tires, or ones with the knobs only on the side for when you are on gravel. CVT's aren't .......

77: Inmate Central, That's not all they found (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-03-26, 14:39:05 (208.86.125.217)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ukraine-captures-one-russias-most-124539212.html .......

78: Inmate Central, RE: Solar Production vs Consumption Monitoring (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-03-26, 10:43:56 (208.86.125.217)
Nice. What is going on with net metering in your state? In Arizona the electric utility has people on the corporation committee, that have lobbied and passed significant changes to net metering and al .......

79: Inmate Central, RE: The Ukrainian Army finds russian forces hidden in a forrest (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-03-25, 16:34:58 (208.86.125.217)
JPL has developed canopy penetrating radar that can see through trees like they aren't there. .......

80: Inmate Central, RE: Has anyone here tried to buy a phone through Verizon online? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-03-24, 15:08:50 (208.86.125.217)
I purchased phones for myself and some friends over the years, it was fine. .......

81: Inmate Central, RE: "Renewable energy", my ass... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-03-22, 13:15:03 (208.86.125.217)
There is a large number of wind turbines in the pass where I10 leaves Palm Desert heading for LA. They were installed a long time ago, 80's I think. At the time there was a significant tax incentive a .......

82: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Funny that you mentioned THD (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-03-21, 07:34:42 (208.86.125.217)
Interesting topic, "There are different harmonic components within those bulk numbers and that is where the differences in sound perception can be found." Yes, I agree with that. Psycho acoustics, is .......

83: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: AES Six Pacs (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-03-20, 17:58:21 (208.86.125.217)
If you feel like a bit of DIY, open the amp, see what the largest capacitors are and order some, and some jumper alligator clip leads. With amps off for a while clip the capacitors in parallel, if the .......

84: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Funny that you mentioned THD (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-03-20, 06:54:52 (208.86.125.217)
Thank-you for posting the links to the papers which are interesting. But they don't "demonstrate that THD and IMD have NO correlation with perceived sound quality", what they say is that humans tolera .......

85: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: How many people ... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-03-19, 10:34:23 (208.86.125.217)
There are a lot of knowledgeable people here, that pursue this hobby in different ways. This is common in other hobby's too, aviation for one, some people really enjoy building and working on planes, .......

86: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Sure (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-03-15, 14:08:44 (208.86.125.217)
Guess its just my frame of reference, opamps, I think 50 cents or less, many around a dime. There are some 0 drift etc., you pay more for, based on the specs, these are more than worth it. I'm a tube .......

87: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: LME49860 (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-03-15, 13:45:32 (208.86.125.217)
Thank-you, not cheap, but the specs of the LME49860 are excellent. They must be binning them. .......

88: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Benchmark In the House ! (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-03-15, 10:02:03 (208.86.125.217)
Do you know what op amps are used in the LA4? .......

89: Inmate Central, Hummingbird 2 (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-03-15, 07:12:16 (208.86.125.217)
This one is more of a challenge to photograph. .......

90: Inmate Central, Hummingbirds again (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-03-15, 07:10:35 (208.86.125.217)
These are the two hummingbird nests we have this year. I wanted to take clips of them building the nests, but at that stage they seemed so put off by my presence that I was concerned they would aba .......

91: Inmate Central, RE: NEVER (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-03-14, 08:37:09 (208.86.125.217)
Seymore Cray would design and build a sailboat each winter, sail it during the summer and burn it in the fall. He wanted to do this with his super computers, to not be restricted by a previous design. .......

92: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Adding remote control for volume (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-03-13, 17:43:42 (208.86.125.217)
I bought belts, pulleys, motors and fobs on ebay and use them to control volume controls and other things, mainly out of doors. Haven't checked the prices lately, but it was about $25 for each setup. .......

93: Inmate Central, RE: Nice image; hard to find those. (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-03-12, 08:15:43 (208.86.125.217)
That's a great picture, we have those too. Will have to try to get a picture. They surprised us too, first time we saw them, had to look them up to see what they were. In the pool we have had them com .......

94: Inmate Central, Hummingbirds (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-03-12, 06:29:56 (208.86.125.217)
A few years ago we had a hummingbirds nest right off our front porch. This year it is a lot earlier, but we spotted two nests. These aren't as easy to see, but I'll try to get pictures through thei .......

95: Inmate Central, AirBNB Ukraine (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-03-06, 06:15:43 (208.86.125.217)
AirBNB has waived their fees for Ukraine. This is a great way to help these poor people. Below is the response we received. We are passing this along in hopes that others will do the same. Thank you v .......

96: Inmate Central, RE: Putin's Strategic Failure (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-03-02, 11:47:18 (208.86.125.217)
Fortunately he has strong support and adoration from trump. And trump's strong desire to weaken NATO. What a guy! .......

97: Inmate Central, RE: If I Could Talk To My Deceased Dad (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-02-23, 13:24:43 (208.86.125.217)
My father would see someone jogging, "There is only two reasons to run, one is after a pretty girl, the other, from the police." .......

98: Inmate Central, RE: BTOTD (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-02-19, 06:09:52 (208.86.125.210)
Wow I didn't know trump did this, all I thought he did was cause the insurrection. .......

99: Tubes Asylum, RE: KT66 Testing (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-02-16, 07:07:16 (208.86.125.210)
I also posted this on AK and had a suggestion to test power output in an amplifier, which I did. The results were the same, between the tubes that test weak on the Hickok tester and those that test fi .......

100: Inmate Central, RE: Anybody remember these highway safety movies? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-02-15, 06:38:40 (208.86.125.210)
The rest stops/restaurants along the highways in Korea have what are left of badly crashed automobiles as a warning. The movies sound like more fun. .......

101: Tubes Asylum, Correction Hickok is pulsating DC nt (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-02-14, 09:13:22 (208.86.125.210)
Correction Hickok is pulsating DC, not AC. .......

102: Tubes Asylum, KT66 Testing (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-02-14, 09:06:08 (208.86.125.210)
I have some Genalex KT66's that I am testing in preparation of selling. I tested with Hickok 6000a transconductance tube tester and by installing in Quad II amps. I have a couple of tubes that test lo .......

103: Inmate Central, RE: In Other News: (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-02-14, 05:52:24 (208.86.125.210)
Pat Paulsen, when he ran for president, stated "All of today's problems can be traced back to an unenlightened immigration policy on the part of the American Indians" Although I do agree, this nation .......

104: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: My Quad 2912 "pops", any hinsy why? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-02-05, 12:18:34 (208.86.125.210)
If it starts up again, you could take off grill cloth etc., get it as dark as possible, look from both front and back of speaker, watch for arcing, to see where it is coming from. I typically just lis .......

105: Vintage Asylum, RE: Watco Danish Oil versus Linseed, etc.? ditto (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-02-04, 15:50:21 (208.86.125.210)
I second that, Danish Oil and linseed based are two very different products, but neither will probably blend well with what you are trying to do. Linseed and linseed/turpentine mix, soak in, while Dan .......

106: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Quad II? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-02-04, 15:39:07 (208.86.125.210)
Anyone know what the percentage is for Quad II amps? .......

107: Inmate Central, RE: My worst car ever was my first car ever. (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-02-03, 08:57:33 (208.86.125.210)
Excellent, 65 Corvair convertible, difficult, but possible to have sex in the back seat. .......

108: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Cleaning scratchy gain control on Audio Research SP14? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-02-01, 14:55:15 (208.86.125.210)
You could try rotating the heck out of it. I have had this work on occasion. .......

109: Inmate Central, RE: License Plate on a Ford Squire Wagon (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-01-30, 06:35:34 (208.86.125.210)
A couple of my fav's: Jesus Loves You, Everyone Else Thinks You're An Asshole I'm Hung Like Einstein And Smart As A Horse .......

110: Inmate Central, RE: Car Engines than and now (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-01-25, 06:55:00 (208.86.125.210)
The advances in ICE's have been great, but don't forget about the competing technologies. .......

111: Inmate Central, RE: EVs and winter storms. (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-01-22, 07:07:46 (208.86.125.210)
Gasoline or battery, energy is energy. Heat is a bi product of ICE's, so electric can provide more efficient heat. VW's had optional gas heaters, they should also be more efficient than ICE's. ::: TOP .......

112: Inmate Central, RE: It's not just CA, and it's a concept/trend that I don't understand... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-01-21, 04:42:13 (208.86.125.210)
Our experience in AZ is that we were grandfathered in for 20 years. Unfortunately that was about 14 years ago. Now I am splitting off office, garage and pool to standalone solar with lithium battery. .......

113: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: I have SS and OTL tube amps side by side (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-01-20, 20:08:43 (208.86.125.210)
I'm not surprised, it took me a while, but I went back to transformers for the same reason. Coincidently, I had a grounded grid preamp, you might want to experiment with some other active preamps. ::: .......

114: Inmate Central, RE: Could Cannabis Compounds Be Another Weapon Against Covid? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-01-12, 10:14:23 (208.86.125.210)
My wife read that article, laughed, said that we must be absolutely immune. .......

115: Inmate Central, RE: Compared to what, and what were you looking for? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-01-12, 10:12:39 (208.86.125.210)
I wasn't looking for much, just for it to be like a typical rental car. The last ones I rented were compact to mid Toyota's, a Malibu, and a Chrysler. When I traveled a lot for work, it was a good way .......

116: Inmate Central, RE: I'm surprised it took this long! (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-01-12, 08:56:53 (208.86.125.210)
I just rented a Hyundai and I don't understand it all. .......

117: Inmate Central, RE: Is that a bird nest or a rat nest in your compressor? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-01-08, 09:21:50 (208.86.125.210)
Just some pine needles, which are everywhere. Goldwater pines, originally Christmas trees in a bucket, now they dwarf the house. We do have pack rats nests, lots of them. A Tacoma sits outside, use .......

118: Inmate Central, RE: My compressor's older than yours. Nyah! (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2022-01-08, 08:23:54 (208.86.125.210)
I'm in on this competition. I bought this sucker at a garage sale about 1,000 years ago. It was $15 and the motor was replaced with a pool pump motor. I found a motor at a compressor bone yard, yes .......

119: Inmate Central, RE: a blizzard putting out wildfires? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-12-31, 09:06:05 (208.86.125.210)
I wonder if there is a name/analogy for that? Something akin to the devil beating his wife? .......

120: Inmate Central, RE: Thank-you for laptop suggestions! (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-12-30, 07:15:17 (208.86.125.210)
I am not surprised, the BIOS or UEFI layer is so thin, that impact on performance is minimal. So it is really about shared resources, which the Mac Book Pro's have. I fixed one for a friend and was re .......

121: Inmate Central, RE: Are you aware (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-12-29, 12:20:24 (208.86.125.210)
Someone else suggested a mac mini, the problem is that I have been developing the app at two locations, and when traveling between, so it needs to be a laptop. But I do appreciate the suggestion. If t .......

122: Inmate Central, Thank-you for laptop suggestions! (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-12-29, 07:25:59 (208.86.125.210)
A few weeks ago, I posted a request for laptop recommendations, minimum 4 core, 24GB. I needed the laptop to run latest MacOS and Xcode on VMWare with reasonable performance. The advice I received was .......

123: Inmate Central, RE: Gravity Storage is the new thing (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-12-29, 05:38:08 (208.86.125.210)
Excellent, nice to see i'm preaching to the choir. I have had these ridiculous discussions with people that usually start with "there isn't enough lithium..." .......

124: Inmate Central, RE: What did you get for Christmas ? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-12-28, 17:05:09 (208.86.125.210)
I'm a bit paranoid about the fires. The scariest were outflow from storms that had the flames being blown with 60MPH winds towards us. One fire, the flames, wind and storms were three nights in a row, .......

125: Inmate Central, RE: There's a problem with a lot of rooftop solar installations (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-12-28, 16:55:19 (208.86.125.210)
Or needs to be rethought. For example pumping water back into a reservoir during the day. Or heating up a pile of salt. .......

126: Inmate Central, RE: What did you get for Christmas ? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-12-28, 16:49:42 (208.86.125.210)
Hi Abe, Water source is swimming pool. Last year I tried to convert fire pump to foam. The pump I had been using is an 8HP B&S with Keene centrifugal dredge pump. I went with a dredge pump rather t .......

127: Inmate Central, RE: "Progress" in action... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-12-28, 07:51:44 (208.86.125.210)
Isn't CO2 the least of the problems with burning coal? .......

128: Inmate Central, RE: What did you get for Christmas ? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-12-28, 07:00:42 (208.86.125.210)
Soldering iron looks great, I have a battery powered one, but definitely need something that produces more heat. This is what I got: .......

129: Inmate Central, RE: Everything we're doing wrong with EVs... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-12-21, 06:22:16 (208.86.125.199)
My take on this is a bit different, may not be correct... Tesla etc., introduction made perfect sense to me. Without charging infrastructure, only the wealthy will buy, which in turn fuels the EV comp .......

130: Inmate Central, RE: Getthing THERE from HERE (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-12-18, 05:54:03 (208.86.125.199)
I recall reading similar, solar panels providing the energy for photon propulsion. The goal may change, what advantage is there to being there physically? Entanglement may offer clues as to ways of c .......

131: Inmate Central, For the bicycle enthusiasts (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-12-16, 16:58:02 (208.86.125.199)
https://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/for/d/mesa-bamboo-bike-antique-collectable/7410619218.html .......

132: Inmate Central, RE: NOT a MacBook Pro! :-( (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-12-15, 20:42:54 (208.86.125.199)
I agree, that is one of the reasons I went with VMWare. .......

133: Inmate Central, RE: Thank-you (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-12-15, 19:35:42 (208.86.125.199)
The targets are iPads and iPhones; IOS, not MacOS so neither way am I developing on the target. The simulators are very good but ran out of steam when I tried time slicing the audio transitions. Which .......

134: Inmate Central, RE: Mac or PC ? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-12-15, 17:13:28 (208.86.125.199)
No problem Abe. This is a freebie, and the only thing it will be used for. So I didn't buy an up to date MacBook. 5th generation I7 is what I am running, if it had more memory it would be fine to comp .......

135: Inmate Central, Thank-you (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-12-15, 17:07:42 (208.86.125.199)
Thank-you, everyone. I ordered a ThinkPad/Lenovo T550, it should be fine for the application. Nice surprise, all of the knowledgeable advice. .......

136: Inmate Central, RE: Perhaps a Mac Mini with an M1 processor? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-12-15, 13:33:36 (208.86.125.199)
Thank-you E-Stat, that is a good idea. I sort of ignored it, concerned about the mini limitations of the past. I will definitely take a closer look. .......

137: Inmate Central, RE: What will you use it for? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-12-15, 13:30:22 (208.86.125.199)
I'm developing an Apple App for the blind, doing it for free. I'm using a 16GB I7 running VMWare. The fastest/latest Mac I have is an I5, this is faster but when I went to test the realtime audio feat .......

138: Inmate Central, RE: Why do you need 24GB? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-12-15, 09:37:04 (208.86.125.199)
Hi Rod, thank-you for the comments and suggestions. I'm developing an Apple App for the blind, doing it for free. I'm using a 16GB I7 running VMWare. The fastest/latest Mac I have is an I5, this is fa .......

139: Inmate Central, RE: Laptop rcommendation? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-12-15, 08:58:14 (208.86.125.199)
Thank-you for the recommendation. I don't have a budget per se, if it is pricey I will look for pre owned or return. .......

140: General Asylum, Laptop rcommendation? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-12-15, 08:34:47 (208.86.125.199)
I need a laptop with pretty good performance, minimum of 4 cores and 24GB of memory. Does anyone have any recommendations? Maybe a series or model they have had good luck with? Thank-you. ::: TOPIC:: .......

141: Inmate Central, Laptop rcommendation? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-12-15, 08:34:47 (208.86.125.199)
I need a laptop with pretty good performance, minimum of 4 cores and 24GB of memory. Does anyone have any recommendations? Maybe a series or model they have had good luck with? Thank-you. ::: TOPIC:: .......

142: Inmate Central, RE: Well...I bought a new bike. (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-11-26, 09:54:40 (208.86.125.199)
Sounds like a nice bike, congrats. What are the trails like that you ride? Are they bumpy or smooth? Hilly or flat? .......

143: Inmate Central, RE: The secret is... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-11-25, 09:35:11 (208.86.125.199)
Excellent, and shared drive trains and components. Henry Ford knew what he was doing with automobile design and manufacturing, other things not so much. .......

144: Inmate Central, RE: I have a minority opinion (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-11-25, 09:24:33 (208.86.125.199)
Do you mean cobalt? Cobalt and lithium are different elements. Not all elements are the same thing, which is why they have different names. It can be confusing, if you do some searches on the internet .......

145: Inmate Central, RE: I have a minority opinion (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-11-25, 08:43:33 (208.86.125.199)
Thank-you for the clarification. I didn't realize that Tesla received the tax credits, all those car buyers must have been really disappointed. And thank-you for the math lesson, $35K + 10/20K = $100, .......

146: Inmate Central, RE: I have a minority opinion (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-11-25, 08:18:11 (208.86.125.199)
If anyone is interested in the actual facts: https://cleantechnica.com/2020/08/03/tesla-subsidies-how-much/ .......

147: Inmate Central, RE: Oil Consumption In The U.S. (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-11-25, 08:13:40 (208.86.125.199)
Hi Inmate51, I did realize what you were saying and apologize for blunt response, which was really aimed at the criticism of the current administrations energy policy. What evoked my response, was my .......

148: Inmate Central, RE: I have a minority opinion (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-11-25, 08:09:41 (208.86.125.199)
They sell Tesla's for $35K. I have a friend that sends me similar incorrect references to how not green, green energy is. You can and should do your own research, what I found was that they were almos .......

149: Inmate Central, RE: Oil Consumption In The U.S. (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-11-24, 15:45:16 (208.86.125.199)
Or four times the OPEC monthly increase. This is a lot of oil. It does not supply the US for 3 days, it changes the supply/demand quotient over a period of time. And we hopefully aren't the only natio .......

150: Inmate Central, RE: Justice Prevails (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-11-17, 09:48:25 (24.12.41.4)
A friend went to a Trump rally at AZ state capital, he had a very good reason. The gal he was %$*^ wanted to go. My friend was curious, when he got there, he said "what, no food?" So he got on his pho .......

151: Inmate Central, RE: What's killing "the little guy"... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-11-13, 07:02:38 (24.12.41.4)
I don't believe that the OBD packages are that expensive, unless you buy the premium package for all manufacturers. Years ago I bought a disassembled Prius, the previous owner appears to have been att .......

152: Inmate Central, RE: Nutso repair costs (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-11-11, 10:02:20 (24.12.41.4)
I bought the car not running and sight unseen. I get bored when i'm not working on something and prefer more than one thing at a time. If the car didn't have problems I would be looking for a new boat .......

153: Inmate Central, RE: They do it for a living. /n (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-11-11, 07:51:46 (24.12.41.4)
That's what the service manager said when I looked at his quote and told him $98 labor is fine, can you charge me actual? His response, "No, this is how the mechanics make their living." It is still n .......

154: Inmate Central, RE: Nutso repair costs (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-11-11, 07:47:23 (24.12.41.4)
One shock was broken, it was next after emissions for what I wanted to do. Brakes, shocks and PVC was what I could get delivered next day. .......

155: Inmate Central, Nutso repair costs (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-11-11, 06:40:47 (24.12.41.4)
I bought a car at a different location to have transportation and something to work on when I am there. I am somewhat limited in tools etc., and ran into a problem, couldn't get it to pass emissions s .......

156: Inmate Central, Or the clarity of the teenage years (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-11-08, 05:20:12 (24.12.41.4)
I wonder if Allen Turing's predictions of software development and AI were so accurate because his view wasn't polluted by developments in the field. .......

157: Inmate Central, RE: PPO (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-11-05, 16:27:13 (24.12.41.4)
You got it, and they appeal to consumers by touting additional services like dental for no additional cost. You grasp the downside. The only thing that is not intuitive is that some doctors don't acce .......

158: Inmate Central, RE: Unless the car is still under warranty, never go to the dealer for service. (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-10-29, 06:07:57 (24.12.41.4)
I mainly do things myself, but I have a Tacoma and the dealer was replacing timing chains for $250. That is about half of indy price and I couldn't pass it up. Another time I was changing front axle C .......

159: Inmate Central, RE: The wealthy really aren't stupid (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-10-28, 06:18:14 (24.12.41.4)
This was an eye opener. I didn't realize this was a contentious issue. .......

160: Inmate Central, RE: Hey--guess what?--"driver-assist" can't "see" in the rain either... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-10-23, 05:32:32 (24.12.41.4)
This is tangential, there are detection systems that can see through rain, dust etc., so far they are priced out of the automotive market, but that is forecast to change. .......

161: Inmate Central, RE: Them ain't no aliens. Them's Jimbacrinus Crinoid natives from Western Australia. (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-10-13, 16:56:19 (208.86.125.199)
I collected crinoids when I was a kid, on the shore of Lake Michigan. We just found pieces of the stems. .......

162: Inmate Central, RE: Geezers and geezetts gonna get a raise? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-10-12, 11:24:08 (208.86.125.199)
Congrats Abe, you are close to retiring, what do you plan to do? I've been having a blast, but it took me some time to find my way. B-in-law gave me some good advice, relax, don't over think it, thing .......

163: Inmate Central, RE: Pssst! (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-10-06, 14:15:24 (208.86.125.199)
When I formed an S Corp, my taxes went down about 70%, it was a real eye opener. One of the biggest factors was how much you could put into a Single K (which is pretty much the same thing as a 401K). .......

164: General Asylum, RE: Something like the LM138 / LM338 might be a good choice.... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-09-28, 09:27:41 (208.86.125.199)
Thanks Abe, I forgot to mention that, if he does decide to use 7805, it is nice that the package is ground potential so just screw it the chassis, no need for insulation. LM138/LM338 is a good choice .......

165: General Asylum, RE: 12v super battery to 5v for my two RPIs? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-09-27, 13:10:20 (208.86.125.199)
I have been using 7805's, sometimes increase load to reduce noise. I looked at lower noise alternatives, and there are some, but I didn't pursue it. .......

166: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Right side of power amp gets warmer than left side (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-09-26, 09:39:06 (208.86.125.199)
A tool/toy I use a lot is an infrared thermometer. You could take the cover off and use it to get a better idea what is getting warm and how it compares to the other channel. .......

167: Inmate Central, RE: Solar Panels & Inverter are Installed.... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-09-26, 08:41:46 (208.86.125.199)
Nice clean installation, congrats. .......

168: Inmate Central, RE: Solar Panels Going Up Today (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-09-25, 16:45:12 (208.86.125.199)
Payback might be quicker than you think. When I did the grid tie, panels were well over $2.00 a watt, but with the tax credit, payback was a bit over 6 years. You sure made a good choice not going wi .......

169: Inmate Central, RE: Solar Panels Going Up Today (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-09-25, 11:23:13 (208.86.125.199)
I did some construction and added some current solar equipment, which left me with extra panels and inverters which got me interested in doing standalone separate from grid tie system. So you are corr .......

170: Inmate Central, RE: Solar Panels Going Up Today (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-09-25, 08:36:28 (208.86.125.199)
Your electric heater idea is a good one. I know someone that uses those oil filled radiator style electric heaters and they work surprisingly well, and you should get better pay back than selling elec .......

171: Inmate Central, RE: Solar Panels Going Up Today (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-09-24, 14:17:17 (208.86.125.199)
Congrats Abe, I'm a fan of solar. What did you go with for inverter(s)? I do this stuff myself, and agree with the roof comment. The equipment itself is plug and play, anyone can install it. The impor .......

172: Inmate Central, RE: Maybe he was driving an old Citroen. nt (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-08-28, 16:16:42 (208.86.125.199)
I had a couple of those, they were great. .......

173: Inmate Central, RE: Lowball truck offer from CarMax (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-08-17, 09:53:59 (208.86.125.199)
I agree, FJ's are very nice. I haven't recently talked to the people in the off road club, there are probably FJ's. It is too bad Toyota stopped making them. I know with the jeeps, one significant thi .......

174: Inmate Central, RE: Lowball truck offer from CarMax (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-08-16, 12:28:54 (208.86.125.199)
Used 4WD trucks vary in price geographically. I had a guy working for me that was from Indiana, went to school and worked in AZ. Every time he would go back to Indiana, he would buy a used 4WD truck i .......

175: Inmate Central, RE: And yet... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-08-10, 13:12:59 (208.86.125.199)
Hi, I followed your link and selected Global instead of just US and it shows a very different picture. There has been a polar vortex that has swept down into the midwest some winters, is probably in p .......

176: Inmate Central, RE: One of the nice things about math is (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-08-10, 12:38:30 (208.86.125.199)
I watched part of this, and am at a loss. First, the accepted science is that weather is a chaotic system. Small errors in the initial conditions of a forecast grow rapidly, and affect predictability. .......

177: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: ARC SP11 Mark II FET's (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-08-04, 16:53:09 (208.86.125.199)
Hi Kentaja, It is nice to hear from you, the panels you rebuilt for me are working great. Regarding the FET's, yes, I am aware of that. I have written mixed signal semiconductor test system operating .......

178: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: ARC SP11 Mark II FET's (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-08-04, 09:31:46 (208.86.125.199)
The MOSFETs are MTP2N35. .......

179: Amp/Preamp Asylum, ARC SP11 Mark II FET's (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-08-03, 11:09:13 (208.86.125.199)
Does anyone know what FET's are used in an SP11 Mark II? They select them, and mark with colors that cover the part numbers. .......

180: Inmate Central, RE: Rain? Could it be? Arizona, please send it. (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-07-29, 10:13:43 (208.86.125.199)
I'm in AZ, got 5", more than half our annual rainfall. The day it rained, and the day before, me and another guy spread 132 tons of GSA, a lot of which got washed away. So that's my suggestion, do som .......

181: Inmate Central, Drudge in a drum (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-07-22, 13:33:34 (208.86.125.198)
This is great news, but I don't know how much of the credit should go to AI. I'm just finishing the book, I Am A Strange Loop, by Douglas Hofstadter which is an investigation and observations of the h .......

182: Inmate Central, R Snake (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-07-12, 09:14:27 (208.86.125.198)
I had just finished swimming laps, saw this rattlesnake get a drink from the pool and then made himself comfortable. .......

183: Inmate Central, RE: Wind (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-07-12, 05:59:02 (208.86.125.198)
Thank-you Abe, she was calm, joking through most of it, after asking, "Is this a tornado?" .......

184: Inmate Central, RE: Wait, after you ascertained she could cook dinner... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-07-11, 10:13:38 (208.86.125.198)
Yes, it seemed like the prudent thing to do. .......

185: Inmate Central, Wind (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-07-11, 09:27:52 (208.86.125.198)
This happened last night, my wife was right in the middle of it when it came down. She was unhurt, but I had to cut her out of there after the wind subsided so she could cook dinner. I don't know h .......

186: Inmate Central, RE: Surprising dowsing update (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-06-20, 05:56:04 (208.86.125.198)
Got a little farther with this, probably a function of the brain stem and thalamus to use the senses we have and affect motor functions. The sense must be vibration, I always had the water running thr .......

187: Inmate Central, RE: Surprising dowsing update (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-06-19, 11:26:27 (208.86.125.198)
Well it is moisture seeking. .......

188: Inmate Central, RE: Phoenix AZ breaks two temp records today (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-06-18, 13:29:57 (208.86.125.198)
We're just north of Phoenix and it is hot. Yesterday around 4PM, there was a deer sitting in the shade off the kitchen deck. We have water out for the animals which is what she was doing here, but sit .......

189: Inmate Central, Surprising dowsing update (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-06-18, 05:54:51 (208.86.125.198)
Yesterday I got my wife out to bang on the closest end of the pipe, about 125 feet from where I was trying to find it, while I listened to the ground with a stethoscope. I could hear it best right abo .......

190: Inmate Central, Surprising dowsing update (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-06-17, 09:08:20 (208.86.125.198)
Yesterday I got my wife out to bang on the closest end of the pipe, about 125 feet from where I was trying to find it, while I listened to the ground with a stethoscope. I could hear it best right abo .......

191: Tubes Asylum, RE: It may have gotten a bit warm (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-06-15, 09:03:31 (208.86.125.198)
I appreciate the suggestions. I posted it as a curiosity. My first job was fixing TV's and HiFi's, when most were tubes. And many years later I still fool around with tube equipment, and this was the .......

192: Tubes Asylum, RE: Did you leave it out in the sun yesterday? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-06-15, 08:59:46 (208.86.125.198)
I had to laugh when I read that. It is good to hear from you, hope all is well. .......

193: Tubes Asylum, It may have gotten a bit warm (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-06-14, 16:31:41 (208.86.125.198)
This is a KT77 that looked like it might have gotten a bit warm. This is the first time I have seen the glass melt on a tube. I was listening, sounded fine, then the music stopped. It may be a bit .......

194: Inmate Central, RE: Why do you need to find it? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-06-14, 15:37:19 (208.86.125.198)
There aren't any bibs, just two ends to the line, which is about 450 feet long and curves. Along with the curves, it appears to avoid areas of large underground boulders. Over the years I have hit it .......

195: Inmate Central, RE: My tiny generator would be marginal long term. (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-06-14, 10:03:39 (208.86.125.198)
Start up current for inductive loads can be very high. Soft start circuits are becoming more common, but small generators tend to have problems starting even 1 HP motors. .......

196: Inmate Central, RE: Anyone successfully dowsed? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-06-14, 09:56:13 (208.86.125.198)
No city, no sewer, only underground electric and phone. Last time(s) I dug them up with a backhoe neither the phone company or the utility company had any idea where the lines were until I showed them .......

197: Inmate Central, RE: So, you were soused when you dowsed? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-06-14, 09:45:13 (208.86.125.198)
When I came up with the idea I was. Prior to that I was going to get a wire in the line to track it. .......

198: Inmate Central, RE: Anyone successfully dowsed? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-06-14, 09:43:04 (208.86.125.198)
I saw that movie when I was a kid, made a lasting impression. Anytime dowsing, looking for water, anything along that line, I always inquire if they knew any albino people of color. .......

199: Inmate Central, RE: eagerly awaiting an update! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-06-14, 06:15:50 (208.86.125.198)
So far the result is a sore back. I dug a trench, didn't find the pipe, thought I heard the gods snickering. Most of the trench, I hit caliche about the same depth. Maybe I need to watch the movie aga .......

200: Inmate Central, RE: Why do you need to find it? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-06-13, 21:32:58 (208.86.125.198)
I need to tie into it. My first attempt was a miss. I first tried it with a garden hose, water running. It seemed to detect it. And I got a similar response in the same place, multiple tries. I'm prob .......

201: Inmate Central, RE: No but if you need rain.. (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-06-13, 17:26:23 (208.86.125.198)
Heck yes, we're in AZ, could use some rain. Send your Uncle. .......

202: Inmate Central, Anyone successfully dowsed? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-06-13, 15:06:20 (208.86.125.198)
I'm trying to locate a buried PVC water line. I've read about different methods, and am initially trying dowsing. I recalled seeing this movie when I was a kid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFsiI_j .......

203: Inmate Central, RE: I think that your dry climate might influence your opinion on 4WD. (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-06-08, 11:55:20 (208.86.125.198)
We're probably exceptions, 4WD or AWD to get to our house. We have 4WD Tacoma, no drive train problems in 20 years, AWD BMW and CRV, neither have had drive train problems, but not the miles that we ha .......

204: Inmate Central, RE: Quail Chicks (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-06-04, 11:39:36 (208.86.125.198)
California Quail. .......

205: Inmate Central, Quail Chicks (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-06-04, 10:28:34 (208.86.125.198)
Small Quail family, 5 chicks. .......

206: Inmate Central, RE: any home wifi extender recommendations? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-05-26, 08:07:25 (208.86.125.198)
I've helped a few friends with this, what seems to work the best is either power line ethernet adapters or a small Yagi antennae. They are less than $20 but you need to have a removable antenna on the .......

207: Inmate Central, USPS? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-05-22, 09:12:21 (208.86.125.198)
Anyone else have problems with USPS? I ordered a couple of capacitors from a place 35 miles away, in Tempe AZ. I have done this many times in the past. Typical is that it arrives in one to two days. T .......

208: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: how to separate output transistors from heat sink? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-05-16, 18:01:24 (208.86.125.198)
Sometimes it is suction, try sliding the transistors slightly, that usually helps. Just curious why are you doing this, are you swapping out the board? Usually your best bet to finding an intermittent .......

209: Inmate Central, RE: You still need some base load power generation (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-05-06, 17:23:04 (208.86.125.198)
Excellent energy storage! Pump water back into reservoir. Heat is another one. Good opportunity for innovation. .......

210: Inmate Central, Shabu Shabu (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-05-05, 16:44:02 (208.86.125.198)
Shabu Shabu is right up there, Abalone soup is also a favorite. .......

211: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: Best audiophile inverter (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-05-04, 11:40:37 (208.86.125.198)
I just went live with it about 10 minutes ago. One thing that is great, is I have vintage equipment and it all synced to the inverter at 223V so 112V volts per leg, which is what the equipment was des .......

212: Inmate Central, RE: Yep, we don't need no stinking technology! (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-05-02, 17:34:49 (208.86.125.198)
I used to fly radio controlled sailplanes. Hawks etc., would fly with us and us them, when one or the other found a thermal. A few times our sailplanes would be attacked. Typically they would grab the .......

213: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: Best audiophile inverter (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-04-27, 09:18:30 (208.86.125.198)
In another week I should be able to tell you what I think about this inverter: https://www.ebay.com/itm/193627537085 I've had grid tie for about 12 years, and am now putting an off grid system togethe .......

214: Inmate Central, RE: Doves are lousy nest builders.... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-03-27, 12:30:51 (208.86.125.199)
Hummingbird babies with mother: .......

215: Inmate Central, RE: Doves are lousy nest builders.... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-03-27, 12:29:09 (208.86.125.199)
Few days old. .......

216: Inmate Central, RE: Doves are lousy nest builders.... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-03-27, 12:26:41 (208.86.125.199)
Few years ago we had a hummingbird nest, these are the babies: .......

217: Inmate Central, Construction supervisors (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-03-27, 10:09:42 (208.86.125.199)
My exercise program is converting carport to garage. Since I don't know what I'm doing I get even more exercise redoing my screw ups. Fortunately I have supervision, dove built a nest, I moved it o .......

218: Digital Drive, RE: How can a transport make such a big difference? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-03-27, 08:21:12 (208.86.125.199)
This may be tangential, does anyone know how Naim managed to get the sound they did out of their early CD players? I'm trying to remember the model number, CD2 or CD3 I think, saw one on Audiogon that .......

219: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Frequency, etc (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-03-23, 17:40:23 (208.86.125.199)
It looks like the other thing they changed were resistors 206 - 210, which will affect amplifier loading and the feedback path. Are these resistors 1.0M or 2.2M in your amplifiers? Have you experiment .......

220: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Frequency, etc (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-03-23, 14:16:33 (208.86.125.199)
You could try a soft recovery diode, but I would be inclined to focus on the RC time constant, trying different values for C202 and C204 or the varistor RV201 and RV202. Regarding R201/R203, I had mis .......

221: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Good to hear (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-03-23, 12:23:34 (208.86.125.199)
It is tempting, that's for sure. And no comparison working on these, compared to ESL-63's, these are much easier. I still haven't done an A/B comparison, but I will once I have the one bass panel that .......

222: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Frequency, etc (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-03-23, 10:24:58 (208.86.125.199)
Thank-you for posting the schematic, I like unusual problems. My suggestion is poke it with a stick, I better explain that. When I try to figure out a problem where I don't seem to have enough informa .......

223: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Help with Beveridge direct-drive amplifier oscillation (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-03-22, 08:45:17 (208.86.125.199)
If you don't have any luck with Beveridge or other sources, and have a schematic, please post it. Also do you know what frequency the oscillation is? .......

224: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Try two pairs of KLH9s (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-03-22, 08:42:17 (208.86.125.199)
Thank-you for the suggestion. I only have one pair (so far) and I am pleased, there are some things that I have never heard sound as good as with these speakers. .......

225: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Why do electrostatics sound better after the high voltage has been on for a while? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-03-17, 17:23:57 (208.86.125.246)
Dang, these are nice sounding speakers. I'm listening to both of them, one bass panel (out of 10) is out of one speaker, being sent to Janszen Audio to be rebuilt. I wrote to David Janszen this mornin .......

226: Inmate Central, RE: Wild COTD... The Ocelot! (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-03-15, 16:44:58 (208.86.125.246)
A gal down the street got a picture of an Ocelot on her property. Probably someones pet that got away. What we do have a lot of here are Bobcats. Not long after that we started to see Bobcat's that we .......

227: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Why do electrostatics sound better after the high voltage has been on for a while? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-03-15, 14:32:13 (208.86.125.246)
I agree and I will post what he says here. I have contacted David a number of times now, inquired if he sells parts for Nine's, asked a disassembly question, and then sent him a picture of a disassemb .......

228: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Why do electrostatics sound better after the high voltage has been on for a while? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-03-15, 10:34:34 (208.86.125.246)
I always wonder if it is me, I will try a new piece of equipment and sometimes I like the sound better and better the longer I listen. Regarding high voltage, I have an electrometer hooked to the .......

229: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Why do electrostatics sound better after the high voltage has been on for a while? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-03-15, 09:40:59 (208.86.125.246)
Hi Story, Kentaja, request for picture I got a laugh at. I'm not done with them, but I shake my head when I look around. This is how I'm listening to my KLH Nine mono. I'm waiting on high voltage .......

230: Planar Speaker Asylum, Why do electrostatics sound better after the high voltage has been on for a while? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-03-14, 17:52:24 (208.86.125.246)
I recently posted about getting some non-working KLH Nine's. I have one of them working and I have been listening to it and it is sounding better the longer it has been on. I think I read somewhere t .......

231: Inmate Central, RE: Major Biden... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-03-12, 06:13:08 (208.86.125.246)
Excellent! .......

232: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: You must... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-03-11, 15:33:13 (208.86.125.246)
So far I have found 1 bass panel in each speaker that doesn't pass high voltage along to the next panel(s). Took the first one apart, it just needs some conductive paint. I had to ask David Janszen a .......

233: Inmate Central, RE: Shocking! (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-03-11, 15:29:33 (208.86.125.246)
Did you look on RockAuto? .......

234: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: You must... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-03-11, 05:50:48 (208.86.125.246)
I'm in the process of changing the diodes. I have an electrometer so I intend to get the high voltage within spec, then hook them up to see what condition the panels are in. I e-mailed David Janszen a .......

235: Digital Drive, RE: This is most useful information - thank you * (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-03-05, 11:50:44 (208.86.125.246)
I think the CDM9 Pro has the brushless motor, look for standard CDM9 and then use all of it except the motor and motor interface. You will have better luck doing that, than changing just the laser. :: .......

236: Planar Speaker Asylum, RE: Spraying weeds and KLH Nine's (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-03-05, 11:42:40 (208.86.125.246)
Thank-you, everyone, for your posts. I made the mistake of suggesting replacing our stove over the holidays. My wife now is objecting to my proposed use of her new stove. I'm thinking about trying to .......

237: Digital Drive, RE: This is most useful information - thank you * (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-03-05, 10:37:05 (208.86.125.246)
It will be written on the drive, take the cover off, take pictures and post them. I have found compatible drives, lasers etc., for what manufacturers say are obsolete. Most are about $30, less for jus .......

238: Planar Speaker Asylum, Spraying weeds and KLH Nine's (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-03-04, 07:31:51 (208.86.125.246)
I saw some KLH Nine's on CL yesterday. Out of curiosity, I responded. The guy responded a couple of hours later while I was spraying weeds. So I bought them, mainly as an excuse to get me out of spray .......

239: Speaker Asylum, RE: Are there established metrics for speaker specifications ? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-03-03, 06:07:44 (208.86.125.246)
That's a good question. Lots of years ago I unfortunately got myself into a marketing role, and one of the things I did was write data sheets for a tech product. Maybe there was a standard for speaker .......

240: Speaker Asylum, RE: Suggestions for shipping 50lb AR-1 speakers (carrier and packing) (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-02-24, 16:13:36 (208.86.125.246)
I've shipped outboard motors, small motorcycles, engines, large speakers... 50 lbs, you can ship just about any way you want. Paypal gives you a great deal, just search paypal shipping link. Greyhound .......

241: Inmate Central, RE: Strictly for wood working. (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-02-21, 12:08:32 (208.86.125.246)
I agree with you about the DeWalt's. About 20% of the time I'm drilling steel and have tried quite a few brands. The gold DeWalt's with the pilot whatever they call it, work better than anything that .......

242: Inmate Central, Caption or comment (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-02-14, 16:24:02 (208.86.125.246)
Captions or comments? .......

243: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Realtime Linux Overview (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-02-12, 09:49:19 (208.86.125.246)
I'm not commenting on RTOS for audio, just RTOS in general. 10 years ago I tried out the linux real time patches for a customer and it had enough problems and intermittent latencies that I could not r .......

244: General Asylum, RE: Basement Finishing Progress #3 (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-02-06, 12:14:07 (208.86.125.246)
Entering through the window well, nice, sounds like elves, sneak in and do the work, I could use some of those. It was a carport and storage shed. I tore down the shed and am converting the carport to .......

245: General Asylum, RE: Basement Finishing Progress #3 (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-02-06, 06:13:57 (208.86.125.246)
How has Living through remodeling/construction been for you? The house we are in now, it took 6 months of work before we moved in, and I recall delays, problems etc. Something I decided I would avo .......

246: Inmate Central, RE: The Best McDonald's in the World? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-02-06, 05:58:44 (208.86.125.246)
This was more than 40 years ago, ate at a McDonalds I believe it was in Oakbrook IL near McDonalds's headquarters and Hamburger U that served steak sandwiches and beer and wine. .......

247: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Subwoofers - It's just bass, right ? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-01-30, 15:59:36 (208.86.125.246)
I made the mistake of suggesting consumer grade sub for a friends TV room, it was a mistake. It occasionally sounded ok, usually it was annoying. I also experimented with some Yamaha subs, which was a .......

248: Inmate Central, RE: I must say it's quite cold here today (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-01-29, 09:12:04 (208.86.125.246)
Very cool, where are you at? .......

249: Inmate Central, He should demand DNA test (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-01-13, 08:10:07 (208.86.125.246)
https://news.yahoo.com/canadian-couple-fined-breaking-curfew-151944989.html .......

250: Speaker Asylum, RE: Yamaha NS1000 crossover upgrade? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-01-06, 11:13:18 (208.86.125.246)
Thank-you for the post. What Yamaha speakers are those in your picture? .......

251: Speaker Asylum, RE: Yamaha NS1000 crossover upgrade? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-01-06, 08:30:01 (208.86.125.246)
Thank-you, very astute. I have some fast subs that cut in about 40 Hz, I will try them with the Yamaha's. Part of what I was hearing seems to be going away, the speakers had probably not been used in .......

252: Speaker Asylum, RE: I'm gonna be blunt (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-01-05, 13:22:17 (208.86.125.246)
I'm surprised, they sure don't sound like near field monitors. I gave it a try and they do sound good close, but at least to me they don't sound any better close than they do 20 feet away. ::: TOPIC: .......

253: Inmate Central, RE: Automated car systems indeed save lives. (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-01-05, 09:13:12 (208.86.125.246)
I believe it, the biggest cause of accidents is drivers getting bored and distracted by something e.g., cell phone, radio, wife... The safety systems don't have those distractions. .......

254: Speaker Asylum, RE: I'm gonna be blunt (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-01-05, 08:48:26 (208.86.125.246)
Thank Airtime that makes a lot of sense. I have an ESR meter and intend to check the caps, but I have read others experience that replacing the caps made little change to the sound. My usual approach .......

255: Speaker Asylum, Yamaha NS1000 crossover upgrade? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-01-04, 11:04:10 (208.86.125.246)
I just started to listen to NS1000 speakers and would like to know if anyone has had any experience with Troels Gravesens crossover upgrade. Also any other comments and/or experiences with the NS1000 .......

256: Inmate Central, RE: Glueing my truck back together. My vehicle repair attempt today (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-01-03, 07:13:02 (208.86.125.246)
Sorry, I somehow missed the rpm question. Yes, mine does the same. It is the heat shield above the exhaust manifold. It didn't look like much fun to get to so at about 60k miles, I stopped at an exhau .......

257: Inmate Central, RE: Glueing my truck back together. My vehicle repair attempt today (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-01-02, 19:41:50 (208.86.125.246)
I am proud to say, I have manual crank windows. Not that it is convenient, but that it adds to the character of the truck. Keeping in character, the only thing difficult was the clamp that held on the .......

258: Inmate Central, RE: Glueing my truck back together. My vehicle repair attempt today (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2021-01-02, 16:04:51 (208.86.125.246)
I have the same generation Tacoma. Is yours beginning to feel difficult to use door handle? If it is, you might consider pulling the inside door panel and lubricate the mechanism. I just had the passe .......

259: Inmate Central, RE: Covid Kills Mary Ann (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-12-30, 13:22:50 (208.86.125.246)
If she would have stayed on the island she would still be with us. .......

260: Inmate Central, RE: Good Post (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-12-30, 13:21:59 (208.86.125.246)
I think the addition of neural networks was an improvement and one in a set of tools that comprise AlphaGo. The majority of the work is still done by capitalizing on the strong suits of our current co .......

261: Inmate Central, No common wall wife rule (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-12-30, 08:24:04 (208.86.125.246)
When I started working from home in the 80's we were living in a round house and couldn't figure a way to build a home office that looked ok. So we found a different place where it was easier to build .......

262: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: not yet in electronics but (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-12-29, 10:49:52 (208.86.125.246)
DC solar fan, good idea. I did that for pool recirculating pump but settled for brushed motor, brushless are difficult to find in that size. After about 6 years I got tired of changing brushes and add .......

263: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Diodes unsoldering themselves (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-12-29, 06:23:24 (208.86.125.246)
This is the second time I have seen this, both times it was a piece of tube equipment. Both times it was some problem causing a considerable B+ current draw, the diode(s) got so hot they unsolder them .......

264: Inmate Central, RE: I guess I don't understand all the anger. Sure, wages are stagnant, but (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-12-14, 15:40:18 (208.86.125.246)
We're probably the wrong people to try to understand this. Not many of us are going hungry, worrying about paying rent, experiencing racism... .......

265: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: Recommendation for a pocket size oscilloscope (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-12-10, 19:57:23 (208.86.125.246)
Very cool, I didn't know NLS made scopes. I had one of their voltmeters. I use a couple of Fluke ScopeMeters, one Industrial, the other bench scope specs, I recommend them. .......

266: Inmate Central, RE: Hot water heaters: gigantic rip offs. It makes (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-12-09, 13:47:47 (208.86.125.246)
The house we are in now came with a timer connected to a well insulated electric water heater, that turns it off at night. I don't know what it costs to run and have never noticed a lack of hot water. .......

267: Inmate Central, RE: As you may have seen from some of my previous posts... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-12-02, 06:59:37 (208.86.125.246)
What year(s) are your Ferraris? What has maintenance been like? Couple of years ago we were in New Orleans and a rally of vintage Ferraris weaved its way through the city, great to watch, bet it was m .......

268: Inmate Central, RE: You've got to watch these "cheap" tires... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-12-01, 06:35:38 (208.86.125.246)
Yes, I should have mentioned that. 10 years is when Discount stops repairing tires. The goodyear tires were manufactured in 2020, the Goodrich 2018, which was fine with me. They are performance tires .......

269: Inmate Central, RE: I often buy from them but.... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-11-30, 16:15:13 (208.86.125.246)
I was surprised, the truck tires were $500 which included shipping and tax from Priority Tire, balance and installation $100. Out the door price from Discount was $900 without road hazard for the same .......

270: Inmate Central, RE: I often buy from them but.... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-11-30, 14:34:37 (208.86.125.246)
I have used Discount Tires quite a bit, they are convenient etc., but if you want to save money, buy tires online, they will provide list of installers in your area with installation pricing and ship .......

271: Inmate Central, Bake a file into her cake (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-11-18, 05:24:08 (208.86.125.246)
A few years ago my sister was asked to write an Op-Ed piece, and decided to write it about our grandmother so she asked around the family for good Fannie stories. An uncle answered, "How about the tim .......

272: Inmate Central, RE: Roaming echidna (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-11-18, 05:17:58 (208.86.125.246)
Did she score? .......

273: Inmate Central, RE: My wife is a hoarder. (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-11-17, 11:13:46 (208.86.125.246)
I heard that from a gal down the street, actually what she said was that her daughter called her an organized hoarder. My unfiltered response, good thing she included the der. Fortunately conversation .......

274: Inmate Central, RE: Yet Another Subject To Ponder - The Human Brain (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-11-17, 06:45:37 (208.86.125.246)
Or we are trying to create a universe as a reflection of ourselves. .......

275: Inmate Central, RE: As If There Aren't Enough Crazies (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-11-11, 14:10:21 (208.86.125.246)
I heard it was something like 48% of voters have mental problems. .......

276: Inmate Central, RE: Work is a four letter word (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-11-07, 05:22:01 (208.86.125.246)
If you are looking for a job... .......

277: Inmate Central, Work is a four letter word (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-11-06, 08:42:38 (208.86.125.246)
That is the name of a mushroom movie, saw it around 1970, anyone else seen it? It left an impression on me. .......

278: Inmate Central, RE: HAD IT WITH APPLE (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-11-05, 05:52:22 (208.86.125.246)
I'm working on an Apple app so I picked up some hardware for development and testing. MacBook Air is impressive, particularly the look and feel. It is the best mechanical design of any small laptop I .......

279: Inmate Central, RE: Proof that the coronavirus was created in a Chinese lab? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-11-01, 09:17:09 (208.86.125.246)
Hunter Biden developed it in his kitchen. .......

280: Inmate Central, RE: who drives the 9 year old BMWs and Audis? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-10-19, 10:03:27 (208.86.125.246)
My BMW is 13 years old. One of the main reasons I bought it was reliability. I like working on things and I thought back about the cars that I have owned and how reliable they have been. .......

281: Inmate Central, RE: Ghetto mower ... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-10-18, 17:10:12 (208.86.125.246)
I had a friend that had a riding lawn mower. The first to go were the brakes, so he just did without. Then a problem with the transmission it would only go forward, he kept using it. Then he hit somet .......

282: Inmate Central, RE: what would you do? old parents (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-10-16, 17:34:30 (208.86.125.246)
My mother when she was in her early 80's after seeing friends in nursing homes became interested in Hemlock society. Nothing we said dissuaded her until after talking about it at dinner, next morning .......

283: Inmate Central, RE: Interesting that since justices Bork and Scalia served on the... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-10-15, 06:16:50 (208.86.125.246)
I must be missing something. I find myself shaking my head wondering how they find these wackos that can rationalize their anti science, pro (I won't say it) stance by relying on a document written in .......

284: Inmate Central, RE: Not just the tools but will the parts fit? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-10-11, 10:13:51 (208.86.125.246)
Different place, different experience. Slime tubes are a must here, and even they go flat on average every couple of months. Non slime, I was fixing tires a couple of times a week. It is also bumpy he .......

285: Inmate Central, RE: I can't imagine when it could have been retrofited. (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-10-11, 06:59:40 (208.86.125.246)
I like working on stuff. Bicycles are sort of a nuisance, so many specialized tools, particularly for bottom bracket removal. .......

286: Inmate Central, RE: Kept a 1995 Lexas/Toyota ES300 going for 280,000+ miles... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-10-08, 08:26:39 (208.86.125.246)
You might want to change Prius and any other engine that is started and stopped while driving more often than 10,000 miles. This isn't Toyota recommendation, it was just my observation after having a .......

287: Inmate Central, RE: Ugh! Greeted today with blue screen of death (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-10-08, 08:22:33 (208.86.125.246)
Thank-you Abe, that is helpful. i'm going to end up with extra Apple hardware when I am done with this project, I will see how my wife likes a Mac. .......

288: Inmate Central, RE: Ugh! Greeted today with blue screen of death (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-10-07, 13:45:49 (208.86.125.246)
I switched my wife to LINUX years ago, maybe I should switch her to a Mac? I am curious about your experience. Do you use your Mac for development? While I write this, I am waiting on my Mac, 45 minut .......

289: Digital Drive, RE: Battery Operated (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-10-07, 13:18:10 (208.86.125.246)
I've fooled with batteries for a number of different things. SLA'a are fine if you don't mind the weight and you can get them in just about any capacity. Their worst feature is they are non linear wit .......

290: Vintage Asylum, RE: Sometimes it is best to get a tech if you do not have confidence. (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-10-06, 09:57:10 (208.86.125.246)
You won't have any problem getting it repaired in PR. The reason is that there has been a lot of electronic production done there. I did some work for BSB and GI in PR and they had a lot of very capab .......

291: Vintage Asylum, RE: Doesn't that receiver have pre out/main in on the back panel? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-10-06, 09:37:43 (208.86.125.246)
What was the resistance reading? How did you take the measurement? Meaning where exactly did you place the probes? .......

292: Tubes Asylum, RE: schematics (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-10-02, 17:37:51 (208.86.125.246)
You mentioned initial LED problem, I would first check the PS voltages. It is a separate LED supply which comes from the digital 5 volt supply. All you need to do it is a voltmeter. The supplies are .......

293: Inmate Central, RE: Bobcats (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-10-02, 10:54:28 (208.86.125.246)
Last year I was working on my bicycle outside, heard the weirdest animal noises I had ever heard. Turned out it was male bobcat trying to have sex with a female and she wanted to part of it. It was ab .......

294: Inmate Central, Bobcats (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-10-02, 10:06:30 (208.86.125.246)
I was looking for something else, came across this picture from earlier this year. .......

295: Inmate Central, RE: I don't care how late to the party, had to share Borat 2 Trailer (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-10-02, 10:04:31 (208.86.125.246)
And https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/09/borat-trump-debate-video/?utm_expid=.I2OkZS06Riahk3U0vrA5rQ.0&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F .......

296: Inmate Central, RE: Covid risk from Neanderthals (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-10-02, 09:34:45 (208.86.125.246)
Recent events show a concerning trans-species capability of this virus. .......

297: Inmate Central, RE: The now classic "Blue Highways" by William Moon, fits right in. (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-10-01, 09:43:28 (208.86.125.246)
I agree, that was a great book, along with another road trip book, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Repair. Also Karouac's On The Road. .......

298: Inmate Central, RE: There were plenty of females in the US when Steinbeck traversed the (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-10-01, 06:58:54 (208.86.125.246)
That was a great book, particularly for today's troubled times. .......

299: Tubes Asylum, RE: Audio research preamp broken (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-09-30, 10:59:49 (208.86.125.246)
I have a couple of older ARC preamps, an SP3 and SP11. I like working on equipment so when I have had problems with these I repair and update them myself. I haven't seen a problem that matched yours, .......

300: Vintage Asylum, RE: On or off? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-09-29, 12:38:25 (208.86.125.246)
I think that unit uses a Sharp LT022MC laser. They are only a few dollars, but there are some fakes out there so do some research before buying. It is a weird thing to replace because of the way that .......

301: Inmate Central, RE: If you have a modern car (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-09-29, 08:50:22 (208.86.125.246)
I have one too, along with OBD scanner so I do the registration myself. At one time I read about the specifics and my take was the risk to a replacement battery is minimal without registration. The ch .......

302: Inmate Central, RE: Question on 12 volt car batteries (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-09-29, 07:06:07 (208.86.125.246)
There is a voltage threshold that they say damage a lead acid battery. I think it is around 10.5 volts. Deep cycle batteries don't have that problem. It seemed like this has changed in the last 10 yea .......

303: Inmate Central, RE: Critters (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-09-27, 06:35:38 (208.86.125.246)
Sorry to hear you are having problems with them. 20 years ago, typical herd sizes here were about 15 - 20, now we only see a few of them at a time. The only real damage they do here is eating cactus b .......

304: Inmate Central, RE: Our son is in Peoria. (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-09-26, 17:34:25 (208.86.125.246)
You could suggest he get a bit farther out, either the White Tanks or north of Anthem on I17. There are lots of trails, just stay away from ones that are used a lot. Animals tend to be more active aro .......

305: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Puzzling problem with an Internet Connection to the TV............... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-09-26, 17:23:42 (208.86.125.246)
"And yes, I can log in and see the Wired TV Connection." Sometime, when the problem occurs and you aren't going to watch TV for a while, leave it like that and check the router connection status again .......

306: Inmate Central, RE: Critters (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-09-26, 14:01:03 (208.86.125.246)
Nice, we lived in San Antonio, around 1980. Used to go tubing in New Braunfels, nice place. .......

307: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Puzzling problem with an Internet Connection to the TV............... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-09-26, 11:52:00 (208.86.125.246)
You can get more information about the problem by logging into your router and viewing devices the next time you experience the problem. Another thing to try, is to unplug and plug back in the CAT cab .......

308: Inmate Central, RE: Where are you located Fred? (nt) (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-09-26, 11:29:39 (208.86.125.246)
We're a bit north of Phoenix, unincorporated area, altitude 2600 feet. .......

309: Inmate Central, RE: Critters (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-09-26, 10:18:30 (208.86.125.246)
We like Javelina, from our perspective the numbers are dropping. They are very affectionate with their young. When we had more of them visiting they would sleep in a group, with the babies crawling ov .......

310: Inmate Central, RE: Critters (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-09-26, 08:51:14 (208.86.125.246)
Sorry I tried to post more, but I keep timing out. .......

311: Inmate Central, RE: Critters (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-09-26, 08:42:30 (208.86.125.246)
More critters .......

312: Inmate Central, RE: Critters (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-09-26, 08:25:42 (208.86.125.246)
More critters .......

313: Inmate Central, RE: Critters (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-09-26, 08:08:01 (208.86.125.246)
More critters. .......

314: Inmate Central, RE: Critters (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-09-26, 08:06:39 (208.86.125.246)
More critters. .......

315: Inmate Central, Critters (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-09-26, 08:02:40 (208.86.125.246)
These pictures were taken last week with a game camera that faces a watering hole off of our kitchen deck. I don't know how to post multiple pictures in one message so I will post multiple messages .......

316: Inmate Central, RE: Braking was fairly simple. (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-09-25, 14:05:46 (208.86.125.246)
I believe that most car manufacturers are using QNX, at least the last I heard they had majority market share. QNX is an RTOS (real time operating system) that is phenomenally reliable. All modules ar .......

317: Inmate Central, RE: Hacking job sites (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-09-24, 12:57:20 (208.86.125.246)
Working as a contractor, you have your own single K, which is basically a 401K and you have a lot more control over how much you pay yourself in salary, invest, pay Social Security etc. I went through .......

318: Inmate Central, RE: Hacking job sites (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-09-24, 07:06:11 (208.86.125.246)
Have you considered working on a contract basis? I had an S-corp and did it for 30 years. One brief time, I had a contract that was delayed and I sent a project history to an IT contracting head hunti .......

319: Inmate Central, RE: Hacking job sites (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-09-24, 06:57:55 (208.86.125.246)
Paul Klipsch reportedly wouldn't hire fat people. .......

320: Inmate Central, RE: So, a friend asked me to go with him to look at an old home yesterday... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-09-23, 11:13:40 (208.86.125.246)
Interesting posts. We bought a house 25 years ago that we knew was going to be a maintenance nightmare. We worked on it for 6 months before moving in, doing things like having a road built to it, repl .......

321: Inmate Central, RE: Beautiful. We rarely see ours in daylight (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-09-23, 06:48:56 (208.86.125.246)
The picture I posted was shortly after he showed up for work, about 5:45 PM. I had been seeing him (or her) and a buddy in the early mornings, I would usually be up and around for a while, doing thing .......

322: Inmate Central, RE: Owl (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-09-21, 09:45:34 (208.86.125.246)
A friend had some owls in one of his workshops, where the doors were always open and there was wood stored and some tools. They would come every year and have their babies. I was in there using his ba .......

323: Inmate Central, RE: Owl (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-09-21, 08:31:00 (208.86.125.246)
Excellent! .......

324: Inmate Central, Owl (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-09-21, 06:31:31 (208.86.125.246)
This guy showed up early for work, about 6PM. A couple of them have been hanging around, have gotten pretty comfortable with us. .......

325: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: Finally.... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-09-18, 17:26:46 (208.86.125.246)
Congrats, I just saw this. .......

326: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: 300B Monoblock is STILL HUMMING.... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-09-18, 17:25:07 (208.86.125.246)
Sorry to hear PS caps didn't resolve it. I haven't read every post, are there pictures posted? If not, please post them. If it was me, and it was reasonably easy to do, I would run the PS lines from t .......

327: Tubes Asylum, Siemens & Halske E81CC 3- mica (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-09-15, 10:02:51 (208.86.125.246)
Per your recommendation, bought and am listening to Siemens & Halske E81CC 3- mica, very happy with how it sounds. Thank-you. .......

328: Tubes Asylum, RE: 12AT7 suggestions? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-09-12, 08:04:21 (208.86.125.246)
Bambi, Jon, Thank-you for the recommendations. Bambi, your experimentation is impressive. I come across your postings from time to time doing searches. It is nice to see you remain active on AA. ::: T .......

329: Inmate Central, RE: From Dusk to Dawn (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-09-09, 11:45:04 (208.86.125.246)
Excellent movie. .......

330: Tubes Asylum, RE: 12AT7 suggestions? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-09-08, 14:35:44 (208.86.125.246)
Thank-you for the suggestions. The Telefunken and the Sylvania sound the best of the ones that I have tried and not a lot of difference between them. .......

331: Tubes Asylum, RE: 12AT7 suggestions? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-09-08, 12:43:10 (208.86.125.246)
Al you are right, it is a cathode follower. But trying these tubes is to me, making a heck of a difference. It might in part be my system, ESl-63's, that tend to be very revealing, good and bad. ::: T .......

332: Tubes Asylum, 12AT7 suggestions? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-09-08, 12:14:46 (208.86.125.246)
I'm tube rolling the 12AT7 output stage in Scott 310E. I read a lot of the old posts and based on what I read, I just tried Telefunken 12at7, RCA 6201, Mullard CV4024 and Sylvania GB-6201. To me, the .......

333: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: DIY-HIFI Supply still sells Rubycon caps that go into this amp... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-09-02, 11:58:12 (208.86.125.246)
You'll fix it. I usually don't try to track down hum with a scope, the reason is that I usually see it everywhere. There are some exceptions. I mentioned before about jumping in electrolytics at the T .......

334: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: Still need a scope... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-09-02, 08:51:37 (208.86.125.246)
Scopes are handy to have around. What I use the most is a Fluke ScopeMeter. The portability is great. I have recently seen scopes of all kinds on CL at very good prices. I have also used PC scope plug .......

335: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: No switches in the signal path and Humm is being measured... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-09-01, 17:31:21 (208.86.125.246)
You shouldn't need a scope to troubleshoot the PS. The primary cause of hum are electrolytics that dry out. The easiest way to find the problem is to just jump each electrolytic with a known good one. .......

336: Inmate Central, RE: Ebikes = electric motor assisted pedaling. Anybody got one or tried one? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-09-01, 14:41:45 (208.86.125.246)
I went through an electric bike kick after I had knee surgery. The first thing I did was to add a Kollmorgen 1/2 HP brushless motor to a full suspension Specialized mountain bike. It had a conventiona .......

337: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: While everyone has the troubleshooting hat on... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-08-31, 10:10:34 (208.86.125.246)
Jump a known good cap across the electrolytics, one at a time. We used to do this at the TV shop I worked at, with the power on. But you get some arcing that way. .......

338: Inmate Central, Accessory for ghost of olddude55 (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-08-29, 06:47:25 (208.86.125.246)
In case you decide to spend a few days. .......

339: Inmate Central, RE: The stock markets. I just don't get it. (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-08-28, 11:32:20 (208.86.125.246)
I don't understand it either. A few thoughts about it, the majority of Americans do not substantially invest. Those that do, are the higher earners who the financial people believe are stockpiling mon .......

340: Vintage Asylum, Source for 3 pin RCA interconnect plugs? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-08-28, 10:39:10 (208.86.125.246)
I just picked up a PM-17 RCA tube console. It uses 3 pin plugs for auxiliary inputs and internally. Two pins are + each for each channel, the third the common ground. I have attached a picture of t .......

341: Radio Road, Scott 310E tweaks? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-08-26, 10:14:17 (208.86.125.246)
I just swapped in a Scott 310E, and I am wondering if anyone has any suggested tweaks. It is pretty much stock with the exception of some increased capacitance in the PS, and updated coupling caps. Th .......

342: Inmate Central, RE: Any Apple developers here? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-08-26, 10:11:34 (208.86.125.246)
Very cool, did you know the scope of what you were getting into it when you started? Is this a semi retirement thing for you or ? I wrote software on a contract basis for the last 30 years, I like asp .......

343: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: A few years back I went to Laughlin, NV.... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-08-25, 16:31:56 (208.86.125.246)
My wife keeps kitchen tongs in the bedroom, sees a scorpion, grabs it by the tail and tosses it out. One time she was taking a picture off the wall, felt something creepy and dropped it. It was a scor .......

344: Inmate Central, RE: "Yuppie Day!" Isn't one long past due? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-08-24, 13:58:06 (208.86.125.246)
Do they have this on the menu: .......

345: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Unusual problem - puzzle (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-08-24, 13:53:18 (208.86.125.246)
I liked the symptom, volume fading, then building, sometimes no sound at all for a period of time. In the pool, speakers are about 25 feet from each other, so it wasn't difficult to make out what it w .......

346: Inmate Central, RE: J.D. Power survey regarding tech in cars... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-08-24, 13:09:34 (208.86.125.246)
Most of the tech is transparent to the driver and excellent. I think QNX still has majority market share, which says a lot, it was a great choice. I saw BMW was up there in approval, I chose BMW based .......

347: Inmate Central, RE: Any Apple developers here? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-08-24, 12:57:31 (208.86.125.246)
Thanks Rod. In retrospect, objective C may have been a better choice, but only because it appears easier to find example code in objective C than Swift. The time has been mainly learning Apple's way o .......

348: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Unusual problem - puzzle (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-08-24, 12:31:31 (208.86.125.246)
Airtime, you're right that critters were involved. The original problem was a cold solder joint on a filament connection of the first tube in the amp. The volume would fade as the filament went out, a .......

349: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Unusual problem - puzzle (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-08-23, 17:58:45 (208.86.125.246)
I don't know if anyone else is going to like this, but I did. I have a system that drives 5 sets of speakers, mostly outdoors with switching, attenuators etc. Half the year, all of them are on, other .......

350: Inmate Central, Any Apple developers here? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-08-23, 17:42:08 (208.86.125.246)
I'm developing an Apple app, it is for the visually impaired, which tend to use Apple products, if they can use anything. This is my first experience with Swift and Apple's development environment. I' .......

351: Inmate Central, RE: Another reason to visit Colorado... :) (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-08-21, 13:42:08 (208.86.125.246)
Count me in. We have two friends that were hiking in the Superstitions on a warm day, he took his shirt off, wife said she wished she could do that, they hadn't seen anyone all morning. He encouraged .......

352: Inmate Central, RE: Beep Beep (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-08-19, 09:57:55 (208.86.125.246)
I doubt I will ever catch one, I have researched this thoroughly, ordered from Acme etc. If I ever did, I would relocate him/her at least 10 miles. I have relocated pack rats a few miles and they foun .......

353: Inmate Central, RE: Like an idiot, I fell off my bike yesterday... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-08-19, 06:27:25 (208.86.125.246)
We're on a hill, with a steep curvy driveway, some concrete, some GSA. I Used to ride every day, about once a year I would fall going down the driveway, when I would brake and the rear wheel would sli .......

354: Inmate Central, Beep Beep (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-08-19, 06:23:32 (208.86.125.246)
Anyone into roadrunners? We have too many of these guys. I've decided to try to catch some of them and relocate them. If you are ever bored, search, How to catch a Roadrunner. https://www.havahart. .......

355: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Anyone have a schematic for a Forte 4a amplifier? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-08-18, 16:46:49 (208.86.125.246)
You're doing great. With one channel being out, even if what you are doing doesn't get the channel working, you have the working channel to compare. You'll fix it. You might consider ordering replacem .......

356: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Anyone have a schematic for a Forte 4a amplifier? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-08-18, 10:04:05 (208.86.125.246)
I work on most stuff without a schematic. In some rare cases I have traced out part of a circuit. Whatever you are attempting, do not be put off for lack of a schematic, give it a shot. .......

357: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: McIntosh MA6200 Lost Left Channel (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-08-18, 10:00:52 (208.86.125.246)
I have a different view, give it a shot. One of my favorite things to do is to fix stuff. I usually don't care what it is, although I prefer it to be something I haven't worked on before. To give an i .......

358: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: I think my BAT Preamp died (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-08-16, 11:48:07 (208.86.125.246)
I work on a lot of equipment. About 90% of the time, it is something very simple. Same with availability of schematic, it is helpful, but most of the time not required. Worst case, I have had to trace .......

359: Inmate Central, RE: My old mountain bike is no light weight.... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-08-16, 11:37:31 (208.86.125.246)
I had a heavy (65 lbs) mountain bike and a light one (24 lbs). There was very little difference in effort between them. The light bike would lose inertia on the bumps, the heavy one maintained it. .......

360: Inmate Central, RE: Squirrels (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-08-09, 11:18:22 (208.86.125.246)
Animals have smaller brains, but they use them better. - Jan Van Der Wetering .......

361: Inmate Central, RE: Cool, but here's the one I want... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-08-07, 16:47:56 (208.86.125.246)
Beautiful .......

362: Inmate Central, RE: Curioua where it falls on the ? of dropping ... the US official line, or the truth (was unnecessary)? nt (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-08-07, 10:18:15 (208.86.125.246)
It is objective throughout. No spin. I read a book about Oppenheimer that was very critical of Truman. .......

363: Inmate Central, RE: I agree -- it is a tour de force (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-08-07, 06:14:49 (208.86.125.246)
I couldn't put it down. One time, my wife was going to lunch with some of her girlfriends, she came into my office, saw me reading Making of the atomic bomb. At lunch someone asked her, what's fred be .......

364: Inmate Central, RE: Making of the atomic bomb (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-08-06, 17:09:43 (208.86.125.246)
These guys will do better than I will: https://www.amazon.com/Making-Atomic-Bomb-Richard-Rhodes/dp/1451677618 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16884.The_Making_of_the_Atomic_Bomb .......

365: Digital Drive, RE: TDA 1543 and a Magnavox (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-08-06, 17:07:26 (208.86.125.246)
Yes, it is. .......

366: Digital Drive, RE: TDA 1543 and a Magnavox (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-08-06, 11:47:44 (208.86.125.246)
My 2 cents, the TDA1543 x 8 DAC's that are sold for about $200, are one of the best deals in HiFi. .......

367: Inmate Central, Making of the atomic bomb (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-08-06, 11:36:16 (208.86.125.246)
The book "Making of the atomic bomb", by Rhodes is one of the best books I have read. And I read a lot. .......

368: Inmate Central, RE: Bicycle dudes and sheilas; is a Brooks saddle worth the dough? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-08-06, 09:37:55 (208.86.125.246)
I rode every day until I got hurt. I looked at a picture of a Brooks saddle, if you are a guy, get one that is easy on your junk. https://www.google.com/search?q=bicycle+seats&rlz=1C1TSND_enUS412US41 .......

369: Inmate Central, RE: South Korea seems to be the most dynamic nation in east Asia (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-08-05, 16:45:23 (208.86.125.246)
After working there, I found the people were nice enough, but their business practices are very different than any other place that I have worked. I think some of the reasons they get away with it, is .......

370: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: Convert 9v linear ps to 5v (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-08-02, 08:38:41 (208.86.125.246)
7805's are noisy. But there are alternatives. This is one, but you can find some considerably less expensive. https://www.ldovr.com/Ultra-Low-Noise-Low-Dropout-Voltage-Regulator-p/lt3045-78xx.htm Try .......

371: Digital Drive, Naim CD players (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-08-01, 18:05:32 (208.86.125.246)
Does anyone have any idea what Naim did in their CD players to give them their unique sound? I saw one of the early Naim model sell in about an hour with the only description, PRAT in a box. And that .......

372: Inmate Central, RE: Tough day in the kitchen today (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-08-01, 11:08:24 (208.86.125.246)
I did it a few years ago, bought the cabinet doors here: https://www.cabinetdoors.com/ I picked them up in person, could not have been more impressed. .......

373: Inmate Central, RE: Solar has gotten very cheap in the past decade... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-07-30, 12:39:46 (208.86.125.246)
I installed solar about 14 years ago. I selected REC panels, silicon was grown in the US, panels were first made in Norway and then I believe Malaysia or maybe Singapore. And Enphase micro inverters. .......

374: Inmate Central, Good response (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-07-25, 17:37:47 (208.86.125.246)
That was well said. .......

375: Vintage Asylum, RE: Voltage readings (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-07-24, 08:56:55 (208.86.125.246)
Oh well. Good luck on the repair. Inspect carefully, my experience is that about half of problems have visual indications. I know I made a lot of different suggestions about how to diagnose the proble .......

376: Vintage Asylum, RE: Voltage readings (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-07-23, 13:37:43 (208.86.125.246)
Voltages sound ok, but surprised they are only using +/- 13 Volts. You have one big advantage, you have a working unit. I would use it for comparative anatomy, make measurements on both and look for d .......

377: Vintage Asylum, RE: Amp photos (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-07-23, 08:01:14 (208.86.125.246)
The power supply is sandwiched in there. I've worked on similar, this was my approach. I disassembled it, looking first for power supply test points. If they are there, or silk screened output connect .......

378: Vintage Asylum, RE: Troubleshooting suggestions for a subwoofer plate amp? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-07-22, 13:47:54 (208.86.125.246)
I did find this about the amplifier: "monitors the woofer's voice-coil condition in real-time" Were there any additional connections to the original woofer? .......

379: Vintage Asylum, RE: Troubleshooting suggestions for a subwoofer plate amp? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-07-22, 13:35:15 (208.86.125.246)
It doesn't sound like DC to speakers is the problem. Regarding bad output stage transistor, it is possible, but you will usually see DC or very weak, much distorted lower bass. Can you post some pictu .......

380: Vintage Asylum, RE: Troubleshooting suggestions for a subwoofer plate amp? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-07-22, 13:03:05 (208.86.125.246)
That's not too bad if the speaker is disconnected when you are measuring it. Was 28mv measured with woofer disconnected? And with woofer plugged in do you see the cone move in or out and stay there w .......

381: Vintage Asylum, RE: Troubleshooting suggestions for a subwoofer plate amp? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-07-22, 11:54:45 (208.86.125.246)
First thing is to see if it is feeding DC to the speaker. If you don't have a voltmeter, just watch the woofer, starting with amp powered off. If when you turn it on, with null input, does the speaker .......

382: Inmate Central, RE: And you thought... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-07-21, 11:13:18 (208.86.125.246)
It's hot here, took a friend sailing. The wind was light and steady. We tossed two lines from the stern, that we held on to being towed by the boat. When we had to adjust the course, we pulled up to t .......

383: Inmate Central, Has anyone tried Sony REON? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-07-17, 17:07:56 (208.86.125.246)
If anyone has tried a Sony REON, I'm wondering how well it works. .......

384: Inmate Central, RE: Iconic Datsun 240Z designer is dead at 86 (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-07-16, 16:55:53 (208.86.125.246)
I had a couple of them, good cars, especially with Koni's. I lived in snow country, the Koni's made it a surprisingly good car in the snow. .......

385: Inmate Central, RE: I don't believe in the supernatural but if I did... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-07-14, 17:09:50 (208.86.125.246)
I think someone mentioned ebay. That's where I buy tubes, and I always use slime brand, which already has puncture seal in the tube. .......

386: Speaker Asylum, RE: Outdoor Speaker for Projector (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-07-14, 17:07:04 (208.86.125.246)
We have 4 sets of outdoor speakers, various brands. The ones we like the best are sold by B&W. .......

387: Inmate Central, RE: Anyone do solar power on any kind of scale?... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-07-14, 12:02:09 (208.86.125.246)
I put solar in about 12 years ago. Prior to that I worked on the equipment that manufactures panels. At the time I did the installation, panels were about $2.15 per watt, inverters added about a $0.70 .......

388: Inmate Central, RE: FYI (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-07-13, 05:14:52 (208.86.125.246)
Well heck, I've been doing it wrong all these years. .......

389: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: Still a polyurethane snob but like this stuff (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-07-10, 16:51:39 (208.86.125.246)
I selected the same product because of the low VOC's. Everything I used it on has held up great, no yellowing, we are very happy with it. It is on some window sills, that get direct sun, for more than .......

390: Inmate Central, RE: The Churn (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-07-09, 14:49:12 (208.86.125.246)
Shouldn't be difficult to troubleshoot without a schematic. Timers like that, either 555 or RC network. If it is RC, the resistor has probably increased in resistance. Just trace back from however the .......

391: Inmate Central, RE: Now to something really important: cars. $130. For a diagnostic. (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-30, 17:22:22 (204.15.221.242)
Most auto part stores will scan your car for free, and give you a report with suggested parts to buy from them. Years ago I bought a disassembled Prius. It came with four OBD scanners. The cheap ones .......

392: General Asylum, RE: Really? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-26, 11:22:25 (204.15.221.242)
Thank-you, I will try it. I have Amazon lossless now, have tried Pandora, Tidal and Spotify. And I am back to listening to local classical station air waves. which to me sounds better than their strea .......

393: General Asylum, RE: Do high-end fanciers enjoy classical music the most? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-25, 17:08:21 (204.15.221.242)
I listen to classical more than anything. Over the years classical radio stations have gone away, and streaming services don't do a very good job with classical music. .......

394: Inmate Central, Will this looting ever stop? (nt).. (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-25, 06:59:51 (204.15.221.242)
nt .......

395: Inmate Central, RE: anyone here have any cool UFO/UAP/AAP stories???? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-22, 17:28:52 (204.15.221.242)
Great subject. I saw a show about UFO's when I was a kid. They interviewed a guy that said they took him for a ride and fed him flapjacks. I liked reading the blue book report and the other stuff avai .......

396: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Best place link to find an equivalent opamp? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-22, 07:20:26 (204.15.221.242)
I usually buy stuff like this from digikey, they are fast and low shipping costs. A lot of parts are selected, the ones with the better specs have a different part number or additional characters adde .......

397: Radio Road, RE: Sherwood S3000-V updates? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-21, 09:14:37 (204.15.221.242)
Geez do it, I am really surprised about this tuner. In a very positive way. .......

398: Radio Road, RE: Sherwood S3000-V updates? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-21, 06:02:32 (204.15.221.242)
Thank-you, timely, I have been wondering what I can do to increase the bass. I will try it today. .......

399: Radio Road, RE: Sherwood S3000-V updates? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-20, 20:58:09 (204.15.221.242)
Thank-you for the C73 suggestion. I didn't even see it, for obvious reasons. And you are correct, it was bad. And I understand why you put some high end components, what a pleasant surprise. Thanks-ag .......

400: Radio Road, RE: Sherwood S3000-V updates? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-20, 20:53:11 (204.15.221.242)
This is up there for the best $100 I have ever spent. .......

401: Inmate Central, RE: This is how my Saturday is going (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-20, 20:50:50 (204.15.221.242)
Thank-you to anyone posting concern. We didn't feel all that threatened with this. The weather is stable, with afternoon winds blowing the fire away from us. But geez what an air show, which got very .......

402: Inmate Central, RE: This is how my Saturday is going (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-20, 16:30:15 (204.15.221.242)
I got a somewhat better picture. .......

403: Inmate Central, RE: the Bighorn fire, I assume? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-20, 13:36:25 (204.15.221.242)
No it's not. It is the central fire that started about 90 minutes ago. This is the fourth fire near us this year they have fought with that DC10. Someone near here planted globe chamomile a few years .......

404: Inmate Central, This is how my Saturday is going (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-20, 13:21:40 (204.15.221.242)
Sorry, not a very good picture. Been in AZ close to 40 years, this is worst fire season I have seen. I took this picture from my deck about 10 minutes ago. .......

405: Inmate Central, RE: Hi Airtime, how active are they fighting the fire? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-20, 06:17:47 (204.15.221.242)
Looks like it quieted down last night, and/or they are getting it under control. I think AA moved this thread to central. I initially posted to amp/preamp because I know you post there. .......

406: Radio Road, RE: Sherwood S3000-V updates? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-18, 17:34:42 (204.15.221.242)
Thank-you, I appreciate it. I can see a lot of what you have done. I'm surprised at how well this simple tuner sounds. I'm going to follow your fine example. .......

407: Inmate Central, RE: Hi Airtime, how active are they fighting the fire? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-18, 10:40:20 (204.15.221.242)
Here, it is the Globe Chamomile that is a significant part of the fuel. It just showed up around here a couple of years ago. It is from South Africa, someone planted it near here and it has taken over .......

408: Inmate Central, RE: Hi Airtime, how active are they fighting the fire? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-18, 05:53:46 (204.15.221.242)
Not something we want to see. They are good at protecting structures. We have been here a long time, and this is one of the worst years for brush fires. The Cave Creek Fire Complex, back around 2005 t .......

409: Inmate Central, RE: Have you hugged your rock today? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-17, 10:03:54 (204.15.221.242)
These guys (spiny lizards) to some extent take on the color of their surroundings. Not a drastic change, but they look different from different angles and blend in well. .......

410: Inmate Central, RE: Have you hugged your rock today? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-17, 09:21:38 (204.15.221.242)
This is a different lizard, same species. .......

411: Inmate Central, RE: Have you hugged your rock today? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-17, 09:03:07 (204.15.221.242)
Excellent! .......

412: Inmate Central, RE: The Cereus / Queen of the Night is known not only for it's beautiful flower... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-17, 07:07:41 (204.15.221.242)
Thank-you, I didn't know that. We have another one that bloomed last night, your post got me out there to smell it. It is a nice fragrance. .......

413: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Hi Airtime, how active are they fighting the fire? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-17, 06:53:49 (204.15.221.242)
Airtime I bet you have a heck of a view of the fire. I believe the Bush fire started the same day as a fire in Cave Creek that destroyed some homes. The main firefighting resource is the leased DC1 .......

414: Inmate Central, Hi Airtime, how active are they fighting the fire? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-17, 06:53:49 (204.15.221.242)
Airtime I bet you have a heck of a view of the fire. I believe the Bush fire started the same day as a fire in Cave Creek that destroyed some homes. The main firefighting resource is the leased DC1 .......

415: Inmate Central, Have you hugged your rock today? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-17, 06:41:03 (204.15.221.242)
Due to my reptilian nature, I have an affinity for these guys. We feed these guys from the pool where we are nothing but heads. Couple of nights ago my wife set down a baggie with blueberries, he r .......

416: Radio Road, Sherwood S3000-V updates? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-16, 12:33:34 (204.15.221.242)
I just bought a Sherwood S3000-V. I replaced the electrolytics, and am currently listening to it. It sounds pretty good, not as good as Scott 310E, but I haven't even aligned it yet. Does anyone have .......

417: Inmate Central, Queen of the night (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-16, 09:25:24 (204.15.221.242)
This year's, first bloom on night blooming cereus, also known as queen of the night. Picture was taken about 6:30 this morning, as it was starting to close. I planted the cactus last year as a cutt .......

418: Digital Drive, RE: Really? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-15, 09:24:07 (204.15.221.242)
Sorry I was going on about my earlier post/suggestion which is to just use the CD player as a transport which sends digital output to an external DAC. Because DAC's have gotten better/cheaper and have .......

419: Digital Drive, RE: CD drives of CD players (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-15, 08:57:11 (204.15.221.242)
Thank-you, I didn't know about this unit. The AR tube(s) in the power supply, probably rectifier and/or regulator. It will clean up the analog output stage, digital being digital, the tubes won't aff .......

420: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: Williamson revisited (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-14, 09:45:44 (204.15.221.242)
I agree, and I bought quite a few of the old KT66's, with the same result. It's funny but that is how I got into the Williamson conversion. I found a pair of very good Genelax KT66's in a Heathkit W5M .......

421: General Asylum, RE: Not so fast, Jay! Some of us classical music lovers (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-13, 17:21:55 (204.15.221.242)
That's why I still fool with tuners, KBAQ in Phoenix. I have had Pandora, Tidal, Spotify and Amazon, all premium. The sound is good but none have classical selection that compare to KBAQ. I don't know .......

422: General Asylum, RE: respectfully disagree re Radio Road (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-13, 06:31:53 (204.15.221.242)
I second this, don't overlook obsolete inmates like myself. My latest tube tuner arrived yesterday. .......

423: Inmate Central, RE: Texas and Arizona are both scary... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-13, 06:30:06 (204.15.221.242)
I live in AZ. I watched our Governor give a presentation yesterday on how he plans to tackle the problem. His solution is to put more beds in the hospitals - sheer genius. .......

424: Digital Drive, RE: CD drives of CD players (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-11, 21:42:39 (204.15.221.242)
Thanks Abe, I didn't know that. .......

425: Digital Drive, RE: CD drives of CD players (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-11, 17:50:43 (204.15.221.242)
Good questions. SS vs tube, that's an easy one. Only thing that is tube is last stage, basically a buffer. I'm a tube guy but I would only get one if I was directly driving amplifier or a passive prea .......

426: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: Williamson revisited (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-11, 11:22:22 (204.15.221.242)
I'm using RCA black plate 6L6GC's. I compared them with the original Genelax KT66's in Quad II's and they sounded quite a bit better. I'm really glad I did this, surprised me, beat the sound of Marant .......

427: General Asylum, RE: FM Table radio (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-11, 11:17:32 (204.15.221.242)
Proton made some good ones. They are getting older, maybe you can find one in good shape. .......

428: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: Williamson revisited (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-08, 15:23:23 (204.15.221.242)
Square waves look good. I ordered a pot to adjust feedback. I have been listening to them driving ESL-63's, they sound good. The bass is particularly good, I'm glad I did this. .......

429: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: Williamson revisited (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-07, 13:10:44 (204.15.221.242)
I have both amps working, I left Peerless transformer in one amp. Do you have any suggestions for selecting feedback resistance and maybe capacitance? I measured frequency response linearity, the amp .......

430: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: Williamson revisited (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-06, 06:45:31 (204.15.221.242)
Could you post the schematic you used? Schematic here is what I used. Thank-you for mentioning your coupling capacitor experience. I used a combination of PIO's and film coupling capacitors. I will .......

431: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: Williamson revisited (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-05, 17:29:24 (204.15.221.242)
I'm doing something similar, converting Heathkit W5M to Radio Craftsman 500 circuit, both of which are Williamson designs. I found some OPT 12Kohm transformers from the 50's that were originally shipp .......

432: Inmate Central, LOTD (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-04, 20:38:08 (204.15.221.242)
I posted this guy last year, Floyd. His armor is something, worth zooming in on. .......

433: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: Solder Recommendation (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-03, 17:44:20 (204.15.221.242)
Thank-you one and all. I just ordered some. .......

434: Inmate Central, RE: Got a Medicare question for you olddudes... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-03, 16:39:22 (204.15.221.242)
You're getting these mixed answers because it isn't always straight forward. I helped a friend of my wife's sign up at the age of 70. The only reason she didn't have medicare was that she was intimida .......

435: Tube DIY Asylum, Solder Recommendation (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-03, 10:25:22 (204.15.221.242)
I'm looking for recommendations for type of solder to buy. A spool of solder lasts me a long time, last time I bought one, 60/40 resin core solder seemed to be what everyone used. I work on maybe 70% .......

436: Vintage Asylum, RE: Dynaco Pas Hum (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-01, 09:52:55 (204.15.221.242)
You could try high resistance resistors (5 MOhm minimum) wiper to pot ends see if it reduces the pop. The idea is to bleed whatever DC exists on the .02 and .002 caps. .......

437: Vintage Asylum, RE: Dynaco Pas Hum (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-01, 08:06:24 (204.15.221.242)
This is the only schematic I have. I did a google search and found this: "Note that the PAS 3X incorporates special tone control potentiometers which are automatically bypassed when set to the cent .......

438: Inmate Central, RE: Guessing we should appreciate the freedoms we still enjoy... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-01, 07:30:03 (204.15.221.242)
Huh, limited to our households. My sister and my dog are starting to look pretty good. .......

439: Vintage Asylum, RE: Dynaco Pas Hum (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-06-01, 07:26:46 (204.15.221.242)
"On the newer Dynaco Pas" I looked at the original PAS schematic, if your unit is different than this, please post schematic. .......

440: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Dynaco PAS restoration/hum issues (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-31, 17:44:38 (204.15.221.242)
There is a post in Vintage, last few days. The problem was hum in a PAS3. The person with the problem had a great starting point. He measured AC and DC voltages on the tubes and posted them. Expected .......

441: Vintage Asylum, RE: Dynaco Pas Hum (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-31, 13:18:58 (204.15.221.242)
One thing they are both connected to is pin 6 of the selector switch. I think you mentioned it is new? Is that correct? If not, you could try cleaning the selector switch. Or before you turn the trebl .......

442: Vintage Asylum, RE: Dynaco Pas Hum (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-31, 10:52:04 (204.15.221.242)
And it is when you actually turn it, not when you just touch it? Here is my thinking, if it is when you first touch it, I would suggest grounding the case of the pot. With it being when you first turn .......

443: Vintage Asylum, RE: Dynaco Pas Hum (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-31, 09:49:31 (204.15.221.242)
You could try cleaning the treble pot, with deoxit or similar. And give it some time to work. My experience with deoxit is that it takes a while to work. Turn the control as you spray it, but don't as .......

444: Digital Drive, RE: Dacs Dacs and More Dacs (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-30, 07:44:09 (204.15.221.242)
I tried some DAC's every few years, didn't find anything I really liked until a few years ago. Now I'm using a PS Audio NuWave and Schiit Grungnir, I like them both. The Grungnir I was allowed to try, .......

445: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Best Preamps -Transcendent Sound grounded grid (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-30, 07:29:20 (204.15.221.242)
My experience was different. It is probably system synergy. I found the GG OK. I did put in some high end caps, and a few other things and it helped it a bit. I replaced it with an AR SP11 Mark II, wh .......

446: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Alas, I'm still trying to get my built (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-30, 07:24:01 (204.15.221.242)
Post here, what you find, if you get stuck. Someone will help. .......

447: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Best Preamps Of The Last 25 Years. (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-30, 07:22:28 (204.15.221.242)
Which Audio Research preamp did you have? .......

448: Inmate Central, RE: Please do explain--a legitimate question, because... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-30, 07:18:19 (204.15.221.242)
When I read your post the first thing I thought, I bet he is white, and he appears to be a racist. Difficult to do anything about your color, you might consider working on the other. .......

449: Vintage Asylum, RE: Dynaco Pas Hum (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-30, 07:06:36 (204.15.221.242)
That's a big help. The designer probably assumed stock phono board, which has pin 9 grounded. Leave unit powered off 10 minutes or so no chance of accidental capacitor discharge (shock). Check resista .......

450: Vintage Asylum, RE: Dynaco Pas Hum (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-29, 21:20:47 (204.15.221.242)
That is helpful, he means that ground needs to be there, same as the original circuit. The heater doesn't float. Look at the phono board, follow the trace from pin 9 on the two tubes. It should lead .......

451: Vintage Asylum, RE: Dynaco Pas Hum (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-29, 16:58:28 (204.15.221.242)
The ground for the heater supply isn't connected to the star ground. That is why you measured 95VDC on pin 4. If you connect that ground, you won't have a ground loop because it is the only one connec .......

452: Vintage Asylum, RE: Dynaco Pas Hum (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-29, 16:18:38 (204.15.221.242)
I just looked at some other preamp schematics, they all have the ground shared between the heater and B+ supplies, the same way the PAS3 was with the original power supply. If you like you could e-mai .......

453: Vintage Asylum, RE: Dynaco Pas Hum (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-29, 14:58:18 (204.15.221.242)
"pin 4 is 95 DC. Pin 5 is the same @ 95 DC and 10.7 AC" Is this left channel or right channel or are they both the same? The heater doesn't need to share a ground with B+ which may explain some of .......

454: Vintage Asylum, RE: Dynaco Pas Hum (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-29, 13:54:17 (204.15.221.242)
Hi Mark, I hope all is well with you. Rudes posted a PS board schematic above. The PS board only has diodes for the heaters, which is a separate winding. The B+ winding is fed to the rectifier tube .......

455: Vintage Asylum, RE: Dynaco Pas Hum (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-29, 12:51:51 (204.15.221.242)
I like unusual problems. I hope you aren't getting too frustrated with this: "pin 4 10 AC 95 DC" - This is weird, did you mean 9.5VDC? I suggest you re-measure this. If you are still seeing unexpected .......

456: Vintage Asylum, RE: Dynaco Pas Hum (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-29, 10:43:17 (204.15.221.242)
The ACV you are seeing to pin 6 (plate) is what you are hearing. 0VAC from 4 to 5 shows it isn't coming from the heater. But the earlier DC voltage measurement pin 4: "Only thing is on pin 4 on 12AX7 .......

457: Vintage Asylum, RE: Dynaco Pas Hum (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-28, 16:16:51 (204.15.221.242)
"I have 23v dc across F+ & F- and 11.2 at pins 4-5" Is that 11.2VDC from 4 to 5? I recall you had measured pin 4, at 6 volts, referenced to ground. Has this changed? What are the DCV measurements at 4 .......

458: Vintage Asylum, RE: Dynaco Pas Hum (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-28, 13:13:54 (204.15.221.242)
Cool, thanks, verify 24VDC across F+ and fF-, if it is twice that, it is your problem. Then the two 12AX7's are wired with heaters in series as shown in the schematic, so you need to trace that out. W .......

459: Vintage Asylum, RE: Dynaco Pas Hum (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-28, 11:43:15 (204.15.221.242)
"Heater wires to board...11v AC to ground. 22v DC across." That's the hum you are hearing. Do you have a schematic for the PS board? If not, just follow the wires back, it should take you to one or tw .......

460: Vintage Asylum, RE: Dynaco Pas Hum (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-28, 09:49:19 (204.15.221.242)
Good catch. You should probably check this, I believe 12AX7 pin 4 is a heater connection. If that's the case, what does it look like with a scope? Or what is the AC and DC voltages to center tap (prob .......

461: General Asylum, RE: Anybody have suggestions re: getting fairly large packages delivered to end of dead end street? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-27, 15:38:16 (204.15.221.242)
Good luck, you're going to need it. We live on a hill, steep road some of which is gravel to get here. UPS, Fedex etc., can make it up here, but they don't like it. Their packages all end up against t .......

462: Inmate Central, RE: SO true! (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-27, 10:06:05 (204.15.221.242)
Thank-you, I will forward your post to the assisted living place where my mother is, which is located in a small town in Indiana. 1/3 of the residents there have COVID-19. I'm sure your posting will g .......

463: Tubes Asylum, RE: Marantz 8B with Bob Hovland Mods? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-25, 08:28:25 (204.15.221.242)
Those are great speakers. I'm a B&W fan, I bet that would be a good amp for those. Sounds like you are having fun with this. I have powered subs, so bass wasn't a concern for me. I did save the origin .......

464: Inmate Central, RE: You are amazingly delusional... nt (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-24, 13:19:45 (204.15.221.242)
It might be delusional, but it is accurate. .......

465: Tubes Asylum, RE: Marantz 8B with Bob Hovland Mods? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-24, 13:13:19 (204.15.221.242)
What speaks are you trying the amps with? Here is some 8B trivia, hopefully correct, that has helped to make the 8B collectible. Sid Smith wound the prototype transformers. Marantz liked them, sent th .......

466: Tubes Asylum, RE: Marantz 8B with Bob Hovland Mods? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-24, 11:26:41 (204.15.221.242)
I'm a fan of the 8B. The answers are correct, make changes to an 8B and it (usually) reduces its resale value. But it also makes it sound better. No idea what Hovland changes are, but typical update i .......

467: Inmate Central, RE: The Ultimate Covid Virus Treatment (from last week!) (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-23, 06:17:28 (204.15.221.242)
I don't have any way to tell how well they work, but I put UVC in my air ducts about 10 year ago and bought another one to disinfect packages in January. At the time they were selling for about $80 on .......

468: Speaker Asylum, A new low in speaker technology (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-23, 06:12:43 (204.15.221.242)
https://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/ele/d/phoenix-poop-emoji-bluetooth-speaker/7128972438.html .......

469: Speaker Asylum, RE: Clements ribbon tweeters diaphragms (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-22, 08:11:09 (204.15.221.242)
Last I heard he was here in Phoenix AZ, search Solus Clements Speakers Phoenix AZ .......

470: Computer Audio Asylum, RE: Finally got a 256GB micro SD card for my Raspberry Pi (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-19, 11:55:11 (204.15.221.242)
VNC is another good option. .......

471: Inmate Central, RE: Did the car, and it's never needed done since. However... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-18, 07:24:45 (204.15.221.242)
Sometimes it is just the low side shrader valve. The cap is also important on the shrader valve. Most have a sealing gasket in them, need to be tight and replaced along with the valve. .......

472: Tube DIY Asylum, RE: Merging the Sound Processor into a tube mic preamp (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-17, 08:10:38 (204.15.221.242)
There are a lot of inexpensive mixers out there, that support different levels. I used one to mix a mic with line level TV and Alexa so my hard of hearing mother could hear when someone was talking to .......

473: Tubes Asylum, RE: diagnostics help (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-16, 12:34:22 (204.15.221.242)
How much are you willing to get into diagnosing the problem? Someone mentioned tube sockets, with amp on, you can wriggle the tubes see if wriggling one tube causes the crackling. If so, could be loo .......

474: Tubes Asylum, RE: Phase inverter tube choice question (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-16, 07:35:01 (204.15.221.242)
I agree with you about EL84 amps. I have some Heathkit UA2's I really like and a couple of EL84 integrated amps. Unfortunately my speakers do better with more power. What speakers do you like with the .......

475: Tubes Asylum, RE: Phase inverter tube choice question (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-15, 11:20:33 (204.15.221.242)
My experience with KT66's was with Quad II amps. I found some original Genelex KT66's and wasn't impressed. I tried some 6l6gc black plates and the difference was significant. If you do replace your a .......

476: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Belles Model Two Schematic ? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-14, 16:31:26 (204.15.221.242)
That's a good point. I forgot to mention that you need to tell them to use the same component that has failed. Not a substitute. If for some reason the original isn't available, you may have to get in .......

477: Digital Drive, RE: The safe short answer is to ask Schiit. My answer is NO because.... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-14, 14:47:13 (204.15.221.242)
Abe also answered a second question, which is could you come up with a better supply? The answer is yes, the 78, 79 regulators are pretty noisy. I just ordered some LT3045's which are low noise regula .......

478: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Belles Model Two Schematic ? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-14, 14:38:27 (204.15.221.242)
I wouldn't be put off about no schematic. Most repairs you don't need one, occasionally I have run into odd problems and had to sketch part of the circuit, but that is rare. What is it doing (or not d .......

479: Inmate Central, RE: It's hill assist I'm after more than anything. (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-14, 14:31:27 (204.15.221.242)
Most electric motors have a lot of torque, some of the early wheel motors were the exception. I had the Kollmorgen motor geared down a bit, riding it, it feels like it could climb a tree. I stopped a .......

480: Tubes Asylum, RE: Phase inverter tube choice question (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-14, 09:11:56 (204.15.221.242)
The problem is the non-linearity of the 12au7. Previously I changed out 12au7's with Tungsram E80CC. It wasn't until recently I found more improvement with 6SN7's. Maybe it is something with your app .......

481: Inmate Central, RE: Any of you wise guys/girls have any experience with E-bikes? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-14, 08:16:26 (204.15.221.242)
I got into this after I had knee surgery. It allowed me to control the stress on my knee as I recovered, and it was fun. The first one, I used a Specialized full suspension bike and added a Kollmorgen .......

482: Tubes Asylum, RE: Phase inverter tube choice question (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-13, 10:21:54 (204.15.221.242)
6SN7GTB using socket adapter is another good option. .......

483: Tubes Asylum, RE: Phase inverter tube choice question (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-13, 06:52:40 (204.15.221.242)
6SN7GTB using socket adapter is another good option. .......

484: Tweakers' Asylum, 5V battery PS? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-10, 06:48:14 (204.15.221.242)
I would like to try powering a DAC from a battery. Any suggestions of low noise regulation to provide 5V from SLA (6V) or LiPo (7.5V)? Thank-you. .......

485: Inmate Central, RE: BMW? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-08, 09:52:14 (204.15.221.242)
The biggest reason to register is if the replacement battery is not the same as the old one in either AH capacity or if one is AGM and the other standard lead acid. The link was correct in that it doe .......

486: Inmate Central, RE: BMW? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-07, 12:04:06 (204.15.221.242)
Also BMW, FOB pulls apart to expose a key like thing to get into the trunk. I know this is only for some BMW's, don't know about other models. .......

487: General Asylum, RE: Nothing Happened (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-05, 09:02:37 (204.15.221.242)
There is another school of thought on this. I have no idea which is correct. The problem that some players address is jitter. MSB does it by regenerating the clock after the data is read and stored. O .......

488: General Asylum, RE: Try more expensive cardboard... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-05, 08:47:38 (204.15.221.242)
Good point, sounds like a market opportunity, audiophile cardboard. .......

489: Inmate Central, Rattler (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-03, 13:19:11 (204.15.221.242)
Sorry for the poor picture quality. This little rattler showed up the other evening, was fun watching the birds mess with it. .......

490: General Asylum, RE: I have generally been much like you guys, with (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-02, 12:39:31 (204.15.221.242)
I looked the unit up, it uses a Sony laser. There are lasers for it on ebay for $15 - $200. The most common problem with this unit are the belts. .......

491: General Asylum, RE: I have generally been much like you guys, with (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-02, 10:29:44 (204.15.221.242)
I'm the other end of the spectrum, I look for used broken equipment because I like to fix it. I recently repaired some CD players, one was a Carver player with a tube output stage. The spindle motor .......

492: Inmate Central, RE: Maybe just make fat people stay home (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-05-02, 10:13:06 (204.15.221.242)
Better to look at the positive aspects: https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/alex-jones-cannibalism-covid-19-183205354.html .......

493: Inmate Central, RE: OMG. I thought it was a freekin' joke. Clorox?1?1 (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-04-24, 09:38:25 (204.15.221.242)
I tried swallowing my UVC lights, but it was hard to do when laughing. .......

494: Inmate Central, Anyone using UVC to kill virus? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-04-23, 08:49:17 (204.15.221.242)
I've been using UVC to disinfect? I don't see a lot about it, so i'm hesitant to suggest it to friends. I did find these images of UVC being used to disinfect buses in China. .......

495: Digital Drive, RE: Best Sub $1000 DAC ? (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-04-21, 07:20:24 (204.15.221.242)
I have a Gungnir, haven't heard any of the others. I did try some other DAC's and found system synergy to be an important factor. I bought the Gungnir for one system and ended up using it on a differe .......

496: Inmate Central, Important Tutorial (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-04-19, 08:32:38 (204.15.221.242)
This is a public service announcement: https://youtu.be/U4c5eo_3-y0 .......

497: Inmate Central, RE: What the Russians are "hoarding" during the pandemic... (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-04-19, 08:31:05 (204.15.221.242)
They are just being practical, it is cheaper than toilet paper. .......

498: Digital Drive, RE: CD drive problem with Cary CD308T player (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-04-18, 07:31:06 (204.15.221.242)
This is the one I bought: https://www.ebay.com/itm/VAM1202-12-New-Optical-Pickup-Laser-Lens-with-Mechanism-CDM12-1-VAM12-1-HS824/143477113117?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 .......

499: Digital Drive, RE: CD drive problem with Cary CD308T player (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-04-17, 11:53:08 (204.15.221.242)
Suggest you change the whole thing, takes about 5 minutes. I was really surprised to find them new, sealed for $28. .......

500: Digital Drive, RE: CD drive problem with Cary CD308T player (0.00)
Posted by fredtr on 2020-04-17, 11:00:03 (204.15.221.242)
I just replaced this drive in someones transport. The Philips drive is available new on ebay for $28. .......

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