JimJ

Looks like I'll be dropping that course, so I won't have an exam that day. I'll be there.

Hey, as long as I don't have to read Smith charts or do complex impedances I'm OK with it The ins and outs of transmission line/balun theory is a monumental pain in the ass to me for some reason...

$1500 is more doable, at least that way you could build some speakers and have some options for amplification...

A 72" TV can't be cheap. Using that with it would be laughable, IMO...you might as well get decent sound to go with it, otherwise, meh...

Totally depends on how things integrate...sometimes lots of power is needed to get the desired midbass response, other times it has the effect of flattening the sound stage and making things sound worse. If you're running active, the specific amount of power used is almost meaningless anyway because there's likely to be big differences in the amount of power the tweets, midranges and/or midbasses are getting. More is not always better.

I've noticed shit smells pretty much the same everywhere, too. Except perhaps in the bathroom of an Indian or Mexican restaurant.

Only 1/3 of those exist...

Yep Bingo. Geek-speak for it is a "tank circuit" and when tuned to the desired harmonic, it accepts that frequency and rejects others. Back in the '20s and '30s a bunch of people came up with different circuits to do the same thing (Hartley/Colpitts/Armstrong oscillators, etc, etc) but they're all just variations on the same LC circuit theme with different numbers of caps or inductors.

When you find one, let me know You could always go the Rockbox route with an Ipod that size...although I'm not sure how easy it is to transfer files back and forth with that.

Going to be a long night tonight. Sleep is not looking good.

lol. I looked into building a Zen amplifer a while back and I was looking at below 10% efficiency! What would be a guesstimate for tube amp efficiency? I never really though about it? The theoretical maximum for a true Class A1 amp (tube or solid state for that matter) is 25%...I haven't put a clamp meter on the monoblocks yet but I'd be surprised if they were above 20%. Push/pull amps are significantly more efficient. Something like a Dynaco ST70 actually runs pretty cool, while I wouldn't suggest touching the tubes in use the transformers don't get anywhere near as hot as in a SET, for example Actually, some of the most efficient amps in the world are Class C amps that may use tubes, the problem is that without specifically tuned circuits they're prone to all sorts of distortion and nasty harmonics, and such can be only used for very narrow bandwidth applications...mostly RF transmission.

60% efficiency is pretty good compared to what I'm used to

Well...given enough power to run it, I would say efficiency usually means squat, as there are extremely nice amplifiers that have horrendously low efficiency ratings

Yep, our business school is lazy and doesn't do anything on the national level to get exposure, basically

What about bullet tweeters or piezo horns?

It means that out of all the power consumed by the amp, 20% of it is wasted as heat. I don't exactly know what you mean by what you're asking, you size the electrical system according to the current draw - which is a direct result of the efficiency of the amp - and the voltage drop.

I missed that part in the quote

Cargo van...

Not like I can do anything about it. And the bad spelling could be anyone. Although the fact that it's not "yoor" or something like that might rule out LB...

From who, from who...pwwwease

I don't have a trunk, but if I did I'm pretty sure the dead hookers would end conversations just as well. ...But the USAmps of late is not the USAmps of old. I'd much rather run the older stuff...

They could wish that originated there...most of what's there are just regurgitations of 'net fads found elsewhere

I put up a 10-day auction, and I already get a bidder in 20 minutes after I posted it. This should be interesting.

Time for some lunch.

Aaron's already brought his...we ain't skurred...