About twenty years ago a fellow who wrote DIY articles for one of the UK audio mags, maybe his name was Andy Bland, made a joke: "Which end of the resistor is positive?" The magazine got a lot of replies from people claiming to be qualified in electronics telling him which end of the resistor is positive... The internet is a *lot* like that. Except more so. Andre Jute Visit Jute on Amps at...

New articles on The KISS Amp site 20 August 2006 Revised -- Why there is no negative feedback in The KISS Amp http://members.lycos.co.uk/fiultra/KISS%20123%20by%20Andre%20Jute.htm New article -- ZFNB: Religious imperative or manner of speaking? http://members.lycos.co.uk/fiultra/KISS%20104%20by%20Andre%20Jute.htm Front page of Jute on Amps, inded of articles and schematics:

Hello, perhaps someone out there can help me - some years ago I purchased a hifi setup which relative to other kit I listened to sounded good. It was a Restek CD, Pre-amp and monoblocs, along with some Dynaudio Craft speakers. The sound was improved with some quality cardas golden cross leads and a Townshend seismic sink. My problem is this, when demo-ing speaker cables a friend who worked in a...

Robert Morein said: Graham, I always suspected you were unbalanced. Thanks for confirming as much. You are a world-affairs idiot. In addition, 1. You have bad manners 2 You have bad attitude. 3. You're a conspiracy wacko. 4. You comport yourself in an ugly and disgusting manner. Perhaps you're better drunk.

Hey, Does anyone know there is such thing as a a wireless stereo phono (basicly a stereo phono cable wireless!!) If so where can i buy one. Thanks Chris

Hi, I have been offline from this group for a while, but would appreciate some advice on restoring a stock Dynaco ST70 for use in the UK. Thanks, David

David Houpt sent me this link direct: https://secure.wilmslow-audio.co.uk/acatalog/Fostex_Flat_Pack_Cabinets.html and I think it would be of interest to one or two here - FR speakers made easy!! Loopy value if you ask me - by the time you have bought the board and the machinery to work it (if you didn't already have it) you would soon be up this sort of money.

Hi I am looking for a Hi-Fi dealer that stocks Micromega products in the UK? (I've checked the micromega.co.uk website but both contact addresses don't work. They have a short list of dealers, but looking them up on the net, they don't seem to have anything but high end products, if they have them at all. I am looking for the low end stuff, A60 Amp, CD player, Tuner, or the three unit...

Chris Hornbeck "I expect a black silence that is almost as violent as laughter." - Jean Cocteau, 1932 Jean Cocteau? Cocteau? Ah, I got him, the fellow who got to be famous for dying on the same day as the Sparrow of France, Edith Piaf. Well, I guess that qualifies him as enough of a celebrity to get onto Big Brother. Andre "Street Cred" Jute

I have a Sony separate stereo setup. I'm not an expert in setting it up, and would like any comments that could be offered. I acquired it from a junk skip where someone had dumped it purely because one of the sound channels was down, but upon inspection it turned out to be a broken track where the headphone socket fixes to the board. With a little care and a lot of soldering experience, I...

I am planning on moving in the next couple of years, so the wife and I have been discussing houses. Of course I want a room dedicated to music - just what is the ideal size room? My speaker manual suggests I need the speakers X cm from the rear and side walls, but what about space around the listener? Should there be the same amount of space behind the listening position, as between the...

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mike said: Hi And Thank you Sander. I went through the portal already. Many broken links. 95% of the kits available are flea powered SE. Some one out there must be designing and selling el34 or kt88 based amps that do not cost more than already made amps. I can buy PrimaLuna Prolouge six's or seven mono amps for less than most kits I have seen.

Esther Lamandier: L'Esprit de Dieu et les Prophetes Alienor AL1061 (distr Harmonia Mundi) These are a capella renditions of the words in Hebrew of the Old Testament, according to Suzanne Haik-Vantoura's reconstruction of how the Rabbis of old sang them. Andre Jute Visit Jute on Amps at http://members.lycos.co.uk/fiultra/ "wonderfully well written and reasoned information

I would love to build my own HiFi Amp. Actually Powers amps, maybe valve. I've had a quick Amazon search and Google search and found a few articles but I wondered if anyone had bought and used a book, or followed any particular plans. Id like to maybe Bi-Amp and defo Bi-Wire

Arny's slipped up and replied to one of my posts in a direct email. I have transported it here entirely - apart from anything else, I don't do rufty tufty in my private correspondence! (No idea where it belongs, so I've started a new, exciting thread with it! ;-) ----- Original Message -----

I was looking at 'Audio Electronics' by the late John Linsley Hood this morning while waiting for the newspaper to arrive, and was amused by this: " Experiments in the late 1940s suggested that the level of audibility for second and third harmonics was of the order of 0.6% and 0.25% respectively, and this led to the setting of a target value, within the audio spectrum, of 0.1% THD, as desirable...

After setting up my system in the new house recently, my friend (who knows a lot less than he thinks about audio) wanted to know exactly why I'd spent £1,000 on a DVD player. (Actually I spent £530 on it, but that's another story. It's still a £1,000 DVD player.) And he was insistent that there was no way it could be worth the £900 price premium over the Technics 590 player. Firstly I...

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Justin wrote: Hello everyone! I am a newcomer to the world of tube audio. I've loved my Peavey Classic 30 guitar amplifier for the last 6 years and I'm looking into getting started in the world of tube stereos. I know a little bit about amplifiers (I'm a recent EE grad) and I collect vinyl as well. I'm considering purchasing the amplifier listed he ...