From the review, https://www.stereophile.com/integratedamps/1299manley/index.html
"My wife, quite taken by the unconventional appearance of this curious new denizen of our audio menagerie, was pleased to learn that its overall design was the vision of a female audiophile. "It looks like a little village," she concluded. But while the essential vision was indeed that of Manley Labs' guiding light, it took a village of dedicated audiophiles, or at least Manley Labs' dedicated team, to raise such a child.
It's tempting to characterize the Stingray as an extension of Eve Anna Manley's own personality: bright, brassy, forward, good-natured, in your face—in a word, dude, rock'n'roll."
Still nothing bought today, but I am tempted by a little synth where you can also program in your own functions. I may re-evaluate later today.
For now, I have done a fair amount of DSP on the laptop, but it's all non-realtime. The real fun starts with realtime processing.
In addition though, there are more pressing things to work on - paradigm changers.
For now, I have done a fair amount of DSP on the laptop, but it's all non-realtime. The real fun starts with realtime processing.
In addition though, there are more pressing things to work on - paradigm changers.
A new cordless drill/screwdriver. Some of the cells in the battery pack had failed in my old one and it also fried the charger. It would cost much more to repair than to buy a new one so I bought a new slightly better one that has the same battery pack across the range of tools, so there is a much better chance of availability of spares should this one fail. I probably had 10 years use out of the last one so I can’t complain too much! It just seems a shame to have to recycle a perfectly good drill body!
Got some Supertech bipolar (electrolytic) caps for some 30 year old speakers.
Found an early Polk 2.1 home theatre setup on the neighborhood free group. Dissected the components and integrated them into the dash cab of the (noisy) motorhome, mostly hidden from view. Sounds great, especially considering the free part.
Found an early Polk 2.1 home theatre setup on the neighborhood free group. Dissected the components and integrated them into the dash cab of the (noisy) motorhome, mostly hidden from view. Sounds great, especially considering the free part.
My son and I took a roadt-rip to Knoxville today for a combo Gun Show and HamFest.
The gun show was a bust with the only single shot being a small Rolling Block a 32 rimfire with a poor barrel.
The Ham Fest was quite small, however I found a pair of RCA 1953 JAN 6L6Y in original boxes and a pair of KenRad 6B4G for $72 total. All four test like new.
The gun show was a bust with the only single shot being a small Rolling Block a 32 rimfire with a poor barrel.
The Ham Fest was quite small, however I found a pair of RCA 1953 JAN 6L6Y in original boxes and a pair of KenRad 6B4G for $72 total. All four test like new.
Bought me a bottle of booze and a 6 pack to celebrate Fathers Day with me neighbor.
NIB/NOS HK354 triode. Tantalum 150W plate and Tantalum grid DHT. Very nice to look at. The tube was designed by Heintz & Kaufmann's Bill Eitel and Jack McCullough who later founded EIMAC. The HK354 was one of the first tubes that would operate well on 'low' voltages such as 1000V though it's full rating is 3000V. In those days most hams did very well to supply 1000V and voltage cost real money.
100- .51r erx panasonic 3 watt metal oxide resistors.
As you know they did away with this range entirely 😪
As you know they did away with this range entirely 😪
Cotton & paper reinforced garolite is not rated for outdoor use. https://www.mcmaster.com/products/p...cal-insulating-garolite-xx-sheets-and-strips/ Rain soaks into the paper or cotton, then it rots. Carbon in fungus conducts electricity. Moisture then expand when it freezes, shattering the material. Does it ever freeze in India south of the Himalayas?
Besides XX garolite 3/8"x12"x12" was $32, weather resistant VHMW polyethylene was $13. I keep CE garolite 3/8" in stock, but not appropriate to use on the dashboard of a tractor that gets rained on and is stored outside in a shed. UHMW & polycarbonate were also more expensive.
I could use some of that aluminum clad bakelite for roofing of the shed, if it was suitable for Indiana. Am shopping for more 20 ga corrugated steel. 24 ga rolls up in class 0 tornadoes & 90 mph straight winds.
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The building facade/sign material that I have seen used often is recycled polyethylene with a thin aluminum cladding.
A highly successful day today.
Long Story short, my Trusty Old Rotel Electronic amplifier failed a while back.
What to do? I sought out a reasonable slot-in replacement. Seen one Rotel Class A/B amp, you seen them all and nothing to dislike:
A mere £29.99 In the North End of Portsmouth for the New Amp, I already possess the CD player by some circumstance:
Happy with that. All seems to work. Cambridge Audio Topaz AM1 Amp and CD5 CD player. I have a suspicion Cambridge Audio employ cheap Darlington Transistors, but will give them a listen. I may extend it to a Radio Tuner. But enough for now. Tomorrow is another day. 😎
Long Story short, my Trusty Old Rotel Electronic amplifier failed a while back.
What to do? I sought out a reasonable slot-in replacement. Seen one Rotel Class A/B amp, you seen them all and nothing to dislike:
A mere £29.99 In the North End of Portsmouth for the New Amp, I already possess the CD player by some circumstance:
Happy with that. All seems to work. Cambridge Audio Topaz AM1 Amp and CD5 CD player. I have a suspicion Cambridge Audio employ cheap Darlington Transistors, but will give them a listen. I may extend it to a Radio Tuner. But enough for now. Tomorrow is another day. 😎
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Perhaps only in some of the hill ranges, which are on both coasts ; some of these place can go pretty low in winter.
Do you have a link to that 2KW amp and the heatsinks? Have seen similar looking amps and considered for subwoofer use, but don't really know the power bandwidth, quality, and support (schematic etc) there might be, if any. I don't need 2KW but overkill (run at 500W for example) helps amps last longer.
Very nice heatsinks there. I agree about a fan.
Very nice heatsinks there. I agree about a fan.
It's the ICEpower 2000AS2:
https://shop.icepoweraudio.com/product/2000as2-hv/
It can't deliver full power for more the just a short burst. The same applies to virtually all other high-power amps, but at least ICEpower is honest about it.....
Heatsink is this one:
https://no.rs-online.com/web/p/heatsinks/9033107?gb=b
Since I'm not interested in active cooling (with a fan) because of potential noise, I just went the brute-force way and bought some really big heatsinks. The modules and heatsinks are going to be mounted vertically, and there will be nothing obstructing the airflow around the module itself.
https://shop.icepoweraudio.com/product/2000as2-hv/
It can't deliver full power for more the just a short burst. The same applies to virtually all other high-power amps, but at least ICEpower is honest about it.....
Heatsink is this one:
https://no.rs-online.com/web/p/heatsinks/9033107?gb=b
Since I'm not interested in active cooling (with a fan) because of potential noise, I just went the brute-force way and bought some really big heatsinks. The modules and heatsinks are going to be mounted vertically, and there will be nothing obstructing the airflow around the module itself.