I'm pretty sure I lent them out to a friend too.
Hey, I never said I was proud of my mistake(s). 😀
I like to point out my mistakes and have a laugh and maybe someone will read this and be more careful with their builds.
"MoFo Power Amplifiers. As rugged as an A10 Warthog!"
Glad you enjoyed my story! 🙂
Hey, I never said I was proud of my mistake(s). 😀
I like to point out my mistakes and have a laugh and maybe someone will read this and be more careful with their builds.
"MoFo Power Amplifiers. As rugged as an A10 Warthog!"
Glad you enjoyed my story! 🙂
.....I did not solder .......
I knew some Bogen power amps used to drive motors at 59.9Hz at FULL power for 5 or 6 years, film transfer operation. Then one caught fire😱, they threw the amps out, I caught them.
On autopsy, one screen grid wire had never been soldered. It was hanging by the crimp. That worked until tarnish set in.
Don't feal bad. Years ago while at tecknical school I was talking to another student who was studying avionics electronics. I hapened to pick one of the used pieces of avionics they had l I noticed a resistor that had never been soldered . Heck that wasn't a $10 table radio but a piece of expensive airplane electronics with an unsoldered component !
this is certainly lucky story
though, I always cringe seeing those nasty blade and screw connectors, ppl putting on pcbs, instead of soldering
even when "just for power", everything in audio thingie is carrying or suppressing some signal
forgotten solder position is less critical - once it will give up and you'll find it and correct omission
though, I always cringe seeing those nasty blade and screw connectors, ppl putting on pcbs, instead of soldering
even when "just for power", everything in audio thingie is carrying or suppressing some signal
forgotten solder position is less critical - once it will give up and you'll find it and correct omission
I wasn't going to say anything, but it definitely sounds better soldered.
Of course I know you're joking.
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Hi Guys
very interesting thread.
I only have one question and please forgive me, I really don't know what it means. Last night I stumbled across this thread here, and that I started to read and almost read these 296 Pages was because of the title of the thread, "build this MOFO" what does MoFo means exactly? Sorry I don't know but wish to know.
Mo stands for Mosfet I suppose, but the FO is for me a big secret, and because of my limited english I can't think of something which makes sense.
Thanks if someone can explain it to me.
Regards
Chris Hess
very interesting thread.
I only have one question and please forgive me, I really don't know what it means. Last night I stumbled across this thread here, and that I started to read and almost read these 296 Pages was because of the title of the thread, "build this MOFO" what does MoFo means exactly? Sorry I don't know but wish to know.
Mo stands for Mosfet I suppose, but the FO is for me a big secret, and because of my limited english I can't think of something which makes sense.
Thanks if someone can explain it to me.
Regards
Chris Hess
Everything is explained in the article.
you'll find the link in the very 1st post, but here it is again:
Build This MoFo! | AudioMaker
Hit Download.
Thanks for your input..
I just was curious about MOFO.. and there only the FO which Ben Mah already told me..
Have no intention to build. But it's still very interesting.
Just couldn't figure out that short cut of
FO= Follower..
But thank you anyway
Regards
Chris
I just was curious about MOFO.. and there only the FO which Ben Mah already told me..
Have no intention to build. But it's still very interesting.
Just couldn't figure out that short cut of
FO= Follower..
But thank you anyway
Regards
Chris
It is slang short-cut for a very offensive phrase. SO offensive, that it has fallen into semi-general use, and become a superlative.
What exactly do you not like about the screw terminals?
I also like solder joints (don't really know why), but screw terminals can be great if you have to take the board out, and put it back in, and out, and in, and out, and in, and out, and ... .