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Post by MartinT on May 10, 2021 9:03:48 GMT
I have a 2nd AfterDark clock arriving today. An Emperor Triple Crown. It'll be fun comparing it with my current King. Both will eventually be put to use.  |
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Post by MartinT on May 10, 2021 9:05:01 GMT
Also arriving are a set of these. Any guesses (hint: they're for my car)?  |
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Post by petea on May 10, 2021 9:37:32 GMT
Maybe an upgraded set of airflow sensors?
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Post by MartinT on May 10, 2021 9:46:01 GMT
Nope!
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Post by MikeMusic on May 10, 2021 10:40:22 GMT
I found mine about as useful as putting a wet finger into a live mains socket. An absolutely hopeless bit of kit - one of my speakers is quite near my mains extension and when I put the ifi thing in I could hear an actual increase in noise through the speaker. A bit ifi then ?  |
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Post by ant on May 10, 2021 11:28:09 GMT
They are svetlana sv811-3, practically the same as sv572, infact, most of the times i heard this amp before i bought it it was running the 572s.
I got it with 2 pairs of 811-3s, the ones in it, and a pair of st type bottles.
Front end is an aikido type.
The sv811 is a pig to drive, it wants around 160v pk/pk and a decent amount of current behind it, hence the aikido front end. A 2 stage amp isnt really a goer, although eric barbour did publish a circuit with a pentode front end on it which i cant remember at the moment.
This one has fixed bias, a pair of smps heater supplies that run directly to the front end, and through a pair if coleman regs to heat the output valves.
Its a clever implementation of the sv811-3, and sounds very nice indeed.
Its a sledgehammer when required, and a feather when thats required. None of the slushy rose tintedness of a 300b, its
a completely different animal.
Its a proper sod to get the sv811-3 to do its thing, but its worth it
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Post by ant on May 10, 2021 11:28:37 GMT
New injector set martin?
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Post by Slinger on May 10, 2021 11:40:33 GMT
Also arriving are a set of these. Any guesses (hint: they're for my car)? Delicious Tuning BLUE OEM+ Coil Packs |
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Post by MartinT on May 10, 2021 13:07:14 GMT
Google image search cheat! You win some cake...  |
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Post by rfan8312 on May 10, 2021 13:30:00 GMT
Mine measures poorly. See my plug-in filter measurement thread. Will do, Martin. |
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Post by MartinT on May 10, 2021 14:04:50 GMT
Almost, Ant. They are a new set of higher performance coil packs to drive better sparks, since my 60k service is almost due and the engine needs to be tilted to get the plugs out (the disadvantage of a flat four configuration), so I thought I'd get these in at the same time. |
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Post by John on May 10, 2021 14:58:32 GMT
I not had a ifi product I wanted to keep |
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Post by Slinger on May 10, 2021 15:33:18 GMT
Google image search cheat! You win some cake... Play to your strengths I say. I know nothing about cars, but I know a lot about Google.  |
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Post by julesd68 on May 10, 2021 15:59:52 GMT
I not had a ifi product I wanted to keep Me neither - I've had three and they were all sold on pronto. |
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Post by Slinger on May 10, 2021 17:23:25 GMT
I've now solved the problem of that big empty space on the pedalboard.  |
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Post by petea on May 10, 2021 17:37:29 GMT
Did you get your slipper get stuck?
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Post by MartinT on May 10, 2021 19:07:47 GMT
Would that be a big slipper?
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Post by Slinger on May 10, 2021 19:51:16 GMT
I have purchased a hand-made "Cocked WAH," pedal.
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Post by MartinT on May 10, 2021 19:55:54 GMT
I don't even want to ask...
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Post by Slinger on May 11, 2021 11:55:10 GMT
It's a pedal that emulates a wah-wah pedal set in one position, i.e. "cocked," and left there. There is a "sweet spot" on wah-wahs, and guitarists like Mick Ronson (Ziggy Stardust: the intro is a great example plus the Moonage Daydream solo), Jimmy Page (Whole Lotta Love solo), Mark Knopfler (Money for Nothing riffs) use(d) the sound, so it's like a wha-wah pedal but with a rotary control instead of the treadle. It makes it a lot easier to " set and forget" rather than setting up a wah pedal every time. They sell for between £100 to £200+ butI've found a guy who makes them for forty quid. This is not the greatest example, but it's probably the shortest.  |
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