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Very cool, and applicable to my interests - I have this wild hair that building a 1W-ish power amp section to be primarily used for the impedance/saturation effects before going into a cab modeler either direct for recording or to a PA. The best "feel" I've gotten for recording digitally has involve...

I'd take it with more latency for two reasons. Yeah, it's not a total dealbreaker, just something that tends to creep up unexpectedly if you're not paying attention to it. I was getting clever with an HX Stomp and my old Kemper rack AND stacking a Two Notes Opus at the end of a split from it for po...

Then you could run a Tonex One for your pre > modulation effects > Tonex One for your power amp > whatever amp or listening/recording device It's a good idea in theory, but in practice, latency tends to build up cumulatively with the more A/D -> D/A conversions happening in your signal path. Using ...

Thanks, Sluckey!

However, building an all analog box with 2 preamp tubes + 1 PI tube and a small reactive load does seem like something worth trying. I have no idea how to couple the PI to a simplified low-power attenuator, e.g. this one , though. What should go between them in lieu of a power section :?: My though...

Thanks for the intro to your YT channel - I'll subscribe! As a late-comer to the internet knowledge transfer of tube guitar amp design techniques that seems to have peaked somewhere around the mid 2000s, when I was too scared to mod a Blues Driver pedal - I'm grateful for anyone still looking to sha...

TUBEDUDE wrote: ↑Mon Jun 09, 2025 8:56 pm Pass the popcorn.

or valium.

Placed a Mouser order today. Most line items are showing an estimated tariff of 10-30%. Overall the hit is 15% of the order total. :^\ About the same @ Digikey. I hate that "tariff tax" is now a new facet I have to consider when selecting which parts I'm comfortable buying. I've been making differe...

FWIW, Yihua is one of the better of the Chinese AliExpress brands that I've bought soldering stuff from - one of my soldering stations is a Yihua. It seems to be about as close to Weller quality as you can get from a cheaper import product. I would also check on AliExpress, because sellers sometimes...

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Fantastic teamwork, here.

captaincoconut wrote: ↑Fri May 23, 2025 10:25 am Does he explain the BBC-1 in the video? Never heard of it. What is it?

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Ah ha! Big WHOOPS video from JHS: Oh man, this is pretty funny considering Ryan's meticulous work in reversing the A Box Later circuit with Ayan's input - the level of detail that was able to be unearthed through lots of back and forth and circuit comparisons to arrive at an informed place about wh...

I'm pretty new here, so apologies if overstepping - do we know if there are sturdy archival measures in place with this forum db?

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