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Messages - J M Fahey
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« on: February 04, 2010, 11:59:43 PM »
Hey that's great !! It's much nicer inside than outside. Tell us something about the speakers. Post an MP3.
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« on: February 04, 2010, 10:02:10 AM »
Now we deserve to see the winner's works.
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« on: February 04, 2010, 08:13:33 AM »
Thanks God, no Lunar cycles here. We already have enough trouble at home because of them.  We must be aware that these are (Power)Op Amps. Usually three gain levels are specified: *Open loop* gain is very high, but unusable for us; besides OpAmps are compensated, meaning there is a treble killing capacitor stuck in. *Typical* gain is a recommended one, guaranteed not to cause problems. "Preamp" OAs such as TL072, are compensated for unity gain, but some specifically audio ones and most chipamps are not: they have "too small" compensation caps (or the treble response sucks) so: * Minimum* gain is the value below which OAs are *guaranteed* to oscillate and make our life miserable,
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« on: February 03, 2010, 12:30:12 PM »
Hi soundroi. Whatever the User Manual says , the schematic shows clearly that the "signal output" is the speaker output attenuated by two resistors: an unspecified one but around 22K, and a 2k2 to ground; that signal goes to the "Signal Out" jack, just look a little above the speaker outs. It won't work if you unhook the power amp. Above the power amp itself you'll see the RG100HT, which must have been an upscale model, sporting 3 outputs: a jack one, an RCA one, and a low impedance balanced one. All three come from the speaker side and all said before applies here. Now that I lok at that scematic: the solution to your problem is 1) your real Pre-signal out is the effects Send jack. 2) You *must* use a shorted plug into the Effects Return to kill all signal that might reach the power amp. 3) "Tame" your Randall by soldering a 15K resistor from the left pin of R45 to the right one of R46. Left and right as seen on the schematic, on the actual board they might point anywhere.
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« on: February 03, 2010, 11:06:11 AM »
Hi soundroi (should I call you RandallGuy?  ) 99% of SS amps can be used without load all day long, without problems, BUT Randalls use 100% current drive outputs and go CRAZY without load. To top that, the "Line out" isn't so, but simply they tap some of the *speaker* out and pad it to line level or whatever. You might pad it a little more until your processors can stand it, but anyway it's coming from a freaked out power amp, so it's useless. *If* you hook your Randall to a proper speaker, then you can use the line out to drive your 2:90 or whatever, obviously connected to their own cabinets. Tell me where you play, so I go to another show, because yours will be LOUD.
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« on: February 03, 2010, 10:52:23 AM »
The little Gem will be easier and with a regular pot (5K to 100K, preferably audio taper) on its output, can work as a preamp and even provide distortion, good idea.
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« on: February 03, 2010, 10:48:28 AM »
Hi John. Watch carefully the speaker cone: if when you turn the amp on it thumps, hums loud and jumps forward or backward and stays there, you have DC on the speaker (because of an amp fault) and you will kill it in no time. After (briefly) checking this, pull one of the speaker wires (you'll have to unscrew and pull the speaker to have access to its back side) and measure across the wires on the 200V DC scale. You might have up to 50VDC there. Post your results.
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« on: February 02, 2010, 12:04:15 PM »
If you tear the amp apart, probably all you will be able to use is the power transformer, if anything. If the amp still works, check that it can drive 4 ohm loads per channel, then you can hook both hi fi cabinets to one channel, the 4 ohm 10" subwoofer to the other, that should provide a reasonable volume for home practice or light garage rehearsal duty. You could build a simple 1 transistor preamp to pick up your bass signal and send it to both line in (RCA?) jacks.
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« on: February 01, 2010, 07:30:45 PM »
Don't know the standard in your country, but you should find it in 5minutes. Yes, you need the lamp in series with the "hot" or "live" wire.
2110
« on: February 01, 2010, 07:23:21 PM »
Hi gianni. The answer may be easy, may be difficult, maybe anywhere between those two extremes. Could be flying among the clouds on a clear summer day, or hidden in the deepest trenches of the Pacific. Who knows? Fact is, it can go on unanswered forever, unless you tell us where do you live, what's the power voltage there, and what your amp states on its back panel.
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« on: February 01, 2010, 07:16:59 PM »
Well, if you already have everything, test it. I don't know the supply voltages. Do you already have the transformer? Because it is more expensive than all the other parts combined. If you have to buy it, go straight to one of the LM3886 options. In theory the TDA7294 is better; in practice the 3886 is well tested, and the board simpler, also easier to mount; the 7294 is more complex (the pin assignment is downright *stupid*, why pins that go together have others between them? If they go together, why aren't them *internally* joined saving pins and complexity?) STUPID designers. I warn you, Teemu doesn't like this kind of IC Boosted circuit at all.
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« on: February 01, 2010, 09:16:24 AM »
Hi alex. You did not mention the single most suspect connector: the loop in or power amp in jack. Clean it too and even push the leaf closed with a piece of wood or plastic. Even better, just replace it. To test it , hook your guitar into a distortion pedal, clean preamp, multi effects , or use another amplifier's pre/line out or a CD/MP3 player, or similar and hook its output into the power amp in. Post your results and good luck.
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« on: January 30, 2010, 11:14:49 PM »
Hi aleksandas. Since you are comitted to upgrade your amp  and you will have to replace power board and supply, including the transformer, you might as well go straight to an LM3886 or similar amp and supply. You would work and spend about the same, an many will be able to help you, you may even get a kit. Just a thought.
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« on: January 30, 2010, 01:09:29 PM »
Then, as Enzo guessed correctly, your reverb sprongs are feeding back because the speaker makes them vibrate. Manufacturers use various "medicines" to avoid it, none of them very effective, but if you use many .... Obviously that defect didn't exist when the amp was new. Manufacturers do: 1) the spring sub-chassis "floats" inside a larger metal box, suspended by 4 tiny springs. If one or more stretch or unfasten and the subchassis touches the box: it feedbacks. 2) that box is held to the cabinet side or bottom by 4 screws that go through soft rubber rings, If they are old they crystallize or become a sticky goo; replace them. The screws are *not* tightened, they are loose and let the box bove around a little. A typical un-experienced owner tightens them. Mistake !!. 3) Fenders wrap the box in cotton-like padding, and stuff that into a Tolex envelope, lightly fastened to the bttom of the amp. To avoid the cotton touching the reverb springs, they close the box with a piece of cardboard. I see you get the point: "float" or decouple mechanicaly the reverb tank from the vibrating cabinet. Some players, Paul Young and Dick Dale come to mind, mount their reverb tanks in another enclosure *away* from the main amp, even in another room or under the stage.
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« on: January 29, 2010, 06:05:25 PM »
1)On/Off switch only works if I give amp slight kick.- Bad contact, unfortunately on the single most DANGEROUS AND DEADLY part of your amp: the mains section. Try to send it to somebody with experience. 2)Reverb sounds like a siren when turned on.- Disconnect the return RCA plug on the amp side and plug there a shorted RCA jack: what happens? still the siren? 3)With guitar plugged in,I can control?? amp hum with guitar volume knob. Then it's probably a guitar issue. With the guitar "on" move around, rotate, sit and rise: does the hum change? Is your guitar single coil? Try with another guitar cord.
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