Digest for sci.electronics.repair@googlegroups.com - 11 updates in 3 topics

rgsrose2@gmail.com: Jul 08 04:53AM -0700

Hello,
 
Trying to help out a person with a speech disability.
 
Presently uses a Radio Shack 277-1008C Amplifier/Speaker. Quite a small unit.
 
With Radio Shack gone now, and Amazon no longer having, trying to
locate a source for.
 
Any thoughts as to where to purchase would be most appreciated.
 
Thanks,
R.
tabbypurr@gmail.com: Jul 08 05:33AM -0700


> Any thoughts as to where to purchase would be most appreciated.
 
> Thanks,
> R.
 
the sensible thing would normally be to look for something that does the job and is on sale. What properties does it need?
 
 
NT
Chuck <ch@dejanews.net>: Jul 08 10:34AM -0500


> 277-1008C
Every once in a while they pop up on EBay. Here is the schematic.
http://theradioboard.com/rb/viewtopic.php?t=5706&start=30 It could
be built for about $15.00.
John-Del <ohger1s@gmail.com>: Jul 07 12:40PM -0700

On Sunday, July 1, 2018 at 8:33:05 PM UTC-4, Phil Allison wrote:
 
> The two repairers mentioned wisely chose not to waste time trying.
 
> .... Phil
 
 
Well, at least the youtuber didn't trash the two repairers who looked at it.
 
One should never believe a technician who has been doing repairs for decades, but if it's on the internet, it must be true. Therefore...
 
The commenters below the video probably convinced him that the noise he's complaining about is part and parcel for that type of amp.
"Gareth Magennis" <soundserviceleeds@outlook.com>: Jul 07 10:20PM +0100

"John-Del" wrote in message
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On Sunday, July 1, 2018 at 8:33:05 PM UTC-4, Phil Allison wrote:
 
> The two repairers mentioned wisely chose not to waste time trying.
 
> .... Phil
 
 
Well, at least the youtuber didn't trash the two repairers who looked at it.
 
One should never believe a technician who has been doing repairs for
decades, but if it's on the internet, it must be true. Therefore...
 
The commenters below the video probably convinced him that the noise he's
complaining about is part and parcel for that type of amp.
 
 
 
 
 
******************************
 
I think the customer's main beef is the amp is too noisy to record.
 
Now, it could actually turn out to be this customer does not know how to
record a typically noisy combo, and this is all a bit of a red herring.
 
 
He might be needlessly compressing the f**k out of it, which raises the
noise floor by the amount of compression applied.
You are REALLY going to hear that hum now.
 
 
Whatever, I think the customer doesn't have much of a clue about what he
has, and how best to use it.
 
 
Gareth.
jurb6006@gmail.com: Jul 07 04:36PM -0700

>"Whatever, I think the customer doesn't have much of a clue about what he has, and how best to use it."
 
Tell me about it, god damn, people are clueless.
 
When I worked at the music store a couple years ago, they had a digital effects box. this is meant to go in the effects loop of an amp or a mixer. they had it right between the guitar and the amp. HELLO, this thing is designed to operate on 300 or 400 mV, not TWO that you are giving it !
 
Also, with idiots like that in the field of music, ¼" soewaker cables should be outlawed. A speaker cable is used on the input from the guitar to amp and they wonder why it hums. And then a shielded cable designed for low level, they plug a speaker into a 400 watt amp with it and wonder why it goes bad.
 
There's more, they had a little band, actually not bad, but the guy decided he wanted a speaker switcher on these two amps, one was BTL and the other wasn't. Blew the breaker in the wall. Yeah - "I never connected them together". Well then how come we got blown outputs in both and they blew the main circuit before the internal AC fuses blew ?
 
One time they could tell I drank the night before, and I mean drank. I wasn't feeling all that great, not a hangover but kinda close. so I go to say my goodbyes at the end of the day and the boss says "Get you to a bar immediately". Well he had a heart attack and is dead and I am alive, and he was about ten years younger than I. So there. Rot. Meantime I will be well preserved. LOL
 
Phil likes to fuck with me but so what ? I know what the fuck I am doing and nobody can take that away. They are fixing my eyes this year and I am getting my resume' or CV whatever ready. If nobody bites I will start my own enterprise, and then pay zero taxes. HAHA.
 
I was in very bad physical shape but that is changing. They told me I almost died after the injury, but I didn't. Almost died is my middle name and I will be baack.
 
At any rate, people are so clueless, they'll plug a magnetic cartridge into a tape loop and wonder why it is not loud enough, and a tuner into the phono and wonder why it is so muffled and distorted.
 
Seems to me if you had a way to dispose of the bodies...
Phil Allison <pallison49@gmail.com>: Jul 07 06:21PM -0700

John-Del wrote:
 
> > .... Phil
 
> Well, at least the youtuber didn't trash the two repairers who looked at it.
 
** He kinda did really - suggesting they must be deaf not to hear the obvious ( to him) humming.
 
FYI: The Fender Pro 185 has a FET muting circuit which opens when a jack is plugged into the input - that is why he plugged in a lead, fingering the tip to get some hum.
 
I also wondered for a minute if the power is that room might be missing its earth link.
 
Anyhow, I posted the vid so folk could observe the typical whiny attitude of these "never happy" kind of guys.
 
 
.... Phil
dansabrservices@yahoo.com: Jul 07 06:25PM -0700

On Saturday, July 7, 2018 at 9:21:09 PM UTC-4, Phil Allison wrote:
 
> I also wondered for a minute if the power is that room might be missing its earth link.
 
> Anyhow, I posted the vid so folk could observe the typical whiny attitude of these "never happy" kind of guys.
 
> .... Phil
 
These are the types of guys that would comment on the sound of their band to me at the board. I would usually direct them to an unused channel to adjust. Each time the "adjustment" would make a difference to the sound of the band. pretty amazing for an unconnected channel...
Phil Allison <pallison49@gmail.com>: Jul 07 06:33PM -0700

Gareth Magennis wrote:
 
 
> The commenters below the video probably convinced him that the noise he's
> complaining about is part and parcel for that type of amp.
 
> I think the customer's main beef is the amp is too noisy to record.
 
** I used to get that BS a lot once from incompetent studio "engineers".
 
Dynamic mics were often pushed up against the grille cloth of a cab ( live sound reinforcement style ) and significant hum then heard in the control room monitoring.
 
Fact often was the amp did not audibly hum at all - the mic ( usually a Shure 57 or 58) was picking up supply frequency mag field from the amp's power transformer.
 
Any dynamic mic's voice coil alone can do this plus 57s & 58s have *unshielded* matching transformers in the handle that do an even better job.
 
 
 
> Whatever, I think the customer doesn't have much of a clue about what he
> has, and how best to use it.
 
** Correct.
 
 
..... Phil
Phil Allison <pallison49@gmail.com>: Jul 07 06:36PM -0700

Gareth Magennis wrote:
 
 
> The commenters below the video probably convinced him that the noise he's
> complaining about is part and parcel for that type of amp.
 
> I think the customer's main beef is the amp is too noisy to record.
 
** I used to get that BS a lot once from incompetent studio "engineers".
 
Dynamic mics were often pushed up against the grille cloth of a cab ( live sound reinforcement style ) and significant hum then heard in the control room monitoring.
 
Fact often was the amp did not audibly hum at all - the mic ( usually a Shure 57 or 58) was picking up supply frequency mag field from the amp's power transformer.
 
Any dynamic mic's voice coil alone can do this plus 57s & 58s have *unshielded* matching transformers in the handle that do an even better job.
 
 
 
> Whatever, I think the customer doesn't have much of a clue about what he
> has, and how best to use it.
 
** Correct.
 
 
..... Phil
KenW <ken1943@invalid.net>: Jul 07 06:52PM -0600

On Sat, 7 Jul 2018 22:20:21 +0100, "Gareth Magennis"
 
>Whatever, I think the customer doesn't have much of a clue about what he
>has, and how best to use it.
 
>Gareth.
 
Sounds like 60 cycles. Solid state should be easy to find source. I
would use my telephone test set to find that !
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