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With a PCB instead of point-to-point wiring, the weight of the transformer can cause damaged if dropped. I'd take a *very* close look at all the solder joints and especially around the transformer. Maybe even touch them all up with a little fresh solder.

A really simple method is the "circuit disturbance test". You plug the DI into a mic input, crank up the gain a bit (be careful of your speakers/ears, a limiter would be a good idea) and probe the signal path with a metal tool from the mic jack inwards. You should get a "pop" every time you touch th...

So one question might be "what kind of shape are the originals in?". I wonder if it's like those old Silvertone amps, where the really desirable sound is when enough resistors have drifted in value.

I should really try those myself. I had some of the mopad style foam blocks (but off-brand) and they were worthless. I forgot about these - they would fit perfectly where I need them too... Application dependent, of course. I was at some place where they had those Recoil Stabilizer things, and when...

Well, what *is* your meter exactly? Generally it would be an ohms setting, lower ranges. DC resistance isn't exactly the same as AC impedance, but it'll be in the ballpark.

For that matter, what's the make and model of the DI?

Open it up and test directly on the transformer leads?

Another returner here! My latest acquisition is a WORKING display for my Juno G , which apparently people other than Roland are now manufacturing on their own. I have a friend doing stuff like that - last I saw he had a modern power supply for the Emulator II, some kind of memory retrofit for a lot...

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Fri Apr 05, 2024 7:07 am

Ex-pats coming home!

Since the currently dominant social media platforms are starting to look like creepy abandoned shopping malls... I'm not surprised we're all wandering back to the friendly TOMB.

Interesting... those Pendragons look like a project a YouTuber was doing recently. I must admit I figured that even though he was pretty realistic about design stuff I thought it looked ridiculous. But using those drivers for mids makes a lot more sense.

Just using the stock plugins in Reaper myself, but... I do like the "Waveshaping distortion" plugin. A lot of my stuff the past couple of years has been mixing together phone vocals (ie recorded remotely direct to a phone mic), and that tends to help a lot. Now that I've got these old Auratones to p...

Because I'm a cheapskate amateur in the recording field (my paychecks come from a live sound company), I have a pair of the JBL LSR-305 (first generation). They're really pretty good, measuring fairly flat and seeming pretty predictable. Before them I had a pair of Event thingies which are now down ...

Scodiddly - I’m running my newer Auratones with a Fosi 50 watt class D mini amp. Seems to do a great job with them. $50 on Amazon. Fosi Audio V1.0G 2 Channel Class D Mini Stereo Amplifier I ended up buying a little thing from Parts Express, their house brand "Dayton Audio". Supposed to be 100 watts...

I was very happy with the Focusrite Pro support: They are sending me a new power supply free of charge to see if that fixes it, otherwise I can send it in for repair, or get 25% off by turning in towards a new interface. Which I might do at the end of the year. That's great service, especially thes...

A pair of "barn find" original Auratone 5C speakers - I had to help my Dad move into a retirement home and then there's the house to clean out (I'm getting help for that). Turned up a pair of Auratones in surprisingly good shape, pretty sure we've had those for decades but the drivers are still good...

I don't recall ever seeing inductance as a speaker parameter.

Maybe it's a factory matching thing, like "use this value for L3" on the crossover.