Denuding a 103….Texas Style

 in dallas for the southwest audiofest and had to do some work on a 103 with the tools at hand.

anyone ever seen one of these?

This looks like a 71A in a 50 bottle from the front and becomes a completely different beast when you move to the side.  

 

More Teasin'

can one ever have enough 80% nickel? 

which one arrived first?

 Sun Ra did not use the term "birthday" - he referred to "arrival day"... 

so which of the following "arrived" first?

the Western Electric 555...

or Marshall Allen?

the answer below the scroll..

Marshall Allen arrived first! ... in 1924... 

the first 555 drivers were made in the BTL lab in 1926....

fwiw, the two go well together... 

(and see, Iain, I can post!)

peace,

me

(the other one)

work in progress tease

 something that is creeping from the back of my mind into reality....  more to come (and at the rate we add content here....)

Why nickel is so yummy.

 Here is a simple set of low frequency plots of steel (red) vs. nickel (blue) with applied signal levels.

This clearly shows that for low level low frequency information retrieval, steel takes a certain amount of energy to "turn on".

Sequerra Auction

 Up for auction is the last system Dick Sequerra built and was listening to when he passed away a year ago.   No connection other than he was a friend and I am trying to help the estate.  Please spread the word.

https://www.auctionninja.com/hamilton-grp/sales/details/sequerra-audio-system-stamford-home-furnishings-collectibles-more-16.html?Page=1#items