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The high-bandwidth requirement of guitar amps

Updated March 2, 2024 | Published March 6, 2021 by M

Malcolm Moore has done extensive research into guitar pickups. SOURCE The high-bandwidth requirement of guitar amplifiers is a crucial aspect that impacts their performance and the overall sound quality they deliver. In the context of guitar amplification, “bandwidth” refers to the range of frequencies the amplifier can accurately reproduce. For electric guitars, this encompasses … Read more

Universal Audio Output Transformer

Updated February 22, 2024 | Published March 6, 2021 by M

Over 90 tube amp topologies examined, further evidence of how audio output transformers inescapably present limitations and compromises. Menno Van der Veen presented at 118th AES a paper detailing a universal audio output transformer system that “includes all possible variations in topologies. The system contains 90 variations (at least) and some of them have never … Read more

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This website largely concerns vibrations, oscillations, energies — vibratory anything — with life, physics, science, music in primary focus, plus oddball tidbits mixed-in for flavor and zest.

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All is inseparably connected via vibration. Per scripture, sound was the beginning: If “God is two octaves above man,” but ‘silence is golden,’ doesn’t that leave us somewhere between precious and divine? We should live up to that.