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Perry
- Mar 12
- 6 min
It's not dark yet, but it's getting there
Thoughts on current world events and how we are tied together
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Perry
- Jan 29
- 2 min
More amps for 2022? Heck yes.
Sneak peek at a new 6L6 push-pull amp coming soon. And a winter fox sighting!
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Perry
- Jan 17
- 1 min
Make your own kind of music
A playlist about being me, making my own kind of music and things I've needed at various times.
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Perry
- Nov 24, 2021
- 2 min
AE1-C Available Again
Just a quick post to let folks know that I am making the AE1-C model available again, with one modification. I had previously been using...
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Perry
- Sep 2, 2021
- 1 min
What would a musician think?
Feedback from a listening session with the AE1
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Perry
- Jun 28, 2021
- 2 min
On easy and hard paths
Sometimes you take the harder path, because the results are worth it.
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Perry
- Apr 25, 2021
- 3 min
What am I up to?
General updates of late and some teasers for a few things to come!
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Perry
- Apr 18, 2020
- 2 min
Tube Amplifiers Explained, Part 13: Bringing it All Together
Closing out the series explaining how a tube amplifier works
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Perry
- Apr 18, 2020
- 10 min
Tube Amplifiers Explained, Part 12: Power Supply, Rectification and Filtering
How we convert household AC into the high voltage DC needed for a tube amp
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Perry
- Apr 5, 2020
- 8 min
Tube Amplifiers Explained, Part 10: Understanding Distortion
Let's talk about what harmonic distortion is exactly and how to measure it.
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Perry
- Apr 5, 2020
- 5 min
Tube Amplifiers Explained, Part 11: Negative Feedback
Using negative feedback to control distortion
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Perry
- Apr 4, 2020
- 3 min
Tube Amplifiers Explained, Part 9: Screen Voltage and Ultralinear Mode
Explaining the options for the screen grid of a pentode, including ultralinear mode
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Perry
- Mar 29, 2020
- 8 min
Tube Amplifiers Explained, Part 8: Output Stage and Pentode Tubes
How the output stage works and purpose for a pentode tube
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Perry
- Feb 1, 2020
- 5 min
Tube Amplifiers Explained, Part 5: How Tubes Work
Explanation of how a vacuum tube works. It's pure awesomeness!
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Perry
- Feb 1, 2020
- 4 min
Tube Amplifiers Explained, Part 7: Coupling, AC Load, and Cathode Bypass Capacitor
Coupling between stages, the load under AC conditions, and why we use a cathode bypass capacitor.
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Perry
- Feb 1, 2020
- 7 min
Tube Amplifiers Explained, Part 6: Load Lines and Operating Point
An explanation of vacuum tube characteristics, load lines and operating point using an input stage triode tube.
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Perry
- Feb 1, 2020
- 2 min
Tube Amplifiers Explained, Part 4: Big Picture of the Circuit
Big picture view of the AE1 Amplifier circuit that we are using for this explanation of how a tube amplifier works.
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Perry
- Feb 1, 2020
- 8 min
Tube Amplifiers Explained, Part 3: Core Concepts - Common Electronic Components
Continued Core Concepts: Resistors, Capacitors, Inductors and Transformers
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Perry
- Feb 1, 2020
- 8 min
Tube Amplifiers Explained, Part 2: Core Concepts, Sound, Voltage & Ohm's Law
Tube Amplifiers Explained Blog Series, Core Concepts: What is Sound? Voltage, Current, Resistance and Ohm's Law
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