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I wanted the revisit the article which Scott wrote for Recording
Magazine and was happy to see they made a searchable index
available online. I found the article but I was surprised it didn't
identify the issue where this article was published.

I have many years of Recording Magazine stashed in my basement
and occasionally go back through looking at articles of interest. I
can't quite tell if this the full magazine article I found online but
I would like to find this issue for reference.

I built and use this Reamp Box all the time. I just wanted to review
details about the toggle switch.

Here is a link to the online article I found:

http://www.recordingmag.com/resource...etail/314.html

Gary V

[Mike Rivers[_2_]]

On 8/20/2016 1:40 PM, wrote:
I built and use this Reamp Box all the time. I just wanted to review
details about the toggle switch.

Here is a link to the online article I found:

http://www.recordingmag.com/resource...etail/314.html

The switch gives you a choice of two source impedances to feed the
amplifier input. One position, the one with the inductor in series,
looks to the amplifier a little more like a magnetic pickup, the
position with the 1 megohm resistor in series makes the box look more
like a piezoelectric pickup.

There isn't a particular right or wrong position for any given
amplifier, and other than perhaps a small change in volume, you might
not even hear a difference. It's just a nice-to-have thing to try when
re-amping to see if you like it one way better than the other for a
particular amplifier and sound you're aiming for.

And if that's not right, Scott will tell you what he had in mind when he
designed it.

--

For a good time, call http://mikeriversaudio.wordpress.com

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On Saturday, August 20, 2016 at 1:15:47 PM UTC-7, Mike Rivers wrote:
On 8/20/2016 1:40 PM, wrote:
I built and use this Reamp Box all the time. I just wanted to review
details about the toggle switch.

Here is a link to the online article I found:

http://www.recordingmag.com/resource...etail/314.html

The switch gives you a choice of two source impedances to feed the
amplifier input. One position, the one with the inductor in series,
looks to the amplifier a little more like a magnetic pickup, the
position with the 1 megohm resistor in series makes the box look more
like a piezoelectric pickup.

There isn't a particular right or wrong position for any given
amplifier, and other than perhaps a small change in volume, you might
not even hear a difference. It's just a nice-to-have thing to try when
re-amping to see if you like it one way better than the other for a
particular amplifier and sound you're aiming for.

And if that's not right, Scott will tell you what he had in mind when he
designed it.

--

For a good time, call http://mikeriversaudio.wordpress.com

Thanks for the clarification Mike. I noticed a change in volume but
also a bit of reduction in high frequency content so I wanted to
know more about the switch.

As a side note, I'm surprised to see this article posted online
because Recording Magazine had never done that, but perhaps
they are putting older material out because they no longer have
copies of some issues available for purchase.

Gary V

[Scott Dorsey]

wrote:

Thanks for the clarification Mike. I noticed a change in volume but
also a bit of reduction in high frequency content so I wanted to
know more about the switch.

Yes, the article explains it. It is intended to emulate two different kinds
of pickups which present different loads to the amplifier.

As a side note, I'm surprised to see this article posted online
because Recording Magazine had never done that, but perhaps
they are putting older material out because they no longer have
copies of some issues available for purchase.

Recording has been doing that for many years with some of their older articles,
you will find a dozen or so that I did there, including a monitor speaker
project for which parts are no longer even available.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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On Saturday, August 20, 2016 at 3:43:10 PM UTC-7, Scott Dorsey wrote:
wrote:

Thanks for the clarification Mike. I noticed a change in volume but
also a bit of reduction in high frequency content so I wanted to
know more about the switch.

Yes, the article explains it. It is intended to emulate two different kinds
of pickups which present different loads to the amplifier.

As a side note, I'm surprised to see this article posted online
because Recording Magazine had never done that, but perhaps
they are putting older material out because they no longer have
copies of some issues available for purchase.

Recording has been doing that for many years with some of their older articles,
you will find a dozen or so that I did there, including a monitor speaker
project for which parts are no longer even available.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

I actually used your name as a search string on the site but
was surprised the list was less than I expected. I don't think
they have put the entire archive online yet.

Do you happen to know what year and month this article
was published? I can look through my inventory but it will
take some time, but then it's always fun to look at these
publications; even the advertisements are great.

Gary V

[Scott Dorsey]

wrote:

I actually used your name as a search string on the site but
was surprised the list was less than I expected. I don't think
they have put the entire archive online yet.

They don't have anything like the whole archive, and I don't think they intend
on putting it all up. They're just putting a few articles here and there on.

A lot of the articles out there are just not useful any more anyway, such as
the DIY projects that depend on discontinued parts and the reviews of
discontinued products. In 1999, I did a review of all the available analogue
mastering tapes, and I think only two of them still exist today. Not useful.

Do you happen to know what year and month this article
was published? I can look through my inventory but it will
take some time, but then it's always fun to look at these
publications; even the advertisements are great.

Do It Yourself Reamplification Box (Guitar column)
Recording, Vol. 19, No. 7 (April 2006)
--scott

--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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On Monday, August 22, 2016 at 8:32:40 AM UTC-7, Scott Dorsey wrote:
wrote:

I actually used your name as a search string on the site but
was surprised the list was less than I expected. I don't think
they have put the entire archive online yet.

They don't have anything like the whole archive, and I don't think they intend
on putting it all up. They're just putting a few articles here and there on.

A lot of the articles out there are just not useful any more anyway, such as
the DIY projects that depend on discontinued parts and the reviews of
discontinued products. In 1999, I did a review of all the available analogue
mastering tapes, and I think only two of them still exist today. Not useful.

Do you happen to know what year and month this article
was published? I can look through my inventory but it will
take some time, but then it's always fun to look at these
publications; even the advertisements are great.

Do It Yourself Reamplification Box (Guitar column)
Recording, Vol. 19, No. 7 (April 2006)
--scott

--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Thanks helping me find this issue.
Gary V

[JackA]

On Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at 10:59:36 AM UTC-4, wrote:
On Monday, August 22, 2016 at 8:32:40 AM UTC-7, Scott Dorsey wrote:
wrote:

I actually used your name as a search string on the site but
was surprised the list was less than I expected. I don't think
they have put the entire archive online yet.

They don't have anything like the whole archive, and I don't think they intend
on putting it all up. They're just putting a few articles here and there on.

A lot of the articles out there are just not useful any more anyway, such as
the DIY projects that depend on discontinued parts and the reviews of
discontinued products. In 1999, I did a review of all the available analogue
mastering tapes, and I think only two of them still exist today. Not useful.

Do you happen to know what year and month this article
was published? I can look through my inventory but it will
take some time, but then it's always fun to look at these
publications; even the advertisements are great.

Do It Yourself Reamplification Box (Guitar column)
Recording, Vol. 19, No. 7 (April 2006)
--scott

--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Thanks helping me find this issue.
Gary V

This is my electronics hero, his 1974? IC Cookbook had the Phono Cartridge Preamp in it, and I built pc board and all. Was nice to be able to thank him years later!!

Jack