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Translation: it is difficult to remove all of the hum from a tube amp and most people won't notice/care unless someone else points it out the them. And yes, I'm being serious, it can be next to impossible to get a tube amp with a dead quiet background and in most cases (for a man'f) it isn't worth it to do so since it's just wasted effort easily blamed on the tubes.

For the hum/buzz? Unlikely.

Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance

That's pretty strange Dinny since I tested your amp with my ETY ER4Ps and it was silent. I wouldn't have though the 5cs were that much more sensitive, but I just checked and the 5cs are rated at 119db/mW and the 4Ps @ 108db/mW. Just goes to show you what assuming something will do...

IIRC Matt's beta is a two box design so it should be pretty free of EMI at least from the perspective of the beta22 trafos. Depending on what the amp is sitting on there may be some other component contributing though. The hiss is probably just due to the gain of the amp and could also be source related. In fact, it'd be worth trying it without a source attached.

Thanks, I think I will. You can feel free to go back to lurk mode although I've taken that decision out of your hands.

While I agree about Vista (it's buggy as all hell on my home laptop) I've had nothing but good luck with XP from a stability standpoint with no user interference required. It's still my preferred OS given the software I have to run. OS-X has certainly been more stable on my macbook than any other OS I've run but I also don't mess around with that laptop like I do my other computers.

If you're lucky, just . But it might be as bad as . Don't be an .

Google should be able to help.

Alice In Chains - Dirt

Not sure I could do a pair for $14 but I could probably bang out a set pretty cheaply.

Make sure you routinely check them against a known good meter and also replace their batteries often. I just checked mine, evidently line voltage at my house is currently ~180VAC, or 121 after replacing the battery.

Tuesday : Mostly sunny. Highs around 40. Northwest winds around 10 mph, becoming west in the afternoon.

I sincerely wish the recording quality was better on that album. The distortion is a major buzz kill for me and I just don't get how stuff like that makes it through post-production?

Happy Birthday Gene, there should be a present waiting for you at home!

I just wonder what someone is going to use for a pot/attenuator? There's only one solution that I can think of that is currently only being used by one manufacturer. ALO's line about their volume control is pure hilarity, "The Rx volume control starts at a reasonable level which does not leave the user to wonder if the amp is not on or faulty." In other words, max attenuation is limited by our implementation and we hope that you can find a suitable listening level. So, like when you turn on your home theater and you have the volume muted you immediately assume that it's faulty? WTF...

Ignorant But Cute?

You got it Doug. Les, you've been warned.

Happy Birthday Haj! +

Holy shit. Where's the Tylenol?

Joanna Newsom - Ys Rumor has it that she's working on or may have already completed a new album due in 2010...

Neko Case - Middle Cyclone

Based on the PM's he sent me last night I'd say this strategy is unlikely to make a difference.

1. At 9:01 I ordered one of Newegg's BF Acer Netbooks. 2. At 9:21 I received an email from Newegg informing me that my item was out of stock and therefore my order was cancelled. 3. At 10:00 I went grocery shopping and discovered that the store evidently did not see fit to schedule any checkout folks today so it took me 15 minutes to scan and bag my own groceries. Black Friday indeed.

Thanks for the life lesson.