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I'm planning to build a tube spring reverb unit. What is your opinion about the spring tank decay lengths? Original Fender style has long decay, but the manufacturer has two choices; medium and long decay. Both tanks have three springs (8AB2A1B or 8AB3C1B). The cabinet has room for one tank. My...

I'd like to use my beautiful old tube radio with my iphone, cd-player etc. There are gramophone connections behind the radio for simple banana jack mono connectors (mono). Any idea what do I need to do to get my source connected in mono? Do I need to worry about impedances or such? Do I need a...

I'd like to build low xlr to hi guitar plug impedance transformer. I need it in order to use SM57 or such with my guitar amp. I know there are several good products in the shops, but not where I live and I like building stuff myself. Those available are not expensive and I bet it is not...

song I've ever heard." Commented the legendary studio engineer Phill Brown in 2011. Gary Heffern & Beautiful people - The Night Before Christmas https://soundcloud.com/rustman-productions/the-night-before-christmas Must recommend Phills book "Are We Still Rolling?" Fun to read :D

Hello from Finland! If you're interested... some examples from my homestudio. https://soundcloud.com/rustman-productions Most of these songs have already been officially released, so no need to comment. The damage's already done :o At the end of the list there are two songs on which I play...

Hello! I just happened to find an old pair of Sennheiser ME40 short shotgun microphones with K6 power supply system. Both of the capsules have their metal grilles missing. Any idea how it affects the sound and are there any replacement grilles available somewhere? Haven't tried them yet. I guess...