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OK, Let's suppose the chaps monitors are 8ins* across? That means they are omnidirectional from about 1.5kHz down and goodly chunk of that energy will hit the window and come back, delayed and mess with the response and surely stereo imaging? And of course, 1k5Hz is slap bang in our most...

I am by no means an acoustics expert! But I would think facing a reflective surface is even worse than having one 3m behind you? Sound is omnidirectional, wherever that reflective surface is it will....WELL! Reflect! TBH most of the problems with small* rooms is in the bass frequencies. Some...

The good news is, your room is not a simple L to W ratio so that helps. Yes, the reflective French window could be a problem. Curtain on a take down rail? If possible interpose a large absorbent object twixt you and window, a sofa say or an absorbent gobo. As ever I shall recommend you go to...

Do it again! This time at 2am if you have to. My son spent hours practicing guitar and when he needed to do "a take" often he had to wait until the wee small hours when traffic, people and pigeons had shut up. Even then there were odd noise off that needed to be edited. Noise reduction software...

From the spec' the device requires 14V at 700mA, that is close to 10W* and that is quite a bit of power to contain in a small enclosure. The situation is further worsened because the PSU is just a transformer. That means the rectifiers and regulators are in the device not the PSU and the latter...

That ^ is very interesting and it seems for once China has missed a trick? The net is awash with every conceivable sort of adapter you could wish for. You can couple almost any audio or video connector to almost any other. Indeed, I have just bought an HDMI to USB 3 (A) "video capture" dongle...

Let us dispose of one matter straight away? If Cioteval you seek an interface that will make a "night and day" difference from your Volt, you are, WTGR living in la-la land. No matter how much you pay for an AI I do not think you will detect ANY improvement in sound quality. I would even go so...

As Rob says, get some reading of the forum under your belt. As an old* 'tronics tech my Bete Noir is a post which tells of problem with some equipment but gives NO CLUE as to what that equipment is! I/we need a make and a model number and NOT just a vague amp sobriquet like "a Tweed". Amps...

https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/sound-devices-astral Eye watering amount of dosh but perhaps the best there is? Dave.

Yes, welcome Satchel. Your working area looks very bare and 'reflective' I see you have your mic in a Reflection Filter, never used one but write ups say they help. I would still like to see some absorbent material in front of and behind the mic setup and of course, the filter will do nothing...

If the fuse is blackened and especially if the glass has crazed I suggest you do not simply replace* it. Some serious **** has take that out and you could end up with more damaged components, even blown print. On the other hand if the fuse has just gently gone open circuit you have chances. A...

No, don't beat yourself up about getting lost on a PCB! Happens to the best of us. Once Upon a Time, GOOD quality kit had the component references and pin Nos' printed on both sides of the board. That is an extra cost we no longer see. For sure it is impractical for those dinky SMT boards but my...

Discrete voltage regulator circuits vary a bit but most of them use a series power device and there must be a voltage reference somewhere. That will be a Zener diode or maybe two Zeners in series. If that voltage is present and correct (it will be marked on the diodes and should be on the...

Hah! Ha! My grandson has just bought his good lady a sausage dog pup for her birthday...900 quid!! Dave.

Well yes some models are built to 'mid price' levels and servicing almost anything is a trial these days (there orta be a law!) but as I say, Blackstar have a vast range up to the all valve Artisans, totally classic turret board construction and chunky transformers. Not cheap but nowhere near...

" "Aside: You chose to work on a Blackstar so no whimpering, either. That's one amp manufacturer that I would neither buy nor want to work on." Well, when one is employed it is not really "choice"! What have you got against Blackstar? You may not like the S Ones' but they make a vast range...

Simply "reflowing" suspect joints can often not work. The original problem can be a dirty pin which never 'tinned' properly and you need to de solder it and clean it. I do understand that that would be a mammoth task for all those joints but you may have narrowed the offender down? Remove the...

If you mean the 2SC1865 transistor that comes up as a T03 power transistor and thus could well be used to switch power on and off to various parts of the circuit. I think we need to wait for that manual? Do you have a scanner? Dave.

". Lots of transistors,....." I don't know the gear at all but I might be able to help if you can post links to schematics? By "transistors" I assume you mean discrete voltage regulators? These can be tricky beast to fix and whilst many designs were SAID to be short circuit proof many were not...

If the meters just "bounce" at start up and then settle that is just the supply rails settling down. Same as the PLOP you get when firing up most solid state amps. Dave