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This is beyond cool: I have the EV-1's user manual here and it was a fascinating thing

Yes, I was just listening to Hats (1989) and I wanted to see if the band members had done anything else since then. I've been listening to A Walk Across the Rooftops a few times in the last few weeks, since I first got it in the summer. I think the Blue Nile is basically broken up. Their 3rd and 4th albums, Peace at Last and High, didn't garner the same level of critical and popular recognition, so maybe it's best to leave it at that (from the sound of Moore's last interviews about the band, it seems to be a bitter ending, at least on his part).

^^ Very cool - I have had this on the top of my queue for about a week and I have been listened to it a couple of times. A Walk Across the Rooftops by The Blue Nile (1984) https://open.qobuz.com/album/hzszuzspagdab Example: An Amazing sounding Album. Some backstory if one does not know. Linn (Scottish Electronics fame) was wanting to test out their new recording console, and brought in The Blue Nile for their first release. (LKH 1) - they did well.

Paul Buchanan - Mid Air (2012) Singer of The Blue Nile, his first solo album

West's current mini after a few more changes. I think I'm going to make him the Marksman / Bounty Hunter instead and give him a Crossbow to alternate between, then the other character can change to a Rogue Swashbuckler and I can give them the Rapier I just found.

job your love, y'all

A Hundred Miles or More: Alison Krause Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: Elton John Brothers in Arms: Dire Straights Shadowland: KD Lang The Dream Academy: The Dream Academy

RIP Todd Snider, the situation surrounding his death is a bit murky and pretty awful. He was ill and had been violently assaulted recently.

Yeah, I don't know if I could even pick just 5...still...so I guess I haven't changed much, but my old top 5 are no longer my top 5, so I'll give it a shot: 1 & 2: Animals and Wish You Were Here still, but I don't listen to them much, even though I have the WYWH Immersion box and Animals remaster with me, they're both unopened. So they might still be my favourites? I do still love jazz (Keith Jarrett's solo piano concerts, like the Sun Bear box; Return to Forever/Chick Corea/Al Di Meola; et al), but the new number one in that category has become: 3: Hiromi's Sonicbloom, Time Control -- it still has to be part of her Sonicbloom group. I mean, I love all her stuff, but her work with David Fiuczynski and the others was just peak. Shoutout to Greg Howard (RIP) for the single most electrifying solo instrument performance, Water on the Moon. 4: I do still love prog, but my tastes have mellowed so I'd have to go with Porcupine Tree's The Sky Moves Sideways. 5: I do still love what I used to call e-metal, but the public seem to have settled on calling it "electro-rock" (Curve, Garbage, Stabbing Westward, Placebo, Muse, Kardi, et al), but this is an easy one, as I still listen to all of their albums regularly, so pick any: Al1ce, The End of the Beginning, The Thirteenth Hour, As Above So Below Plus, it's also Post-punk! 6: My love for all the various incarnations of synthesizer-based music (from "Kosmische Musik" to synth-pop to ambient) isn't well represented here, as is neither all the centuries' worth of "classical" music or "instrumentalism" (Jean-Michel Jarre, Mike Oldfield, Vangelis, et al), so... Isao Tomita, The Planets

Do you mean Phenomenon amplifiers?) I saw what was inside and it seemed funny)) Well, if I turn the volume up to maximum, the amplifier can consume up to 10 mA at peaks, but I don’t listen that loud. I dont know if its minited to +-400v or maybe it can handle more.

so my version has an amplifier power of around 20 watts. the hvrv version seems to be half of that. may be the reason why there were a couple of comments about the sound vs the original to126 version.

We have tickets to Wynton tonight...going with some friends. Looking forward to it. HS

those modules do work, i have a few. the diodes on the back run stupid hot. never tested for hours and hours. there was a company in poland i think building an electrostatic amp with 4 of these. first version with no fans. second version with fans. both versions burn up in a couple of months.

Yes, you're right. That's why I had to connect it like this. I'll get this thing tomorrow 12v to +-390v DC DC I hope it doesn't beep or at least there's a way to eliminate the beeping with an RC filter or something. I'm just trying to try all the DC-DC modules before spending $50+ on those cool USA12400S-8 ones. But most likely, I'll just have to buy them.

the dexu parts are providing the isolation. this works. extra parts, maybe the same performance.

It's been working reliably for an about hour now.I will continue testing 24\7. The power consumption of the modules themselves from the 12V power supply is 550 mA under load. The power consumption of the amplifier itself from these modules at +-400 V is only 5.5 mA.

Could very well be but the MLER points specifically to the stators, multi layer electrode rigid, if I remember correctly.

i use 4 of this one https://www.lcsc.com/product-detail/C5279972.html DEXU Electronics B1212LS-1WR3 it's something like galvanic isolation

those are not isolated. at least they sure look non isolated. how you put them in series with common power supply input.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/275736642694 its max MAX1771 12v to 150-220v DC it can be ajusted i set 200v and just connected it 200+200 for +400 and 200+200 for -400 I read a similar problem about noise here but I couldn't find a solution. Well, unfortunately, I don't have a thermometer or pyrometer, but it feels like it's probably about 45 degrees Celsius or so - maybe more/less, It dissipates pretty well.

links for those power modules please. how warm does the chassis heatsink get? edit: what is the total power input that runs the switchers?

Hi Kevin. Thanks for your reply. The boards are sandwiched together with a thermally conductive material and a bunch of thermal paste between the housings. I couldn't figure out an easy way to get inside without breaking everything. I'm hoping the problem is still in the power supply, since you're right—it was heating up. The diodes were burning out frequently, then the transistor itself, and then possibly the transformer itself—its resistance is now 0.1 ohms on the primary winding and 4 ohms on both secondaries. I'm not sure if that's normal. It's been working without any problems on a third-party power supply for half an hour now. I'll continue testing. I couldn't think of anything simpler or better than connecting 4 of these modules to get +-400v To my surprise, these modules produce even more than 10mA and +-400v But they have one major drawback: noise. The throttles in them make noise.

the power supply shown is definitely a flyback single ended switcher. which means the 2 rectifier diodes see twice the power than a push pull switcher would generate. which means its going to get hot. diodes need to be increased in power handling. would like to see a real picture of the amp board in as high resolution as possible.

I guess it should be max 10mA. These bricks output max 20mA. If we take only the right or left half, the upper amp (+) draws 10mA, that are "vacuumed" by the lower PS (-400V). Then add other 10mA for the lower part, and you're at max acceptable draw. I'm testing with the 10k pot, until now it drew really more than 10mA, so the PS started "pulsing" under my dim bulb tester. I'll keep you updated.

Thanks for your message. Then I'll try building a cheap power supply with 4 DC-DC converters (i have some for 200V) and test its stability when running 24/7. And only if it runs 24/7 will I order those power supplies. They're quite expensive at $25 each, and i need two of them, which means $50 plus bias.