Re Marconi vs Tesla. (Of course Tesla also was known for his work on DC power.) Marconi won the Nobel prize for wireless communication. Marconi was the first to achieve trans Atlantic radio communication. While it’s true Tesla applied for lots of patents for radio communication he was never able to achieve long distance radio communication. “There, he (Tesla) conducted experiments with a large coil operating in the megavolts range, producing artificial lightning (and thunder) consisting of millions of volts and discharges of up to 135 feet (41 m) in length,[146] and, at one point, inadvertently burned out the generator in El Paso, causing a power outage.[147] The observations he made of the electronic noise of lightning strikes, led him to (incorrectly) conclude[148][149] that he could use the entire globe of the Earth to conduct electrical energy. During his time at his laboratory, Tesla observed unusual signals from his receiver which he speculated to be communications from another planet. He mentioned them in a letter to a reporter in December 1899[150] and to the Red Cross Society in December 1900.[151][152]Reporters treated it as a sensational story and jumped to the conclusion Tesla was hearing signals from Mars.[151] He expanded on the signals he heard in a 9 February 1901 Collier’s Weekly article entitled "Talking With Planets", where he said it had not been immediately apparent to him that he was hearing "intelligently controlled signals" and that the signals could come have from Mars, Venus, or other planets.[152] It has been hypothesized that he may have intercepted Guglielmo Marconi’s European experiments in July 1899—Marconi may have transmitted the letter S (dot/dot/dot) in a naval demonstration, the same three impulses that Tesla hinted at hearing in Colorado[152]—or signals from another experimenter in wireless transmission.[1]” |
Hi uberwaltz With the 3100, I would take off the cover and remove the dampening strips. Remove the feet of course. The wire tie back by the transformer I would snip and spread apart those wires. Same for the wires all tied together in the front. Spread those wires apart from each. Since the top cover is gone let them stick above outside of the chassis. Next loosen the screws on the PC board just a little. On this unit you can remove the transformer from the chassis (up to you). If you did take the power button away from the front panel and move it behind or off to the side of the chassis you could get rid of the shielding. I would start with the Myrtle blocks under both of these units. Once things are loosened up (I would also recommend loosening your wall outlets) pop on some music and let the system open itself up for about a week and let me know what you're hearing. At that point I can guide you in one direction or the other. What I tell folks is open up the signal then tune it back in. The more it is opened the wider the range will be when you go to tune back in. If it sounds weird during that week or so don't worry that's just the system adopting more energy and adapting (settling). next the Ayre Michael Green |
The EX8 Just like the CDP but a couple more things. I would cut away the insulators on the wire (that's the extra wrap that was slid on before the soldering was done). See the ribbon wire is folded? Straighten out that crease, you don't want folds in any ribbon wire. This has great sounding PC Boards BTW. I'd like to see a closeup of the stand offs to see exactly how that is implemented. The transformer can go up on a tuning block. A question about your rack rods. Are they zinc or mild steel? And the screws on the PCB and transformer are they stainless steel or zinc? MG |
