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Testing, research and development are at the forefront of everything we do here at TrafFix, including our brand new Delta TL2+. With the same dedication to the highest level of engineering, the Delta TL2+ has been tested and passed at a speed of 50MPH/80KPH raising the bar for excess capacity and increased safety.

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Boss

When I was a kid and starting to become obsessed with guitar gear, there weren’t a lot of options around. My local music stores carried pedals from DoD and Boss for the most part. You could find occasional Ibanez, MXR, or Electro Harmonix pedals, but for the most part it was DoD and Boss. The few pedals I owned were DoD. Every time I took a Boss pedal for a test drive I was massively underwhelmed. Those music store visits back in the late 1980’s lead to a lifetime of not liking Boss gear. To this day I have never owned a Boss pedal because I have never played through one that I liked. The closest I’ve come is a Keeley pedal (the Super Phat Mod) which is a modified version of a Boss Blues Driver pedal. I like the Keeley pedal, but I don’t love it (unlike my Keeley D&M Drive which I absolutely adore).

I have never consciously boycotted Boss, I just never wanted anything they sold…

Until now.

A few years ago a couple of companies released super sophisticated amp load boxes. Universal Audio put out the Ox, which seems like the greatest thing since sliced bread. Unfortunately you can almost buy a car with the amount of money you need to shell out for an Ox.* Boss released a similar item called the Tube Amp Expander. The reviews I watched made the thing look pretty amazing, though maybe not quite as amazing as the Ox. The price was similar though and I never gave it a second thought.

Not long ago Boss released a new product. It’s a smaller version of the Tube Amp Expander. It’s called the Tube Amp Expander Core. It has all of the functionality I would want but at a much lower price. Granted, $700 is a ton of money for something like this (in my book, at least) and I don’t know if that price is before or after the orange shit clown’s Japanese tariffs. It is a low enough cost to make me consider it, but probably still too high to actually pull the trigger. It would be really cool to be able to run a direct signal out of my Fender Deluxe Reverb and into my Audio Interface, or even directly into my Macintosh.

…….it’s Boss though…. if I tried one out, history dictates that I would be disappointed. Still…….. oh the places I could go with a box like that. We’ll have to see how the economy holds up in the near future. There’s a really good chance the orange shit clown could collapse the whole country which would take the decision to blow $700 on a reactive load box out of my hands, you know?

Anyway, here’s a video that I can drool over as I watch it over and over again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyZYV6swW-c

*Slight exaggeration

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Do Boss, by any chance, do a cut back version of the Tube Amp Expander? I want a little bit of what it does (the amp attenuation and effects) but don't need the full bells and whistles.

Yes I know other brands exist 👍.

#guitar #amp #attenuator

Module PCBs for my Eurorack Buffered Multiple/Attenuator are now available in my store https://www.tindie.com/products/polykit/eurorack-buffered-multipleattenuator-diy-pcb-th/
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Контроллер управления аттенюаторами Agilent/Keysight 8494H и 8496H

Приветствуем! Так получилось, что нам достались два аттенюатора Agilent 8494H и 8496H. Они долго лежали без дела, поскольку отсутствовал контроллер управления. Конечно, четыре простых переключателя справились бы с этой задачей, но хотелось реализации с дисплеем показывающий текущее значение затухания и программное управление. Проект сделан в EasyEDA и Atmel Studio.

https://habr.com/ru/articles/812755/

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2in1: Volume Attenuator & Booster (+30dB) housed together in a single enclosure. Both circuits are active.

>>>> Attenuator specifications:
The active circuit consists of an input buffer, a volume attenuator controlled by the potentiometer and an output buffer.
This way it picks up the audio signal without degrading or coloring it no matter how much you attenuate it and passes it intact to a low impedance output.
- Input impedance: 10Mohm
- Output impedance: 100ohm
- Input signal level: up to ~24Vpp

IMPORTANT NOTE: This is a volume attenuator, NOT a power attenuator. Do not use it as a load between a power amp and a speaker.

>>>> Booster specifications:
The active circuit consists of an input buffer (which is also the first boost stage, +6dB) and of a second stage with a variable amount of boost, controlled by the respective potentiometer (+30dB at max).
Again the input impedance is high and the output impedance is low in order to maintain the signal's fidelity and clarity without coloring it.

- Input impedance: 10Mohm
- Output impedance: 100ohm
- Minimum Boost: +6dB
- Maximum Boost: +30dB
- Max input voltage swing: ~7.5Vpp
- Max output voltage swing: ~24Vpp

The device works with 9V power supply. However, a dedicated internal module converts the 9V single supply to dual rail voltage supply (+15,0,-15) in order to properly power the internal ICs for both the attenuator and the booster and provide maximum stability and headroom.

The high input impedance of both circuits combined with the low output impedance ensures the best interconnectivity with the rest of your gear while maintaining your signal's clarity & tone.

- Required supply: 9V (Polarity: negative tip)
- Current draw: 40mA
- Flat response on the whole span of the audio frequency spectrum.

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Retrotechtacular: Crash Testing Truck Attenuators, for Science https://hackaday.com/2023/10/27/retrotechtacular-crash-testing-truck-attenuators-for-science/ #Retrotechtacular #retrotechtacular #attenuator #crashtest #honeycomb #Caltrans #crash

Wien Bridge Oscillator Drives Distortion Into the Floor https://hackaday.com/2023/09/08/wien-bridge-oscillator-drives-distortion-into-the-floor/ #audiofrequency #Notchfilter #attenuator #distortion #wienbridge #ToolHacks #agc #THD

This is an active, mono-signal, volume attenuator.
The active circuitry can easily handle signals up to 24Vpp (approx. +20dBu).
It only requires a power supply of 9V, however a dedicated internal module converts the 9V single supply to dual rail voltage supply (+15,0,-15) in order to properly power its active circuit and provide maximum headroom at the input (~24Vpp).

The one and only potentiometer on the pedal let's you choose the level of attenuation: From 0dB at max position down to mute at min position.
The attenuator is buffered and it offers high input impedance and low output impedance in order to maintain the fidelity and tone of your audio signal.

IMPORTANT NOTE: This is a volume attenuator, NOT a power attenuator. Do not use it as a load between a power amp and a speaker.

---- Technical specifications: ----
▹ Supply Voltage required: 9V DC (center negative)
▹ Current draw: 20mA
▹ An internal circuit module provides the necessary Dual Rail voltage, for maximum headroom.
▹ Input signal level: up to ~24Vpp
▹ Input impedance: 2MΩ
▹ Output impedance: 100Ω
▹ Flat response on the whole span of the audio frequency spectrum.

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