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Somewhere I still have recordings where I A/B tested the Minimass and Motherload with my Marshall. I'll try to find and upload them. I made the recordings and never actually listened back to them, but I remember in the room at the time I didn't notice much difference between them. The Motherload can take a 100 watt Plexi on 10 without breaking, though, which not many attenuators can boast.
Just like to point out that a power soak makes an excellent DIY project.
The parts are relatively cheap (case is probably the biggest outlay!) and personal safety is 99.9%, burnt pinky being worse case. Danger to the amp is very low so long as you meter* the finished product before use and make secure solder joints.
If you have a low power amp, 5-10 watter you can make a very simple soak to feed a soeaker and a line level recoding output. Even incorporating a hum loop busting transformer adds very little cost (I have two to donate..FC,FS)*Essential. Do not even THINK of such a project without one!
Dave.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I did pull the corksniffers plug last year and buy an Aracom DAG and can safely say it's amazing, gets lower than anything I've tried yet and tbh I wouldn't really look at another attenuator now. Although the Fryette power station is a tease but as far as I can tell that's a slave/load set up that they've cleverly/bravely decided to market (although it can be done at a fraction of the cost with a good loadbox and a lineout).
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/60396/
Not really. I have some scribblings somewhere and a "lashup" I did for son. There is no need to get IC involved! Just make sure you have a load about twice the rating of your amp and of about the right resistance or a little higher (according to IC's lights). Middle for diddly 8 Ohms would be happy with say 10? Pro rata for the other Zs.
The allyclad style resistors are almost impossible to blow, they will stand about 1000% overrating for 1 second! Biggest problem is that the case gets hot. Very hot with a big amp so DON'T stand it on "her" occasional table!
Rule One for Electronic Projects: You always need a bigger box than you were expecting. Rule Two: This counts DOUBLE for load boxes!
Dave.
I had the £500 Jim Kelley one and thought the Brakelite was superior...
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/57632/