The Amp Garage

FWIW, not everyone thinks PCBs are crap. I would guess that if the PCB in something is crap (cheap material, thin traces, poorly laid out, etc.), it probably has to do with cost. There's a good article on PCB construction by THD's Andy Marshall found on the Bogner Amps site, for anyone interested: h...

Hey Omar! My mistake, it became pretty obvious what you meant when I re-read the question ;) You're right on the money about the use of an insulated terminal for that job in most military equipment. I don't have any shots of these standoff terminals still in place any military gear (as they're one ...

I think Mark makes some very good points (like w/the shielded cable). It's always good to be critical (and not too extremely critical as to be overly cynical about the non-conventional), keeping things in mind such that sound and approaches to sound are subjective, deliberate misinformation can exis...

the Komet pics showed use of shielded wire, so personally I'm not so sure that it would necessarily be bad for the sound. Why would shielded wire sound bad? You have 20' of it in front of the amp, so there's no way that an additional 6" is going to adversely affect anything. I use the small diamete...

the Komet pics showed use of shielded wire, so personally I'm not so sure that it would necessarily be bad for the sound.