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I once had a bunch of 1/2" tapes that had 8 tracks of music recorded in the '80s on an Otari. It had a very similar sound quality to...

Rob.... sounds like you're hearing that fizzy sound I'm talking about... It comes on with the note, and decays with the note. Improper...

I hear the hiss (either from the amp, electronics, or tape hiss, or combination thereof) but the sound I'm thinking about is a sort of...

I was checking out some recordings of the '60s and this Scott McKenzie song came up. In the first 10 seconds of the song there's a lone...

Well you got a lot further than I did. Perhaps you guys can clarify this issue for me... I've always thought of transistors as heavily...

Well, I don't think they "manipulated" the band gap voltage? The parameters were set by the consequences of quantum mechanics which in...

I took a short primer on quantum mechanics but determined I really didn't possess the right tools for it.

Almost all germanium transistor came in metal cans. The BCs I mentioned were from Mullard but there were also Newmarket device in 'top...

Thank you for the information. When you really look at the inner workings of transistors you get an appreciation for how amazing they...

I suppose now is the part where I should ask why these silicon transistors are encased in a metal can as opposed to their standard form...

Whippersnapper! BC107,108,109, whole range of T05 can medium power and video devices. Also several PNP compliments of same! Dave.

BCY70 on the tip of my tongue. The 'Fuzz Face' (1966) used Germanium transistors. Look at the component from the side, and count the legs.

Hi, Metal can doesn't necessarily mean germanium. I found some search results suggesting it's a silicon FET. You'll get more results if...

Thanks a lot for the info. You win a gift certificate to Carson's Ribs lol I really can't believe I've never known about a metal can Si...

Hello, and thank you for reading. I got curious the other day and unscrewed the top of an electret condenser microphone I have and found...