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previous: Ed/SS This should probably be on the joke... -- 8/26/1999 1:36 AM

Re: Customers listening too critically & imagining noises in repaired amps - what to call that phenomenon?

8/26/1999 2:09 AM
Steve A.	Re: Customers listening too critically & imagining noises in repaired amps - what to call that phenomenon? Ed: Good question! No answer here at this time, but I thought that I'd suggest something; with hard disk recording getting pretty damn cheap, why not make a quick sound sample of an amp when it comes in? (If you are doing mods to an amp (not a PV Classic 50! < g >), that would give them some sort of reference as to how you changed/improved the sound.) After the happy customer has signed off the bill, you can delete the sound samples to free up hard drive space. For this application I think a Soundblaster card, an SM57 mike and some sort of preamp would be all that you need. Oh, I guess you'd need a computer. too! Thanks for bringing that up! Steve Ahola

8/26/1999 2:09 AM

Steve A.

Re: Customers listening too critically & imagining noises in repaired amps - what to call that phenomenon?

Ed:

Good question! No answer here at this time, but I thought that I'd suggest something; with hard disk recording getting pretty damn cheap, why not make a quick sound sample of an amp when it comes in? (If you are doing mods to an amp (not a PV Classic 50! < g >), that would give them some sort of reference as to how you changed/improved the sound.) After the happy customer has signed off the bill, you can delete the sound samples to free up hard drive space. For this application I think a Soundblaster card, an SM57 mike and some sort of preamp would be all that you need. Oh, I guess you'd need a computer. too!

Thanks for bringing that up!

Steve Ahola