18-04-2012, 08:08 PM
The RP18 was posted at dinner-time so will hopefully be here by the w/end.
I don't pretend to know why the ESR would matter but just took it as in indication that all was not well within. The two Daly ones leak 100mA at 12V, at which they are rated, and one gets hot to boot. The Philips ones may be OK and I could have been lead astray a bit by the interference and PSU issues. That said, it's all practise.
As to being impressed I'm not so sure as, at least at present, I prefer the Roberts sound for MW radio, though would freely accept that the Hacker is 'Better;' the amplifier would have been designed to get the best out of wider band-width signals and it's great on digital. Shows what a subjective thing audio is. I'll certainly be interested to hear the Sovereign on VHF (I nearly added "Subject to the ECC85 playing ball"!) and see what it's like with the full tone controls.
I'm certainly happy with it even if it's ends up being something to trade in towards another one.
- Joe
I don't pretend to know why the ESR would matter but just took it as in indication that all was not well within. The two Daly ones leak 100mA at 12V, at which they are rated, and one gets hot to boot. The Philips ones may be OK and I could have been lead astray a bit by the interference and PSU issues. That said, it's all practise.
As to being impressed I'm not so sure as, at least at present, I prefer the Roberts sound for MW radio, though would freely accept that the Hacker is 'Better;' the amplifier would have been designed to get the best out of wider band-width signals and it's great on digital. Shows what a subjective thing audio is. I'll certainly be interested to hear the Sovereign on VHF (I nearly added "Subject to the ECC85 playing ball"!) and see what it's like with the full tone controls.
I'm certainly happy with it even if it's ends up being something to trade in towards another one.
- Joe
