[sdiy] SOB

[john mahoney]

Speakers On Board, that is! ;-)

Somebody in the dotcom group (might've been Morbius) commented that
the ARP 2600 speakers were an advantage over, say, a new dotcom synth.
Now I'm curious about those speakers and the amps that powered them.
Having never heard them, I had always assumed they were more gimmicky
than useful.

Does anybody know much about them? I haven't got the 2600 schemos. How
much power did the amp produce? Was there much distortion? Where were
the heatsinks? Separate power supply? Blah blah blah...

Let's say that we wanted some SOBs. We have fairly high voltage
levels, so is it possible to use a simple amplifier circuit, like just
a transistor to increase the output current? Or is a complete power
amp still needed?

Adding speakers to a modular cabinet isn't a huge deal. The harder
part is dealing with the amplifier, its hefty power supply, and all
that heat! Unless the output wattage is pretty low.
--
john