XPost: sci.electronics.design   
   From: sophi.2@invalid.org   
      
   On 3/2/2011 8:32 PM, John Larkin wrote:   
   > On Wed, 2 Mar 2011 17:59:58 -0800 (PST), Bill Sloman   
   >   wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Mar 3, 2:11 am, John Larkin   
   >>   wrote:   
   >>> On Wed, 02 Mar 2011 18:36:25 -0600, John Fields   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   wrote:   
   >>>> On Wed, 02 Mar 2011 08:40:42 -0800, John Larkin   
   >>>>   wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>> I've always sort of liked the classic "GE" tape head/mic preamp   
   >>>>> circuit:   
   >>>   
   >>>>> ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/GEcircuit.jpg   
   >>>   
   >>>>> but it occurred to me that it might also make a nice headphone amp...   
   >>>   
   >>>>> ftp://jjlarkin.lmi.net/GE_headphone_amp.JPG   
   >>>   
   >>>>> Audio tends to be nonsense, but at least the audio guys have fun   
   >>>>> playing with circuits, whether they make a lot of sense or not.   
   >>>   
   >>>>> John   
   >>>   
   >>>> ---   
   >>>> Even though you scorn and ridicule audio, there's nothing wrong with   
   >>>> anyone seeking perfection there, just as there's nothing wrong with   
   >>>> your search for perfection in the genre which pleases _you_ to pursue.   
   >>>> So, speaking of fun, why don't you do a complete design and assign   
   >>>> values to the circuit components and identify the semiconductors?   
   >>>   
   >>> You're not playing the game. You are sitting in the henhouse, clucking   
   >>> about the people who do.   
   >>   
   >> He's not playing your game, which involves telling John Larkin how   
   >> cute his circuits are.   
   >   
   > He's not designing circuits, which is what this newsgroup is about.   
   >   
   > You aren't either. Both of you start to cluck and peck when people do   
   > design circuits. No surprise.   
   >   
   >   
   >>   
   >>>> Or is that legwork _we're_ supposed to do in order to flesh out your   
   >>>> divine revelation?   
   >>>   
   >>> Chickenleg work!   
   >>   
   >> It's half the story - a few component values make it a lot easier to   
   >> work out what a circuit is doing.   
   >   
   > You can't look at a circuit this simple and see what it's doing? OK,   
   > no surprise.   
   >   
   > John   
      
   Well, I thought designing a circuit included supplying component values.   
   No?   
      
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