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of the handle on the console top; and ratio will be high in playback. As a put is fed flon1 the 2A3 plates ihrough
the recorder' case. containing amplifler practical matter, too, the iecold-play- 0.5-pf blocking capacitors (Fie. 1) to
and turntable assembly, is cauied by ing systems owned by most people have the cutter jack. T}te cutter plug (Fig.
its handle. While rhe , ombination is a drop in the high range, making pre- 3) is plugged into this jack to carry fiir
neither as light nor as small as nany audio to the cutter. RB js the necessary
ernphasis necessary to restore fidelity.
con,melcial portable recorders, the Ie- The only srandard fol pre-emphasis series resistor. ll
sults it gives and the versatility it of- in the recording field is the so-called
fers ar'e well lvor'th the added size. NAB curve, rvhich results in a boost of The "geor shifl"
Fig. 1 is a schematie diagram of the 16 db at 10,000 cycles. Most phonograph The second interesting feature oJ ihe
recolding a1r1plifiel. The output of the records have frequency culves some- systen is the slvitching artangement.
console which feeds it is zero db in 500 where between the NAB standard and The amplifier can be used, not only for
ohms, which results in 1,?3 volts. Rather a characteristic vith slightly less boost. recording, but also for Iistening, A 3-po-
lhan use an e\pensive land hum-sensi- Fig.2 shows the response of this am- sition, 6-ci'-cuit rotary switch 51 (Fig.
tive) transformer at the input of the plifier with the switeh in the recording 1) selects any of three functions: In
recording amplifier, the 6Cb input grid position. The boost is 2.5 db less than position 1, output is fed to the cutter;
Iesistor is a 500-ohm potentiometer. the NAB prescribes at 10,000 cycles, in position 2, output js fed through a
This lerminates the 500-ohnr line from Eiving a very close approximation to high-fidelity tlsnsformer to the speak-
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O. HO!ES FOR FAS''iNIN6 AMPLIFIER Adiu:ting lhe systen L,n the console jo the decibel ureter reads
There are only two adjustnents to be zer-o..A.djust R1 so rhat a vacuull.r-tube
Fis.5-How io mole ompti{ierrecorder coro. made in the electlical systen before voltneter' (a good nonelectr'onic volt-
n1etel could be used) connected directly
across the cutter.r.eads betlreen g0 and
100 volts. Never distulb R.l again. llake
a malk on the milliarnneter on the mo.
lnr boar'd ai aLour the 0,6-nra noint.
Then adjust RG unril rhc r)rerer' ;eedle
is at the nark. When recor.ding, do not
depend on the Dillianmetel to r-ead
colr'ect level, since high flequencies $,ill
ot legi-lter. cor'i-ectlv (due to the eoual-
izatioD).