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My first impression was that I had finally assembled the best overdrive in my entire life. For the first time, a cheap Squier Bullet Mustang electric guitar with stock humbuckers sounded equally good with all the cabinets I usually simulate and switch between when testing a new pedal. Like my all-time favorite guitar, the semi-hollow-body Harley Benton TE-90QM with P90 pickups, this Squier Mustang can be called "moody." The beauty of its sound does not reveal itself with any overdrive or cabinet you pick at will. One must properly look for good-sounding gain and tone knobs positions. The 2011 Gibson Melody Maker Explorer behaves completely differently than most other Gibson guitars. A deep and clear sound with no unpleasant overtones and no excessive protrusion of certain frequencies is obtained with almost any equipment of "good enough" quality in a much more comprehensive range of tone and gain settings. Does wood affect the guitar tone? It is common knowledge tha

To localize defects in metal cables, there is a popular, widely used device — reflectometer. Photo from website TEMPO ® (www.tempocom.com/products/cablescout-cs90/) The reflectometer measures the reflection of a signal. This method for cable damage detection complements all the others we've previously discussed and, in some cases, gives more accurate results, especially when locating wire entanglements or breaks and looking for non-persistent faults. Furthermore, it allows one to clearly identify several individual problems when they interfere with each other, as well as determine the range of each one of them. Reflectometers' principle of operation The reflectometer detects irregularities in any wire line (in particular, in a symmetrical twisted pair) by measuring the reflected signal. To do this, short DC electrical pulses are applied to the cable pair being tested. Suppose there is an imperfection in the cable. In that case, some or all of the energy of the original DC impul

One usually uses an HDMI cable to connect different video equipment. If the display (or a TV, monitor, or projector) is farther than 60 feet away from a signal source like an Xbox, we have to use an HDMI extender. Extenders over twisted-pair cables could be helpful even for distances smaller than 60 feet. We must find another way to solve this when the transmission distance goes north from 400 feet. One of the options here is to implement HDMI over optical cable, a kit like the INRIKS EX2078A. Features INRIKS EX2078A is a set of transmitter and receiver units. It extends the HDMI signal with a maximum resolution of 1080p at 60 Hz for 24 miles. The TX unit has an HDMI output for local monitoring TV. In addition to the above, an IR return channel controls the playback source from the display end of the line with the remote. Visual inspection INRIKS EX2078A is shipped in a simple gray box with a sticker; all the basic features are listed. Inside the box are both TX and RX units in a firm