"Greg Mayman" bravely wrote to "Mike Ross" (12 Sep 03  07:49:00)
 --- on the heady topic of "VEHICLE LED'S"

 GM> There is an amplifier in the fuzz box. It's not a great big
 GM> 150 watt output thing, it is usually just a little low level
 GM> one, often running on a 9 volt battery. But still an amplifer.

Does a 9 volt battery move any appeciable amount of air to qualify? I
think it would make more noise if you threw it hard at the sound bin!
You're right, here I was thinking he meant something that could "blow a
50 amp fuse!"  ;-)

One must admit it leads to confusion to call a voltage gain stage an
"amplifier" since that is usually meant to be a P.A. The difference
being between the technical term and the colloquial usage.

Clearly, in the technical sense, anything with any kind of gain is an
amplifier. But for the average Joe, an amplifier is the heavy piece of
equipment you connect speakers to.

In any case, it was my fault since I misread what Jason wrote and
replied to the misconstrued comment, even if he was mistaken to begin
with but that's solved now...

THE BARKHAUSEN EFFECT... YOU GET THAT, DOWN UNDER!?!?!?
;-)
;-)
;-)

 Mike
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