Here showing how he created I Feel Love:
Sunday, August 31, 2025
Saturday, August 30, 2025
Friday, August 29, 2025
CV of Georgios Tsakiris
Thursday, August 28, 2025
Despina Vandi signal path
At your risk.
Today meeting by chance Giorgos, I asked and his kind reply was:
Neumann U87 to mixing desk preamp to DBX 160XT compressor.
Making an outdoors recording of drums or percussion with the Shure Unidyne B and SONY TC-D5M
At your risk.
Such a recording was made at Varkiza beach near Athens.
Just one mic and one cassette track was used.
Amazing sound quality. Crisp and clear.
Same with recording singing voice in the forest.
No processing needed, just the Shure Unidyne B microphone directly connected to the Sony cassette recorder.
Bones - Telenova
At last I found from Vicky what is the name of this nice song I had heard on FM radio in Athens:
Pleiades EF183 Audio Power Amplifier in Class A1 Operation
At your risk.
While contemplating building a single ended EL84 power amplifier driven by a 1;12 input transformer instead of a driver electron tube...
It was decided to try the EF183 as a triode connected power amplifier which has a similar pinout and much less power consumption.
It sounded expressive, loud and smooth.
Operating conditions:
Vb=120V
V(Rk)=2.4V (V across 120ohm cathode resistor) hence
Ik=20mA
Ck=100uF
input transformer 1:12
output transformer 5Kohm:4ohm 3Watt, (possibly from Collins receiver)
Rg=470Kohm
input transformer is coupled to control grid by use of a coupling capacitor
Signal Path:
Big in Japan-Alphaville, on CD - SONY CD Walkman line out - Pleiades EF183 - Celestion Ditton 150 (8ohm speaker typically 30ohm at mid band).
The PSU used is a top quality component, military power transformer, 5U4 rectifier electron tube, choke input filter, paper in oil 10uF capacitor, 10Kohm 10W dropping resistor, 50uF electrolytic capacitor. All this is overrated as this PSU was intended for higher power.
Thursday, August 7, 2025
On Dry Shaving
At your risk.
Razor blade should be disinfected by use of isopropyl alcohol.
Soft hair can be removed from the body by dry shaving if it is done gently, slowly with patience.
Then waiting for at least half an hour before a shower. This avoids infection by water.
Dry shaving if done properly can avoid red spots on the body by wet shaving infection.
The above is derived from what Julie told me on waiting half an hour after manicure or pedicure before washing to avoid contamination of nails with water, towel microbes etc.
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Pleiades 2 EL84 stereo single ended power amplifier with no other electron tubes or transistors
At your risk. Lethal voltage.
Under preparation.
Each channel consists of just one EL84 electron tube triode connected with step up input and step down output transformer.
Currently prototype created on an aluminium diecast box where components are places on top. Orientation of box is like on NAIM NAIT 2 transistor amplifier.
Colors possibly orange and blue for output transformers.
At the back is the power supply with toroidal transformer, EZ90, octal base electrolytic capacitor.
Will it work?