TaffyGuy
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well i've moved to school that has just started which means my DIYing and even listening have been on hold recently but now that i'm sitting here fiddling in the middle of the night, I can't help but notice my 8620 meta works on 6 volts. 5 volts is definately out of the question, but it works just fine at 6. works fine at 22 as well, and i havn't gone above that.
I have come upon these marvelous revelations due to the generous contribution of an HP voltage/current supply from my retired EE father, which I am still using as a PS for my meta because i'm too lazy to go deal with wall warts and dinn sockets or whatnot. soon though.
anyway, the short of it is that it works at 6 and i'm not sure what makes the optimal voltage 20-22, since it doesn't "seem" to change. of course around here things aren't always as they seem. haven't broken out the DMM since i assume that this very nice piece of vintage HP lab equipment is functional and accurate, and have no reason to think otherwise. sure doesn't work at 5 volts. perhaps it would start to misbehave if i turned up the volume. doesn't seem like it.
so whats the deal?
I have come upon these marvelous revelations due to the generous contribution of an HP voltage/current supply from my retired EE father, which I am still using as a PS for my meta because i'm too lazy to go deal with wall warts and dinn sockets or whatnot. soon though.
anyway, the short of it is that it works at 6 and i'm not sure what makes the optimal voltage 20-22, since it doesn't "seem" to change. of course around here things aren't always as they seem. haven't broken out the DMM since i assume that this very nice piece of vintage HP lab equipment is functional and accurate, and have no reason to think otherwise. sure doesn't work at 5 volts. perhaps it would start to misbehave if i turned up the volume. doesn't seem like it.
so whats the deal?