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Herman J. Russell, the iconic entrepreneur who built the nation's largest black-owned construction and real estate firm, as well as much of the Atlanta skyline, died today at the age of 83. He was also a behind-the-scenes financial backer of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., later playing a critical role in the construction (both literally and in terms of economic and civic participation for African Americans) of the "New South" Atlanta during the administration of the city's first black mayor, Maynard H. Jackson Jr. Russell was the first black member of Atlanta's Chamber of Commerce and the second black person to lead the organization as its president.
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27Answers | Top 5 buzz making solutions most overlooked by small biz and entrepreneurs
August 9, 2014
In #27Answers to Create Buzz, blogger and author Yalanda P Lattimore tackled the 27 most frequently asked questions from small business owners and entrepreneurs as it relates to business, customers, networking and social media. But once you build it, and customers come, how do you get them to come back again and again?
Below you will find top 5 buzz making solutions most overlooked when it comes to turning customers into lifetime customers. Try one or two or try them all — they're all win/win.
5) loyalty cards: a loyalty card encourages repeat biz bringing customers back again and again. LCs offer incentives for return customers with each visit, such as a discount, or free item after number if regular visits. LCs can spark initial visit when incorporated into your business card. Be bold and offer increase discounts with each visit.
4) affiliate program: a bit of re-branding is needed for affiliate programs. At first glance they seem overwhelming to a small business or an entrepreneur. May appear to be more work than worth, but affiliate programs or worth their weight in gold. Think of affiliate programs as referral or incentive programs. Use as an incentive program for customers to earn cash back or other incentives for referring friends. Social media is a great tool to grow your referral program as links are shared and promote infinitely.
3) payment plans: don't lose customers in a down economy. Meet customers where they are by easing their financial frustrations with a few flexible payment options. Payment plans allow you to maintain good standing relationships with customers while maintaining or even increasing receivables. Payment plans manage themselves when using top apps like automatic billing offered through Paypal and other comps or membership sites. Money comes in regularly. Merchandise goes out when paid in full.
2) memberships: turn customers into lifetime customers with a membership. The most successful business opportunities are driven from memberships. Consider which part of your business, service, or products could you package into repeat services and sold as a membership. Perhaps its a drop shipment or certain products, or subscriptions to certain services. Which would make customers come back again and again and appreciate the ease of monthly automatic payments.
1) advertising and promotion: invest in promoting your business. If done right, the right promotion could actually cost you nothing as in FREE because increase in customers and sales would actually fully reimburse each expense (FREE). If launching a tv, radio, or print campaign is too much, as an alternative, think support local events as sponsors or advertising in special event programs like theatre playbills or community advertising circulars. The investment is usually small, do not require long term commitments, but offer great shelf life which brings in customers again and again.
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May 19, 2014
Best advice I ever received was never meant for me. Not sure if Ida B Well, John H Johnson, or Whoopi had/have me in mind when they spoke/speak respectively. I hang onto their ever word. The courage of Wells, leadership of Johnson, and freedom of Whoopi is what I hope to achieve.
From Wells, I learned there is great power in lending our voices to issues. We can change the world with a headline. She did so pouring her energy into social justice. Wells went from school teacher to journalist who championed issue of justice around lynching. Sometimes we think our lives are headed in one direction, but passion pulls us in another. Giving into the pull of passion, especially with commitment to service, gives value to life.
From Johnson, I learned ownership. My desire to enter world of media came after a long hard study of media and press. Johnson shared his wisdom in Succeeding Against the Odds: The Autobiography of a Great American Businessman. I keep it close by on my kindle. Owning media means impacting imagination, controlling imagery, perceptions, and directly affecting narratives of the day.
From Whoopi, aside from learning to seek pure freedom. I published my first book after reading Whoopi's Is It Just Me?: Or Is It Nuts out There?. Not that Whoopi talked about publishing or blogging. At the time she hated blogging and bloggers. However, her book read like a blog. So I thought if her book read like a blog, then could a blog read like a book. So I published my blog or rather excerpts from my blog. Makes for a nice book and additional income. Much influence and credibility in being a published author. Whoopi gives us a wonderful career to follow. I love her view on life.
As you can see, the best advice I ever got was never meant for me directly. Some times we have to search for what we need in others — with or without them knowing. Sometimes others leave breadcrumb for us to follow as they lead by example. Mentors and mentees do not have to know each other to encourage or inspire one another. I was born 104 years after Ida B Wells. She died in 1931. There's not a day that goes by without me thinking of her because her memory is embedded in my work. She, Johnson and even Whoopi encourage me every day.
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5 Answers for Entrepreneurs to Stay Productive While Family Enjoys Summer Vacation | Learn.DryerBuzz.com #BlogSmallBiz
May 19, 2014
Here comes summer. Summer means time with family and friends. For eager entrepreneurs, vacations and time off means pressure and frustration of balancing family and customers. Customer demand goes into overdrive. Boundaries, priorities and enlisting support from family help make summer a breeze for all.
Here's 5 answers for entrepreneurs to stay productive while family enjoy summer vacation.
- Set boundaries and expectations
Set boundaries on time and space. Organize a schedule to accommodate family requests without sacrificing time for customers. Define and divide space separating work space and common areas, especially when working from home.
- Take advantage of quiet mornings while family sleeps
Don't follow the pack of a sleeping in family. Wake early or earlier to enjoy quiet mornings while family sleeps. Set morning breaks to avoid frustration when household comes to life.
- Enlist family support
Tap into talents of family members. Grow your summer team to meet and exceed customer demands. Take advantage of summer interns, volunteers, or make summer hires where increased income potential exists.
- Set aside time to engage with family
Do plan special days, lunches, or outings with family where possible. However, help family understand how summer may not be season for down time in your business or industry. Don't make promises you can't keep. Choose another season for vacations.
- Keep priorities clear
The customer is always the priority when in business. But this doesn't stop feelings of guilt and sacrifice of time with family. Happy families make for happy entrepreneurs and vice versus.
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Blogger Suicide: Karyn Washington For Brown Girls | #theClippings
April 11, 2014
To blog is to become voice of that which one champions. Karyn Washington championed Brown Girls with her blog For Brown Girls.
FBG was created to celebrate the beauty of dark skin while combatting colorism and promoting self love! FBG was created to celebrate darker shades of brown- to encourage those struggling with accepting having a darker skin complexion to love and embrace the skin they are in. However, women of all shades may take away from FBG the universal and essential message of self love and acceptance.
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DryerBuzz Entertainment Report: Who's Talking About You? Sherman's Super Bowl | MLK Wrap Up | Wonder Women Buzz Atlanta | Go from mediocre to best in Buzz!
January 21, 2014
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Who's talking about you? that is the question of the day or shall we say weekend. It was all Erin Andrews could think of when she happened upon an interview with Richard Sherman before he could get out of his feeling after his team clinched a win taking them to the Super Bowl. With this Shermanism in mind – are you the best or just mediocre? Who's buzzing about you?
Here's what some are buzzing about to kick off the week. First and foremost Richard Sherman's team IS going to the super bowl. Who does he play for — the Seahawks. Who are they going against in super bowl — Denver. Who's performing half time — Bruno Mars. When: Sunday, February 2, 6:30 PM on FOX; Where: MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey. This only happens when you're the best — no mediocre.
If you spent MLK Day in Atlanta — then you probably had the best time commemorating the life and legacy of Dr. King. Any where else — probably mediocre. Hopefully, you followed the buzz all weekend — and you were able to do so via various live streams as we buzzed the city events hosted by the King Center and later Operation Hope's Financial Dignity Center.
In the #top10weekend report we gave you 10 of the best events happening around town. We took you via live stream to the annual Salute to Greatness Awards dinner held by the King Center each year, hosted by Bernice A King, daughter of slain civil rights leader. Guests hosts were Malcolm Jamal Warner (Cosby Show, Malcolm & Eddie) and Dawn Lewis (A Different World, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper). Saluted were the greatest of all time Muhammad Ali — accepting for Ali was his daughter Rasheda Ali; One Billion Rising and Eve Ensler, and Sughar Founder Khalida Brohi; along with Xerox Corporation. Amazing evening with leaders of yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
From there, we buzzed comedy, 5k runs, film screenings, marches, speeches, panels and more all in the name continuing the dream of Dr King. Links to streamed events available at DryerBuzz.com. Thanks to all who participated by switching their avatars as part of #choosenonviolence. Keep a King heart everyday and we can change the world.
Now for the best and mediocre of this weekend's box office. Ride Along with Kevin Hart and Ice Cube burst on the scene taking best with more than $40M; followed by second best Lone Survivor with $22M and The Nut Job with $19M. I guess we can say the Crabtree of weekend take was Jack Ryan at #4 or Devil's Due at #7 — but if we're talking about them — are they really mediocre.
Are you ready to become your best. Here's an event that might take you from mediocre to best in one visit. Connect and learn from experts in the areas of Emotional, Physical, Spiritual, Professional Development, Personal & Business Branding, Love, Wealth Building and Financial Prosperity at one of Atlanta's premiere Day Spa when you join host Tarra "MsMadamMoney" Jackson and her special wonder women Saturday, February 1, 2014. Registration open now – don't wait – be great – be your best. Visit madammoney.com/prosperity
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School district mergers debated in House, SenateBy JOSH OGORMAN
VERMONT PRESS BUREAU | April 30,2014MONTPELIER A school district consolidation bill underwent rigorous debate Tuesday, as the Senate took up a last-minute alternative proposal from the Agency of Education.
House Bill 883 would eliminate supervisory unions and consolidate the states 273 school districts into 45-55 education districts that offer pre-K through grade 12 education and provide access to the states 17 career technical centers.
Weve seen a precipitous drop in Vermonts K-through-12 student population over the years, said Rep. Jeff Wilson, D-Manchester, who serves on the House Ways and Means Committee, one of three House committees to draft legislation for the bill.
Its time to put into motion the realignment process put forth in House Bill 883, so that we can move forward with matching these lower student numbers with a more efficient, effective governance system, he said.
While many people have spoken of how the bill could be the answer to rising education costs in the face of declining enrollments Gov. Peter Shumlin said as much last week the expressed intent of the bill is to rectify the unequal education opportunities at different schools.
Today, we are challenged to meet the needs of 21st-century students within the confines of a 20th-century delivery system and a governance system from the 19th century, said Rep. Johannah Leddy Donovan, D-Burlington, chairwoman of the House Education committee, which worked on the bill for three months.
Rep. William Stevens, I-Shoreham, questioned many aspects of the bill, from the number of regional meetings that would be held by the design team which would create a statewide realignment plan for districts that dont consolidate voluntarily by 2017 to what evidence exists that not every child in the state has equal education opportunities.
I am not convinced that this bill does too much to address the concerns that folks in my district are expressing, Stevens said. Thats not to say that equitable access and opportunity and addressing community stress and the achievement gap arent important, but what I hear in my district are funding, affordability and value.
Rep. Michael Hebert, R-Vernon, took issue with the fact that the House Education Committee, which held many community meetings, did not hold such a meeting in the southeast corner of the state.
Im concerned that we might pass legislation without having traveled to the hinterlands of the state to gather input from everyone, Hebert said.
The House debated their governance bill late into the night, but earlier in the day the Senate Education Committee took up some last-minute consolidation legislation proposed by the Agency of Education, which in many ways differs significantly from the House bill.
Under the language from the Agency of Education, there would be no design team and no involuntary consolidation. Districts would be encouraged to consolidate and, up until July 2017, would receive double the financial incentives promised under Act 153 of 2010, which creates regional school districts, or REDs.
This means a RED composed of at least 1,000 students or at least four districts would receive as much as $300,000, if it receives unanimous approval from every district that is coming together.
In an apparent effort to encourage districts to get started on consolidation, REDs that come together after July 2017 but before July 2019 would receive half the incentive money promised under Act 153 of 2010.
Sen. Dick McCormack, D-Windsor, chairman of the Senate Education Committee, took issue with the need for financial incentives.
Why do we need incentives if its such a good idea? he said. Why dont they consolidate if it will save money and increase opportunities for students?
And while there is no statewide involuntary consolidation plan as there is in the House bill, the proposed legislation from the Agency of Education would impose financial penalties on districts that have not made serious effort toward consolidation.
Sen. Philip Baruth, D-Chittenden, suggested striking language that would impose the financial penalties, while Sen. William Doyle, R-Washington, suggested that, at the very least, they would need to define the use of the word serious.
The new language also gives authority to Education Secretary Rebecca Holcombe to create supervisory union service districts composed of multiple supervisory unions that would come together in an effort to save money on transportation expenses, professional development and the purchase of goods and services.
Also, the language would require a supervisory union board that wishes to fire a superintendent to first receive approval from Holcombe.
With the Legislature looking at adjourning in less than two weeks, McCormack said he would vote against the proposal.
I will not be voting for this bill, just as a matter of due diligence, he said.
Nor will I, Doyle said.
We have a two-month bill, and we are being asked to do a two-month bill in two days, McCormack said.
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At around 9 pm, they began asking everyone to sit down, and I was told to be in a specific spot. I still had no idea what was about to happen. When Gary made his speech and mentioned that I had done an impersonation of Patti Lupone in Les Miserables when we first met, I thought that maybe the surprise was that Patti was going to come out and sing. But when I heard the music to One Day More start, I had no idea what was going on…and you can see that written all over my face. When Lindsay's father stood up and began singing the Jean Valjean role in the song, I still couldn't quite figure out what was happening. I was in shock. Then when my friend Trish joined in playing the role of Cosette, I knew that Gary had been up to something on a very grand scale. When Megan Mullally stood up to sing the role of Eponine, I couldn't believe it. The fact that Megan was singing one of my all time favorite parts from a musical in my backyard on my pool was way too much for me to handle. Just when I thought it couldn't get any crazier, my mom, who was sitting beside me, jumped up on the stage to play the role of Madame Thenardier. Seeing her up there was unbelievable and she was REALLY good.
And Gary…what can I say about him? For a couple weeks before the party, he kept telling me that he had to have a lot of dental work done and would leave at 7am a couple times a week for appointments. Little did I know that he was driving to Tarzana to take voice lessons so he could play the role of Javert. This is love! The amount of work he put into this, along with Steven Petrarca, our party planner, is still amazing to me. I cannot believe that they pulled this off. You have to remember that not only were the people in the performance sworn to secrecy, but we also had a film crew of over 20 people that never let the secret out. It is a miracle. I cannot tell you how touched I still am by this out pouring of love and everyone's dedication to putting on this performance. People were crying in the audience. I was not. Not because I wasn't emotional, but because I was so overwhelmed with joy and excitement and shock. I don't think I have ever enjoyed something in my life so much. In this day and age of texts, Twitter, and Facebook, we are very rarely surprised by anything anymore -- something always leaks out and gets spoiled. But this remained a surprise until the moment it was happening, and I will never forget experiencing that.
Gary is really out of control. I love him so much. More than words can express. I think over the course of filming this show and having it air, this is the thing that I am most proud of -- that my love for Gary comes through and that it is evident.


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some OPA627 questions
Was the architecture of the OPA627 changed sometime ago? I see that the BP version has better specs all around than the AP, costs more and is less available. Does the BP version have a different design than the AP or is it simply better quality control? Will the BP stay current?
I am using the OPA627BP extensively in a 4 stage phono preamp. Recently, in addition to the second and third stages, we tried the 627 in the first stage. This stage's impedence can vary from 30 ohms to 47K ohms depending on the cartridge. We noticed that at about 300 ohms the 627 starts to feel the burden of the lower impedence and it's output is reduced proportionally to the lower input impedences.
Now, it still sounds very fine; even at 30 ohms/reduced output, but I'm wondering if I am playing with fire in the long run. I considered the OPA1611 but the 627 just sounds so good. Given that;
1. Do you think the 627 will be OK under a low impedence condition long term...and
2.Do you recommend the 1611 or another opamp that would be more acceptable of input impedences that can range from 30ohms -47kohms?
All the versions of the OPA627 are identical designs. The differences are in the test limits for DC accuracy such as offset voltage and drift. These issues are generally unimportant in audio applications.
I don't understand your comments about reduced output with lower source impedance. This does not make sense to me but maybe I don't understand your application circuit. The OPA1611 is an excellent choice for very low source impedance applications. Above a source impedance of 1k or so, you would do better to move to another amplifier as the input bias current noise will dominate.
Here is a link to a short discussion on audio op amp selection that may be helpful.
Regards, Bruce.
Thanks for the response. I'm not sure why offset V and drift are unimportant in audio apps; is there a paper you could direct me to, or at least a quick definition?
As for the gain decreasing with load, perhaps I've made a mistake on the input stage, could I send you the input part of the schematic? I have it in TINA TI, or in a word RTF format. Which is best?
Audio is an AC signal with a lower frequency limit in the range of 20Hz. DC offset is 0Hz and cannot be heard.
Sometimes offset voltage can pose design issues but generally it's not a critical issue for audio signal paths. Even the lower performance grades of the OPA627 have very good DC precision (offset and drift), better than most commonly used "audio" op amps.
You can attach a TINA schematic file to a posting.
Included is the first half of the schematic. I'm mostly concerned witht the input, where the impedence of the cartridge can range from 25 ohms to several hundred, and the loading/damping resistance (as suggested by cartridge manufacturers) can be as you see as small as 30 ohms (R04) from pin 3 of U05 to ground. Any value below 500ohms seems to load down the OPA627 and decrease the output. Any suggestions?
For me DC offset is a huge consideration if it makes its way to the speaker's voice coil. As this entire circuit can have a total gain of 70bB (3100X) Would the better spec OPA 627's make a difference here? I'm concerned with how hard the servo (AD8610) needs to work to null the DC offset from the larger gain settings.
Any TI op amp that would substitute for the AD8610? I would like something with the same low voltage / current noise specs but that would work at +/- 14 or 15 VDC instead of 12VDC as does the 8610.
This looks like it's a preamp for a moving coil cartridge. The 30 ohm input resistor is not loading the input of U05. It is loading your cartridge. It creates a voltage divider with the source impedance of the cartridge, reducing its output voltage. U5 is merely amplifying the signal it receives and is an insignificant portion of the load on the cartridge. There may be benefit to the cartridge response by loading heavily in this manner but it comes at the cost of reduced output voltage and increased noise.
For a moving coil cartridge I believe you would get lower noise with an OPA1611 for U05. Also, more gain in the U05 circuit would improve noise performance. If you decide to increase gain, do it by reducing the value of R18 and increasing the value of R17. For conventional moving magnet cartridges the OPA627 would be okay for U05.
The servo circuit appears to have some incorrect resistor values entered if you are trying to run TINA simulations. An "m" indicates milli-ohms and you must mean "M." You should not worry about the servo "working too hard" as it won't get tired. If the output of U03 is within its linear output range it will properly correct the combined offset voltage of U05 and U01. You could substitute OPA627 for the AD8610.
I'll also offer my personal opinion... DC coupling throughout many stages in the signal chain often creates more problems than it solves. Properly chosen coupling capacitors to block DC offsets do not cause disease.
Thank you much for your help. Without any formal training, I learn from inciteful comments like yours. I've included the entire left channel with correct R values for U05. (I don't know why those others were in place!)
Thanks for the catch on R's 14, 15. I thought that I had improperly imported the spice file from AD, and froze TINA.
Speaking of which, could you elaborate on the servo problems that could arise? As you see, I have two in place.
Caps are a strange animal in the hi-end audio community, with their own "Sonic signature" which I would not have believed had I not designed 4 different speakers without inductors (only caps) in the crossovers (naked for all the world to hear); so to sell a product that has zero caps in the signal path is a good thing if one can make it work. My original design had coupling caps which are very large and expensive.
This phono pre was designed to acommodate both MM and MC cartridges; with as much flexibility as possible in both gain structure and cartridge loading. From a purely design point of view, if you had to choose, would you recommend the OPA627 or the 1611 for U05? In other words which would be the best compromise for all contingencies?
A while back, I put the AD8610 in place of the OPA627 (for cost considerations) in the servo. Now I was hoping for a similarly priced or less expensive sub for the 8610 from TI, but can't find it.
Servo designs to control DC offset create a low frequency roll-off just like capacitive coupling. It is not correct to assume that the capacitors in the servo "are not in the signal path." They are in the signal path. Your signal path is not "DC-coupled all the way to the speaker." It just looks more like it. There can be advantages in a servo to control DC offset because circuit values can make the selection of capacitor types more attractive. The amplifier in the servo loop can also affect audio performance, depending on the circuit topoloty and values. This sometimes leads to a conclusion of "I went to a lot of trouble to eliminate capacitors so what I hear must be better."
I would not make a compromise on the op amp for the moving coil cartridge. I think a better approach would be to go straight into the OPA627 for moving magnet cartridges and only add the U05 preamp into the signal path (an OPA1611) for moving coil cartridges. Different switching arrangement could accomplish this.
The OPA1641 would be a good alternative for the OPA627 in the servo, or for that matter, in the signal path. OPA827 is also a great op amp for the signal path. In my opinion, better than the OPA627 but it has not yet earned its stripes in the audio community. Neither of these newer op amps is available in DIP package which may be a consideration.
As for the capacitor issue, there are many myths out there bases on poorly controlled comparisons (very common in the audio community). That is not to say that capacitors cannot cause problems. They certainly can. Proper selection for the particular circuit function and value is the key.
Thanks again for the excellent comments, you sound like an audiophile; at least at heart!
In double blind tests (The only kind I will do) with the 10 pairs of ears that I trust most, the original design ( minus U05) had 2 versions; OPA 627 and OPA827, and the OPA 627 was preferred by 8 of the 10 myself included. Unlike most audiophile grade testing, as you mentioned which is suspect, these tests are done in many sessions over months. I recently found another manufacturer (on TI's website) of headphone amps who also preferred the 627 to the 827.
I think I may have shot myself in the foot. The last schematic was as you suggested; jumpers to include or exclude U05, but board size constraints made that impossible. This is why we have a jumper over R24, allowing U05 to be a unity buffer for MM cartridges. (Yes, what was I thinking...?)
With the new PC boards arriving tomorrow, we are scrambling to find a way to kludge a version to include/exclude U05 as before. However, if that doesn't happen, how terrible would it be to use the OPA 1611 at unity gain for MM cartridges @ 47k inpedences or a little less? It seems like it should be OK, but sometimes things get critical at unity gain; something I have yet to understand.
Assuming that you change to an OPA1611 for U05, a jumper across R25 does not deal with the full issue for MM cartridges. It will bring the gain down to a more appropriate level. The issue on my mind is the current noise of the OPA1611 reacting with the higher source impedance of the MM which creates additional noise. The source Z of a MM is in the range of a few k-ohms. In a quick calculation, the effect is not quite as bad as I estimated but you would do better to completely eliminate U05 from the signal path for MM.
Note the comment on source Z of MM cartridges. The 47k you cite is the commonly used load impedance for the cartridge but the source Z is much lower.
As for OPA627 vs. OPA827. The OPA627 is, without doubt, a superb audio op amp. I can cite many cases, however, where an added "something" that does not belong in the signal is perceived as "better sounding." So I'm always a bit skeptical of purely subjective tests, particularly on op amps. Nevertheless, I congratulate you on your attempt to do well-controlled comparisons as you have. You have one important point in your favor in this particular comparison--the OPA627 and OPA827 are very much of the same general type. It makes me crazy when two very different op amps are compared in the same circuit thus leaving one (or possibly both) to be inappropriately used.
As one of Bruce's colleagues in the Precision Analog group in Tucson and a fellow audio enthusiast I thought I throw in my two cents, mostly just because I'm excited there is a phono pre-amp post on e2e!
1. Bipolars on the front end of phono pre-amps (e.g. OPA1611): This always made me uneasy because without AC coupling the cartridge to the phono pre-amp, the large input bias currents of the bipolar are now drawn through the cartridge itself. I'm not sure if this would provide a deflection of the stylus or a pre-loading effect or even worse change the frequency response of the cartridge by changing the properties of the moving magnet over time (applied opposing magnetic field?). This weekend while reading Douglas Self's book Small Signal Audio Design he mirrored these sentiments but also noted that no one had done an academic study of these effects yet. This is why I chose a FET input opamp on one of my recent phono pre-amp builds (personal project). Also, the increased current noise of bipolar parts is not really noticed at lower frequencies because the cartridge loading impedance is shunted by the cartridge DC resistance, however at high frequencies the cartridge inductance makes the noise contribution from the 47kOhm input resistor much more significant. This is exacerbated by bipolar amplifiers which employ input bias current canceling (OPA1611, LT1028, etc) because this circuitry injects two additional correlated noise sources into the inputs.
2. AC Coupling Cap vs. DC Servo: I will completely agree that capacitors have the potential to wreck an otherwise low-noise, low-distortion audio chain. I've seen many customers use high-k ceramic capacitors in active filter and data converter circuits and be quite surprised at the massive level of odd-order harmonic distortion these parts create. Electrolytics have the potential to do this as well, however in both cases this behavior is due to the voltage coefficient associated with the part's capacitance value (their capacitance is actually changing with the applied voltage). Therefore, the distortion created by a capacitor is completely dependent upon the voltage across it. If an AC coupling cap is sized properly however, there should be negligible voltage across it and therefore negligible distortion created.
However, my beef with DC servos is more that they represent an additional failure mode in the system. Compared to a capacitor, an opamp is a fairly delicate circuit element, any number of unfortunate events may compromise the opamp used in the DC servo and therefore pass DC directly to the output. But a decent film capacitor doesn't care what happens to the power supplies, ESD events, solar storms, etc, it will always block DC from showing up on the output. I believe that preventing a failure from propagating through the signal chain is an important concern for any piece of equipment.
4. OPA827 vs OPA627: This is a tough one to settle. All I'll say is that I personally REALLY enjoyed listening to my latest phono preamp prototype which used OPA827s and completely passive RIAA equalization. But then again, it was built on a breadboard, sitting on top of a bench power supply, sitting on the floor of my living room. I'm not sure the opamps were the limiting factor ;)
Please excuse the rather modest speakers, the last set I built are currently in a state of being "upgraded". As I'm sure you know, building a set of speakers only satisfies you for a few months, and then the bug returns...
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Hello again Bruce and welcome John
My original design tested the 1611 as well as the 627, 827 and a few from other manufacturers. We found that the 1611 sounded fairly good with MC, but horrible with MM. This is when the design used 2 op amps in the signal path and we were configuring them for a total gain of 60dB. In that design the 627 easily out performed the 827 in double blind listening, and so we went with the 627.
This new design employs 5 op amps in the signal path and so before I saw either of your posts yesterday, we swapped U05 from a 627 to a 1611. This op amp was a recent add on to the design and is supposed to make a step up XFMR unnecessary for cartridges of 1mV or less. (sort of a pre preamp. ) Here, the total gain is about 5V/V max (15dB) where cart loading is usually less than 3K. I did this because of a new breed of carts like MI and some other exotic designs where outputs are between 0.5mV and 1.2mV but loading is suggested in the 1K to 4K range. I am the owner of one such cart called the Sussaro from Soundsmith, and with the 627 I was loading at 2.5K with 220pF and the sound was magnificent.
Well, we were pleasantly surprised with the results from the 1611. Was it musical-YES! Did I notice anything out of place or exaggerated-NO! This is all I need to know for a first eval. I'll need to wait 1 month for the 1611's to break in before more critical listening...just kidding; but that's the kind of crap that's perpetuated in the hi end audio community and what I have to deal with when trying to convince people to try less than 47K on their MM carts.
Times have changed. Carts and electronics are more sophistocated. Why do we still need to stick with 47K? Why not 30, 20 or even 15K? Give it a try... but I digress.
The 1611 was cleaner with tighter bass. Usually when this is the result, I listen for lost harmonics or attenuated harmonics, which tend to give the illusion of a cleaner open sound, but I could not find fault with the timbre as all vocals and instruments sounded natural.
I think that the 627 will still be the choice for 5K and above compensated carts and so I now will need to try and kludge my just delivered PC boards to allow for the 1611 on some carts and the 627 for others. So in essence, Bruce, John and Mark seem to be in agreement about the 1611.
We thought long and hard about the possibility of disaster regarding op amp servo's and ESD, which is why there are two of them in the design, and we also listened. Even with some of the "Highly regarded" industry caps in place Auricap, WIMA, Clarity and a few others, everyone loved the "Natural sound" of no caps. Again, double blind tests-one person at a time (so there was no influence) "Which do you like better?" "Are you sure?" "Then let's see you do it again..and again" is basically how I conduct my tests for what it's worth!
I believe the values of the caps were 5uF and 10uF, but I'd need to check my notes. If either of you guys wants to suggest a cap(s) value and location instead of the servos, I'm always willing to try more experiments.
Not having any formal education, I get scared when I read things like:
So I try not to read too much like the above until after I've put something together and it sounds like crap or blew itself up.
Hey John; didn't your momma tell you not to breadboard opamps? That phono pre has a WAF (wife acceptancy factor) of about -11! Hah!
I'm glad that you were pleased in your evaluation of the OPA1611! All my comment really meant to convey was that my engineering intuition just didn't feel right with a bipolar on the front end of my pre-amp, so I went with a JFET input type (the OPA827). I had a few reasons for doing this, noise and input bias current mainly. The same goes for my reasoning on AC coupling caps vs DC servos, the engineer in me tends to fear the worst, and liked that added safety provided by an AC coupling cap.
WAF is not an influence for me at the moment, that's why in my house I get to have an electronics lab and a dedicated room for speaker measurements instead of a "study" and a "guest bedroom". In my defense, the pre-amp wasn't on the breadboard (and floor) for long, and is currently being transitioned to a pcb and a well built enclosure.
Good luck with your project!
Hello Bruce and John:
The new PC boards were delivered and we built a Phonatic phono stage as configured in the TINA schematic enclosed.
It's loaded at 2.5K and 100pF using a moving iron cartridge at 0.5mV / 3cM.
With U05 at unity; total phono gain = 55.7dB it's very quiet, and wonderfully musical. As we increase the gain of U05, we begin to hear an underlying hum. Even at U05=3V/V this hum becomes audible, and increases with gain.
I would like to eliminate poor circuit design on my end as a reason, first. Then I can proceed to poor board design.
What I think is the real culprit; an induced problem in the line from the cartridge, could be easier to find once I'm sure that the above are correct.
If not too much trouble, would you take a look at the feedback R's around U05, and also R25 which is now 100R, but was originally 50R. I'm trying to keep noise down and hence the low values, but would welcome any suggestion that might be more suitable, especially if these values may be causing my hum.
This first stage will most likely be used with 100-2.5K loading and 20-400pF
Thanks for the help.
Hi Mark,
I'm glad to hear your project is still moving forward. Just to clarify, were you referring to the schematic previously attached in this thread or an updated one? I ask because I don't see a schematic attached to your post. That said, when I hear descriptions of noise I generally think:
"Hum" --> 50/60Hz and its associated harmonics.
"Hiss" --> Gaussian/random intrinsic noise of the circuit itself.
Remember that the feedback resistors will contribute Gaussian noise consisting of their intrinsic noise (calculated from their parallel combination) as well as a second noise term that is due to the input current noise of the amplifier multiplied by their values in parallel. The noise sources are a vector sum (root sum of squares) because they are uncorrelated. At this level of gain, I think 60Hz noise pickup from the cartridge and cabling will absolutely dominate.
Going along with your description it sounds like your picking up mains noise which is always a difficulty with phono pre-amps, especially on ones with gains approaching 60dB such as yours. As always, there are many opportunities for noise ingress from the environment: The cartridge may be acting as an antenna, the cabling from the cartridge to the pre-amplifier may be picking up noise, the PCB layout may be non-ideal, or the power supply may be inadequately filtered. Here are some PCB tips I put together to get you started (click on the image):
With noise it is always extremely useful to view the frequency content of the output signal. There are numerous freeware programs available online which allow you to utilize a computer soundcard as a spectrum analyzer. This would allow you to track the amount of 60Hz noise through the entire signal chain (I recommend building a simple AC coupling and buffer circuit to protect your soundcard). One such program allowed me to view the noise spectrum of the prototype phono preamp I showed in an above post:
The red trace is the noise floor of the soundcard and the blue trace is the output of the phono circuit (calibrated to 0dB = 1Vrms). By viewing the frequency spectrum of the output noise it was very easy to identify noise sources in the circuit. You can determine if this hum is coming from the cartridge by shorting the input to the pre-amp and monitoring the level of 60Hz hum on the output. Also, if you haven't already, one test would be to power the phono preamp from alkaline batteries and examine the output spectrum to determine if 60Hz noise is coming from the amplifier's power supply itself (the relay coil may also pickup noise, just a thought).
Every engineer feels your pain, high gain amplifiers pickup noise from everywhere!
Hi John:
Thanks for the reply. I included a new TINA file last mail; must be lost in space. I will resend it now. NOTE U05 is OPA1611
The noise is a hum (60/120) perhaps, not gaussian which doesn't really appear troublesome until signal levels would be too loud to listen comfortably
I believe our P. supply design is sound. What you won't see on the schematic is 100n caps at all U(xx) +/- V supply pins (about 1-2mm from the opamps) plus 6.6uF caps usually no more than 0.5" distant.
Regarding Rf, the question for me is how minimum (in terms of actaul total trace length) is acceptable? In this design I had to make the distance a little longer than I liked for some other considerations, which can be changed if necessary.
We have a sophistocated analyzer(SpectraPlus) computer, external soundcard and special mic (for speaker FFT analysis.) Someday I'll try to dig up the PS chart and show you-it's very quiet.
Do you have any way to look at a PCB file such as a gerber editor or reader?
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- Studio: Variance Films
- Release Date: Nov 5, 2010
- Summary: A full-fledged song-and-dance musical, Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench tells the story of two separated lovers, a young jazz trumpeter and an introverted woman, who slowly wind their way back into each other's lives through a series of romances and near-romances punctuated by song. (Variance Films)
- Director: Damien Chazelle
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If John Cassavetes had directed a jazz musical by Jacques Demy, it might have looked something like this.
Guy and Madeline is at once self-conscious and breezy, clumsy and deft, diffident and sweet, annoying and ecstatic. It's amateurish in the best sense, and it radiates cinephilia. No movie I've seen this year has given me more joy.
You might want to tuck Damien Chazelle's name into your memory bank if his filmmaking debut, the terrific jazz improvisation that is Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench, is any indication of what his future might hold.
Not only does the movie look like it's set somewhere, it feels, cinematically, to have arrived from someplace - early John Cassavetes, the French New Wave, Eastern Europe.
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Nov 10, 2010This film does not display the level of thought, planning, and meaningful execution that it rather painfully reaches for. Having seen films that create very successful raw and realistic depictions of human relationships, this film's blatant, aching attemps render as weak , forced and misguided. The whole film reads as a premature stride towards a 'genius' work, and in falling short the film seems wobbly and underthought. The 'artistic' elements are tacked onto to an unstable, meandering, and inconclusive plot. The seemingly unnecessary black-and-white filming, shots taken from behind blurry heads and laughably awkward song-and-dance numbers add to a cringe-factor that had the audience giggling anxiously rather than in enjoyment. Truly can't understand the high ratings, especially from sources I usually trust.… Expand
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A new feature of Evony Age II is that you can colonize the city of another player. When you colonize someone you don't completely own this city, you just have some control over it. To colonize a city you first have to declare war against it, click on the city you wish to colonize and click on the "Declare War" button. Then you have to wait 30 minutes for the war declaring period to end before you can launch your colonization attack.
Click on the city and click "Colonize" launch the colonization attack. You need to attack the city successfully to start the colonization, so make sure you send enough troops to win the battle. There is a certain colonization time before the city becomes your colony, this is called the suppression time and is 8 hours.
You should make sure you keep sending more troops to the city during the suppression period. The person you are trying to colonize can also send reinforcements to the city during this period to a possible massive battle at the end of the colonizing period. If you win the battle at the end of the 8 hour suppression time the city becomes your colony.
You will get gold and resources paid in tribute from the colonized city, the city become a vassal of yours. I'm not sure how much gold and resources you get from the colonized city, or if you can choose the tribute from your colony yourself. The options you can use on a colonized city is Tax Imposition, Disarmament, Food Levy, Draft (you can draft the colonized city troops), ,Population Redeployment (you can get some of the population of the colonized city - 10%) and Sow Discord (this is to actually persuade the local Hero in joining you).
At some point your vassal, or colonized city, can rise up against you.
There is a quest in Evony Age II that is called uprising and says you can do this if your city is colonized. You can also issue your own anti-colonization commission quest to help you rise up against your Suzerain.
14. April there was an update to how many colonies each of your cities can have. Evony increased the number of colonies that players can own. Every city can now have a maximum number of colonies equal to the number which is the lord's title level multiplied by 10. I assume this means that civilian can have 10 colonies for his 1 city, knights 20 for each of his 2 cities, so 40 total, baronet 30 for each of his 3 cities, so 90 total etc. Prinzessin would then following this rule able to have 100 colonies for each of his 10 cities, which is a total of 1,000 colonies. This does seem like a lot of colonies, but it is how I understand the post. The title number for Prinzessin is 10, 10 times 10 is 100, and this is for each of the players 10 cities.
After the 48h war declaration ends, you still own the city, but can Abandon it. It is called Handover and it lasts 24h.
Uprising against your Suzerain.
Uprising is the defense you have in Evony Age II against being colonized. The player who has colonized you is called the Suzerain. Suzerain has many meanings, but one is being a nation that controls another nation in international affairs but allows it domestic sovereignty. This description fits well to the suzerains role in Evony.
This is how you start uprising in your city: The uprising button is NOT located in your town hall, you need to go to the world map and locate the city of the player who is colonizing you. You click on this city to select it and there you should find the uprise button. You click this button to initiate uprising in your city. You need to have gates open to successfully uprise and gain back your city, and you also need to have enough troops to defeat the colonizer.
If you need help in defeating the player that has colonized you, the Suzerain as he is also called, you should consider starting a commission quest. This will cost you some Evony cents, and these cents will go in reward to the player helping you in the uprising battle.
Anti-colonization comission quest.
Commission quests is a new feature of Evony Age 2. Commission quests are quests that you can offer to other players in reward for Evony game cents. At the moment there are only one type of commission quest you can offer other players, but I expect there to be more types of commission quests available in the future.
The quest type available now is the anti-colonization commission quest. What this does is that it lets another player help you in the uprising battle against your Suzerain and take your colonized city back. When you issue the quest you can choose how much the reward is, the better the reward is the more player you will probably get wanting to do your quest. The players interested will bid for the quest, and the winner will be the player with most experience worth of troops.
When you issue the anti-colonization commission quest the designated city will issue and uprising order automatically, and the quest will be available for 24 hours as a default. However, if you have manually executed the uprising order before starting the quest, the quest will only be available the remaining time of the uprising war. You can not issue a anti-colonization quest when there is less than 1 hour less of the uprising war. Once the quest is issued you can not manually resist your Suzerain, you have to wait for the troops of the player taking on your quest.


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While Jennifer Garner admits there are pitfalls to being a Hollywood mom, she also wants to add another tyke or two to her resume.
"I'm assuming we'll have at least one more, but not for a while," the former Alias star â€" and hot wife of Ben Affleck â€" tells the British edition of Marie Claire in its April issue.
Regarding the problems of raising a child in Hollywood, where parental indulgence often outweighs discipline, Garner tells the magazine, "If anyone has any ideas, let me know!"
Maybe just toss the kid into your car, have no worries, as Madonna would recommend.
But that would probably frighten the former Alias star.
She says she feels "both happiness and anxiety more deeply" since giving birth to Violet. For example:"Last night I read this script about cancer and had to get out of bed, get a drink of water and watch Grey's Anatomy, it was so terrifying to me."
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I remember when my children were small, I got this strong urge to buy all these stuff, toys and clothes, and I found out that I was only trying to rediscover and relive my own happy childhood. It was a totally selfish urge. The child doesn't need all these things. The child would be better off with one teddy bear, one doll and just enough clothes to get by. You must grab your arm, and keep that credit card in your wallet, though the urge is so strong. And if the child's room is starting to look like a toy store, a children clothing store or a Tivoli, you have already gone too far.


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Vince McMahon posted a picture of himself in the gym on Twitter.
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She is "Affirmative Action" wise.
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Never doubted her liberal radicalism for one iota.
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Did she read the ENTIRE dissent from the bench?Must have taken upwards of 70 minutes!Ugh.
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Not a wise Latina, a dumb-ass (in the biblical sense, folks) Latina.
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She aptly shows the Obama "empathy" standard for appointing judges to be nothing more than a cover for liberal claptrap.Fortunately in the long term, this is ultimately self-defeating as she will not be able to persuade others of her viewpoint.Yet one has to wait until the long term to see this occur.In the meantime, we have to ensure that there are no more similar appointments made - vote for the Senate takeover this fall and for a new President 2 years later.
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Why on Earth would someone want to attribute their accomplishments to affirmative action, rather than their own work? If you are not talented or smart enough to make it without being given preferences, why should everyone else have to suffer so that you can get ahead in life? That´s leftist Fairness, just as their Free Speech means only they get to speak. Affirmative Action is a abomination, just a continuation of Democratic Jim Crow laws, that gives preferences to those that support their political base.
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Besides, being ´Latina´, Hispanic, Mexican, or of Iberian descent does not mean you are a separate race. Otherwise everyone could claim to be a minority.
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Nothing to do with her flawed thinking, but the photo (in her judicial robe and backed up by bookcases)seems to show her all primed for a toothpaste ad. Rather than a Supreme Court justice, she looks more like a mule eating briars.
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Justice Sonia Sotomayor´s descent would be funny if it were not for the fact that she cannot understand how irrational it is. She maintains that you must continue unequal activity (I.e., Affirmative Action) to comply with the amendment prohibiting unequal activity.This is what you get somebody believes in the concept of a "living" Constitution. That is, that its meaning can change over time to mean the exact opposite of what the words say. Thus, one can change the Constitution without having to bother with that cumbersome amendment process spelled out in the Constitution. This is the antithesis of a nation governed by the rule of law.
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Call it what it is: RACISM!!!!!
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Sotomayor doesn´t believe in the Constitution or even a legal framework. As a true liberal she believes that the "law" is what FEELS right to her and her fellow liberals."Law" based on feelings is anarchy since there is NO consistency in feelings, even for one person.
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Sotomayor:1. A Political hack for the Democratic Party on the Supreme Court;2. She has been elevated to her highest level of incompetence;3. A perfect example why Justices should only sit on the Court for 10 years or less;4. She is not capable of divorcing her private views on issues nor provide an unbiased assessment of the facts.5. She has written a dissenting opinion and has been found wanting.
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Republicans who voted to confirm this idiot includedLamar Alexander - TNKit Bond - MOLindsey Graham - SCJudd Gregg -- NHRichard Lugar -- INMel Martinez -- FLOlympia Snowe -- MEGeorge Voinovich -- OHQuestion: apparently, unlike employees of ours in virtually every other field of human endeavor, we can´t find a way to FIRE imbeciles like her, and the usual gaggle of "vote Republican no matter how odious" flaks wish to prevent voting out worthless dogs who voted to confirm her, how are we better than Venezuela?
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