Trying to contact McAlister Audio

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wln1111

Trying to contact McAlister Audio
« on: 10 Jul 2009, 08:55 pm »
Has anyone been in contact with Peter McAlister. He has not returned any of my calls or emails.

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Re: Trying to contact McAlister Audio
« Reply #1 on: 5 Aug 2009, 03:50 pm »
The McAlister Site say the cathode bias is no good. He said:
--Biasing: All my power amplifiers use a fixed bias system with adjustments on the top chassis. This is a simple, quick user friendly adjustment that is well explained in the operating procedure with each amplifier.
...With  cathode  biased  amplifiers  the  speed  and  rise  times  are  much  slower due  to the  large   value   cathode  resistor   that  is  in  series   with  the  audio  output.  Further  a  large  value  electrolytic  cap  in parallel  with  this  cathode  resistor  has  to  be  used  for  a  shunt  AC  path  ground  return  and  impedance  reduction.  Electrolytic  capacitors  in  the  signal  path  further  degrade  the  sound  quality
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So, wonder what is the best form of make Bias ?
In the cathode, grid, anode or fixed Bias ?

Thankyou for your input, Gustavo

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Re: Trying to contact McAlister Audio
« Reply #2 on: 3 Sep 2009, 03:52 am »
Is it just me or is the Mcalister website down?

Haven't heard much regarding them this year.

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Re: Trying to contact McAlister Audio
« Reply #3 on: 10 Sep 2009, 05:47 pm »
He signed up for RMAF.