RE:Goal is Hi-Fi Stereo (dual) SSTC singing arc system

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Original poster: "Skip Malley by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <skip-at-ladybughell-dot-com>

I am a bit late checking my email.  I know this subject is about a month 
old but the subject also came up recently with another request for info 
about audio modulating a VTTC.  It is a great idea, but you are all about 
30-40 years too late.  Have you ever heard the expression PLASMA 
TWEETER?  They existed in the 60's and 70's.  They made sound by making a 
plasma arc from high voltage RF from a similar circuit to a VTTC.  It had a 
lower voltage to make an arc of an inch or two long.  IT was then amplitude 
modulated which varied it's size.  The changing size varied the amount of 
air the arc displaced, making sound.

I believe it might have been popular electronics magazine.

Try doing a search on the internet or magazine sites for PLASMA TWEETER.

Skip


At 05:03 PM 9/12/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz 
><twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>
>
> >1.  Need to create a DC power supply.  Will use 115VAC mains, bridge
> >rectified with about 16000uF, 450V smoothing capacitor
>
>actually you don't need this - Richie simply superimposed his signal on the
>50Hz - it was quite recognisable. The aim is just a novelty, not hifi.
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>Actually, my goal is Hi-Fi.  I think a whole slew of new and
>wild sounds could be made using this
>type of apparatus to produce sound waves.  No more mechanical excursion of a
>speaker cone to limit the response times
>of various sounds as in regular speaker systems.
>
>My goal is actually to produce a stereo system comprised of two independent
>SSTCs spaced apart to produce stereo
>sound.  Sue G. at a recent tesla event managed to output some pretty clear
>audio IMHO with her VTTC.
>
>Sure, "singing arcs" have been done already, but i don't think anyone has
>done a hi-fi stereo system yet!!!!!!
>
>Coming soon . . . the tesla boombox!!!!!!
>
>Dan