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The original "up to eleven" knobs in the 1984 film This Is Spinal Tap "Up to eleven", also phrased as "these go to eleven", is an idiom from popular culture, coined in the 1984 film This Is Spinal Tap, where guitarist Nigel Tufnel demonstrates a guitar amplifier whose volume knobs are marked from zero to eleven, instead of the usual zero to ten.
Peter Stroud and long-time friend Dan Boul developed an amp in Boul's garage that would be robust enough for Stroud's show with Sheryl Crow while he played it at low volume. The amp was first shown to the public at the NAMM Show in 2004; Boul left his employer to devote his time to 65amps full-time in 2007.
Pete Townshend smashing a Gibson SG.Behind him are a set of Hiwatt amps. Both were a staple ingredient of The Who's sound between 1969 and 1972. Hylight Electronics originally sold direct to the musicians so that they could reinvest the profits that would have gone to distributors and music stores back into growing the Hiwatt brand.
Perkins had to hike 11 miles with 2,200 feet of elevation gain to reach his mom and dad's home in the mountains, which is usually “pleasantly very isolated,” Perkins shared in a Facebook post.
By 1837 experimental commercial telegraph systems ran as far as 20 km (13 miles). Electric power transmission was accomplished in 1882 with the first high-voltage transmission between Munich and Miesbach (60 km). 1891 saw the construction of the first three-phase alternating current overhead line on the occasion of the International Electricity ...
Those RTs with power settings can vary transmission range from approximately 200 meters (660 feet) to 10 kilometers (km) (6.2 miles). Adding a power amplifier increases the line of sight (LOS) range to approximately 40 km (25 miles). (These ranges are for planning purposes only; terrain, weather, and antenna height can affect transmission range.)
[11] [12] [13] Some of their tube amplifiers rank among the finest ever created for home audio and theater use. [14] Their Unity Coupled Circuit, patented at the brand's inception, is still used today in products like their MC275 amplifier, whose vacuum tubes—used in many of the company's products—help to impart a lifelike warmth and soul ...
10 MPH is a 2006 documentary film directed by Hunter Weeks and starring Josh Caldwell with his Segway HT, the two-wheeled electronic scooter.This film, which takes its name from the Segway's average speed, documents Caldwell's 100-day, coast to coast journey across the United States riding the "Human Transporter".