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    Resistive Load for Amp Testing

    I'll add that what you don't get for that price is a set of Kelvin test leads. I didn't bother but if you are serious about making low-Z measurements, you will want them.
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    Resistive Load for Amp Testing

    I'm sure someone, somewhere, will complain about a 1-2% difference in load resistance making a power measurement invalid. This is the Internet, after all. My four dummy "8Ω" loads, made from paired Rheem/Ruud 3500W @ 240V water heater elements, all came in about 8.25-8.3Ω. The inductance was...
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    Resistive Load for Amp Testing

    Sorry for the belated reply, I don't check this forum often. I found this LCR meter for $152 + shipping and tax at Newark Electronics. The documentation is almost nonexistent from Newark. But it turns out to be a relabeled Hantek 1833C, and you can download specs, a more complete manual, a...
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    Resistive Load for Amp Testing

    Here's a list of common water heater elements I came up with when I was researching the dummy load. Water heater elements ordered by resistance (Note: tempco of Nichrome resistance is positive, at roughly .04%/degree C. So the wire temperature would have to increase significantly to change...
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    Resistive Load for Amp Testing

    I built a test load out of a plastic trash can with a lid and 8 water heater elements, and filled it with tap water. Since I don't have anything more than a 120V 20A circuit in the house, that's plenty. The tricky part is finding water heater elements with the right resistance. I used short...
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    Soundcard calibration get stuck in 5.20 RC3

    ... and RC4 fixed it. Thanks John! [edit: RC, not beta]
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    Soundcard calibration get stuck in 5.20 RC3

    I had the same experience (early 2011 15" MacBook Pro, macOS 13.6, REW 5.20 RC3, PreSonus Studio68c interface). I'll give RC4 a shot. [edit: RC, not beta]
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    (macOS 10.13, REW 5.19b9) Interface supports 24 bits but REW only shows 16

    Oh yeah, I was able to see all the gozintas and gozoutas on the Focusrite interface from the REW preferences.
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    (macOS 10.13, REW 5.19b9) Interface supports 24 bits but REW only shows 16

    So it's a known limitation? OK, then I can stop looking for the magic menu setting. Thank you John.
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    (macOS 10.13, REW 5.19b9) Interface supports 24 bits but REW only shows 16

    First post... I'll try not to be stupid. Thanks John and everyone else who has contributed to REW. I'm using REW to test power amps. The setup is macOS 10.13.4 on a 2011 MacBook Pro, REW 5.19 beta 9; using the line inputs and outputs of a Focusrite Saffire PRO 14 Firewire interface with the...
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