SKA Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 Hi All, Since I've been a member for over two years it's probably time to introduce myself. I'm a veteran audio designer who has been designing commercial audio products since the early '70's. Green out of Uni (B.Sc. Physics/App Maths) and Lecturing Basic Electronics at a Brisbane Technical college, I started as a consultant to MacIntosh Electronics in Brisbane designing the circuitry for their broadcast mixers which were in ABC studios throught Australasia. I started Audio Design producing a range of PA amplifiers, active crossovers, graphic equalisers and mixing desks for the pub, club and theatre market throughout Australia. Our equipment was used in many of the top discos throught Australia and our Disco Mixer was the preferred choice of DJs even in competitors' systems. Since then I have worked as a Maintenance Electronics Engineer on oil rigs from Derby to Bass Strait, as Supervising Engineer for the installation of PA, MATV and security in the Amir's palace in Doha, QATAR, and then as a consultant designer to Madrigal ( makers of Mark Levinson) in CT, USA. I then started Eidetic Audio Research on my return and produced the standout Eidetic GB1 and 2 pre and power amp combination which was very well received throughout Australia and exported some to Singapore. These were well reviewed in Australian Hi Fi, and I gave a guest lectures to the MAC ad Qld chapter of the IREE Audio Group. The designs were based on my research article " Distorting Power Supplies" published in Wireless World (Dec 1990). Since then I moved to a consultant designer position for Magnet Audio in Bangkok, Thailand and lived in suburban Bangkok, which my wife hated. We returned to Australia as I was in ill health and undiagnosed. My designs won Magnet great acclaim at the Bangkok International Audio Show and the notice of a couple of US Hi End manufacturers one of which used the PR9R (folded cascode line stage) and 300F (200W/ch power amp) designs in their TAS 'Golden Ear' award winning products. 2 1/2 yeas ago while helping out DIYers on DIYAudio online I developed a novel amp design exploiting the unique characteristics of vertical MOSFETs and have since been refining the design and offerring them in kit form for DIYers. For more on this you only need google SKA and Greg Ball.. I will certainly try to be a little more active on StereoNet:cool: Cheers, Greg B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Welcome Greg Fascinating bio! Look forward to reading more from you in the future **wow - what's witht he massive pic in my profile - can a mod shrink that mofo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike.L Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 haha classic waylander surprised they dont have a limit in size set yet though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2sheds Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Welcome GregFascinating bio! Look forward to reading more from you in the future **wow - what's witht he massive pic in my profile - can a mod shrink that mofo? Whoa - that's the biggest icon I ever did see... cheers 2sheds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2sheds Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Welcome GregFascinating bio! Look forward to reading more from you in the future **wow - what's witht he massive pic in my profile - can a mod shrink that mofo? Glad you don't have a JBL Paragon... cheers 2sheds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Thanks and G'day Greg, That's a very interesting story and I'm glad you shared it with us. Hope that health probs OK! now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coemaudio Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Hi Greg, Haven't seen you in awhile, been missing out on the QLD Audio Club meetings Hope everything has been going well for you John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andythiing Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 What a fantastic career experience you have had so far - hope it has been fun and stil more fun to come. Any pictures of your gear you can post at some stage love to see some of the things you have worked on. Cheers, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKA Posted March 9, 2008 Author Share Posted March 9, 2008 thanks for the welcome guys. Hi Grumpy, Yep. my thyroid gave up. Now I take HRT And, most importantly can metabolize a beer again. Hi Coem, Yes I've been so busy with the new projects and my Forum that I've only made it to a few. Saw a favourable review of that KingRex on TNT recently - http://www.tnt-audio.com/ampli/kingrext20_e.html Hi Andythiing. This is my latest project I hope to be taking to RMAF later in the year - http://ska-audio.com/Forum/Attachments/GB150D_case_lid_off.JPG cheers, Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike.L Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 link wont work for me SKA:confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKA Posted March 9, 2008 Author Share Posted March 9, 2008 Hi hefty, I edited it so it works. Couldn't work the Image function. maybe someone could tell me the HTML wrappers doesn't work. Greg B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andythiing Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Both links OK for me - nice one you are working on at the moment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2sheds Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Hi All,2 1/2 yeas ago while helping out DIYers on DIYAudio online I developed a novel amp design exploiting the unique characteristics of vertical MOSFETs and have since been refining the design and offerring them in kit form for DIYers. For more on this you only need google SKA and Greg Ball.. Yeah, checked these out the other day. Amps look like amazing value. Funky site, too... cheers 2sheds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfreak Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 Nice looking amps thats for sure. Been wanting to make my own little amp for quite a long time now. Hopefully I will get around to it eventually. So many great kits to choose from out there these days :S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2sheds Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 link wont work for me SKA:confused: Works for me... cheers 2sheds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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