Meinl Percussion ATD-M Wood African Talking Drum, Medium 18 & 19 Inch China The optical gain reduction element

The optical gain reduction element is placed after the input transformer and then followed by an all tube-based output amplifier with a +10 dB gain

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The power supply is a 9 volt DC wall wart that’s capable of accepting both 120 and 240 volts AC

The fully floating output can drive a level of at least +26 dBu into a load as low as 600 Ohms

Meinl Percussion ATD-M Wood African Talking Drum, Medium 18 & 19 Inch China The optical gain reduction elementThe MEINL African Talking Drums are carved into an hourglass shape from a solid piece of Mahogany wood, and decorated with a carved motif. Two hand selected goatskin heads are spanned with high quality nylon rope. Traditionally, the talking drum is played beneath one arm, and held against the ribcage. The drum is then squeezed to bend the pitch while the other hand employs a curved striker. Hand carved shells Carved from one solid piece of plantation