The Apple diyMod: My Take on the Famous iMod [56k killer] Featuring 3G, 4G, 5G and nano 1G! - Page 17 - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio

wgr73 · 12-11-2007, 11:02 PM

Your a beast! Thank you! Hey one more quickey...if I soldered my caps on the wrong way would I get sound out of the mini?

joneeboi · 12-11-2007, 11:38 PM

That depends on the type of caps you're using. With most caps, a stripe will indicate the negative end, though some nonpolar caps will have them. Film caps don't care. If you soldered it backwards, as far as I understand capacitors, the sound should still go. Either way, you don't want to do it. The iPod to the lead without the stripe, from the striped lead to the jack. If you're still not getting any sound, you may want to check if the jack is grounded.

wgr73 · 12-11-2007, 11:50 PM

The thing is im getting sound...i just wanted to check to see if i got lucky. I dont have a volt meter here to check polarity!

wgr73 · 12-12-2007, 02:01 AM

Got it! Pics soon!! Thanks again joeeboi

fatman711 · 12-12-2007, 02:16 AM

pics! Pics! Did you manage to squeeze everything in? That would be madness!

wgr73 · 12-12-2007, 02:46 AM

Well I couldn't squeeze everything in, but the tic tac container that joneeboi made up was a good one! Some of the first pics are of me assembling it, so it looks like a mess!

Sound Impressions: DiyiModNano

WOW! Thats all I can say. It sounds rediculously better than the headphone out, and even the lineout! The resolution has been upped by at least 5 times! I am in awe. I listened to a 128kbps song and it was that much better. You can really hear the low bitrate so be careful! I put my headphones back into the headphone jack just to tease and it sounded flat and muffled. This is just insane! And im not even using blackgates, im using another non-polar brand...not sure, I'll have to check. Here are some pics!!!!! Thanks joneeboi.

CAvanessia · 12-12-2007, 03:00 AM

wow. i'm very excited after reading the impressions.

unfortunately i am in the finals week too.

good job wgr73!

wgr73 · 12-12-2007, 03:15 AM

Thanks CA! I'm actually in finals week too. I've been up for a little over 36 hours now! No joke, im super dizzy. It is now time for me to goto bed, so I'll have to talk to you guys later. See ya.

joneeboi · 12-12-2007, 03:25 AM

Great pics, wgr! We're going to have to do something about those caps though, now that we know it works

I hope this Tic Tac thing isn't a trend. *walks off in contemplation and mutters* I wonder if Juicy Fruit would work...

joneeboi · 12-12-2007, 06:17 AM

Salut, les amis.

I just came to report a successful diyMod 5G. Man, that was an annoying bug. Good news with this diyMod is that it's aesthetically identical to the original. Black Gates are shipping from partsconneXion tomorrow. Gotta sleep early for a full day of studying tomorrow. And I mean full. I will look back on this finals season and shake my head.

edit: devotees and others will want to regularly check the original post. I'm constantly updating it, trying to make it as streamlined and smooth as possible.