Posts by hugz

Today i got reacquainted with my old speakers after months apart.   I didn't have any gear on hand though, so with a little work i powered them straight from the headphone jack of my iphone4. I got a fair amount of...

Alright, like I said before, John from Coem Audio has offered to support/sponsor the meet.  This is their website: http://coemaudio.com.au/     John said he's happy to lend any of the products for the day if...

I haven't been too active lately but MomijiTMO PM'd me to ask if I want to come, which I think I will. I don't hav ea heap to contribute though, My Firstwatt F2 has just recently been broken down into pieces to do some work on...

Okay and lets expand this some more.   The large case will enclose the transformer, PSU board and the audio board.   I was already planning to case the transformer in its own little steel enclosure inside the larger...

Oh thanks. My initial concern was that earthing the case would effectively short the case to the psu earth. sounds like your suggestion solves that worry

I'm finally casing up my DIY Firstwatt F2. I'll be doing it mostly in steel. The PSU is already connected to the earth. Should i wire the case up to the earth too?   Thanks   Hugz

My current rig uses: Storm Dac d02 (NOS. Very rich and warm sounding) either stepped attenuator, or a tube preamp that i dont like much Firstwatt F2 power amp (Solid state, mosfet, single ended transconductance...

(hey i figured it's worth a try!) I've stopped spending money on hifi, but the last component that i'm missing is a decent transport (be it either a cdp with digital out or a standalone transport) If you happen to have either...

I've been connecting my headphones directly to the speaker jack of my speaker amp for about a year now. sounds great, no worries about blowing anything up i used a resistor across it for a little while to drop the gain and the decrease...

I run a Rancilio Silvia and Rocky (doserless) (not my photo. i dont own a camera, and even if i did i couldn't take a nicer photo than this one! photo rehosted but taken from here) In time I'll PID it to make it a little easier to...