Hey everyone, Daniel from coemaudio australia just emailed me some pics they took of a new cd player that Original is releasing soon. he wouldn't tell me what the price would be, but said it will be cheaper than the old leonardo. no indication of a release date yet, but hopefully soon i...

Hello everyone, I've posted this in another thread about monitor speakers, but I've become more intriuged but them. Has anyone had experience with these PC speakers: picture link They look very interesting and I've found one review of it which gave it some good words. I really want...

Hello friends, Just recieved some information about this new DAC my friend has found. Does it seem ok spec wise? I noticed that it says it only supports 44.1Khz, most high end DACs support higher. But CDs are recorded at 44.1Khz anyway? Does this matter...

Hello friends, I was wondering if someone could help me with doing a litz braid for 6-wires. I've seen the guide for 4-wire but not sure how to implement that for 6-wires? Thanks

Hello, I made up some copper 4-wire litz braid RCA interconnects awhile ago, and I have been using them with my USB DAC and Tube hybrid amp. When I first started using this setup I noticed that one side was a lot lower in volume then the other. I simply concluded that my USB DAC was just...

Hey everyone, Exams are over and I can finally start my next amplifier. Two of parts that I need are 0.1uf and 0.022uf Polypropylene caps. In Australia, the only part available for me is this one: link I was wondering if this cap is fine for audio purposes. They are also only available...

Hello, I tried searching the forums for a headphone amp design using the OPA627 and the BUF634. I have a few of these lieing around and just thought it would be a waste of money if there not be used. Would it also be possible to build a MINT but using 2x OPA627 instead of a dual opamp...

hey everyone i'm wanting to experiement with a bass boost circuit. i've looked at this schem below: and i also read that do build a simple bass boost ciruit, its basically just a cmoy with a gain of 1 and using this little addition in the feedback loop: so gain is = (R4/R3)...

Hey everyone, I'm about to build another USB DAC based on the PCM2702 and using this following design The site states that it uses about 45ma, and can be powered by the USB 5v or from 2xAA supplying roughly 3v. In my previos builds, I built a dedicated power supply for it but this time I...

hey everyone, im in the market for a tube amplifier with a budget of $600 AUD. And i happened to find this amp: clicky! Total price for it is around $570 AUD including postage and everything. does anyone know if this amp is good for the price? thanks everyone

hey everyone, i apologise in advance for my newbie questions, but i have tried searching the matter before hand and was unable to find anything. I am very interested in building a easy and budget tube amp, and living in Australia it is very hard to find cheap kits to build. But i did come...

hey everyone, i just purchased an old MD player to muck around with, and when dis-assembly it i found out that it uses a JRC op amp model number NJM2904, i looked up its spec sheet and looked up another opamp from other companies that would match the pinouts and such. after searching for a...

hey everyone, just completed building my MINT amp and i am get very little battery time from it. Prolly about 1.5hours of use at about 70/100 volume. all parts are the standard ones listed on tangent's site, except i am using an AD8620 instead of the 2132. is this battery time normal? i am 2...

hey everyone, i have decided to go out and grab myself a nice CD mp3 player, and i have decided on the iriver players. My choice is between the iMP-350, iMP-450 and the iMP-550. i was wondering what would be the best unit out of them. My personal preference for looks is the 550 but i have...

hey everyone, recently i thought about purchasing a pair of wireless headphones for use around the house. i was particualry looking at radio headsets rather then infrared because i would like to walk freely around the house and not worry about walls being in the way of the infrared. so i went...

i was reading the specs page for the muvo2 and i was wondering if it's output is 30mw per channel or do they mean it is 30mw for both channels? as my understanding, the muvo2 and the zen share the same sound quality??! :S is this correct? thank you

hey everyone, atm i have creative muvo2 wiht a 256mb CF card inside it, i am loving it but the 256mb is gettin too small for me, so i thought i'd go get a 4gig version. but while reading up on this i remembered that the karma will only cost a little bit more and has 20gig and is about the...

hey everyone, i just purchased an empty muvo2 on ebay, and just waiting for its arrival. i've been reading quite a bit of info on the proccess to replace anothr CF card in player. many sites say that it is vital to update the firmware before you take out the 4gig MD....... lets say the unit that...

hi everyone, i just purchased a creative muvo2 without the 4gb drive, and im deciding whether to get a 256mb Sandisk or a IBM 340mb Microdrive, there price are about equal. but i am unsure if the 340mb is compatiable, and i cant find any info if they are or not? can someone please confirm...

hi everyone, i would usually use the search function before posting this kind of stuff on the forums, but unfortunately the search doesn't work at the moment. i'm about to sell my iriver ifp-390 and i am looking at buying a creative muvo2. im just buying the empty one on ebay btw and then...

hey everyone, i was browsing around and i came up wiht this opamp from a company called Maxim-IC. http://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/3459 does anyone have any experience with this op-amp??

hi all, i decided to order some AD8620 opamps for my MINT, currently i have an OPA2132 in them. anywhoo, i was reading the data sheet for the AD8620 and it said the max voltage is 13V. so does this i'll just use 1 9V battery as opposed to 2 wiht my current setup? thank you

hi everyone, i just completed my MINT amp, i did run into a problem though. when i was soldering the OPA2132 on, 3 of the pins on each side were accidently all soldered together. and it took me about 20 minutes to clean it up, i think i took too long on a few go's and i probably over heated...

hi everyone, i'm starting to purchase bits for my MINT amp, and i was wondering if this part is the right one to use for the C1 in the MINT? C1 and is this one right for the D1: D1

hi all, In tangent's guide for the MINT amp, what would be good values for C1, C2, D1 and D2. I know tangent gives values for the C1 and C2 but i assume you are able to customise this?! I will be building two amps, one with a OPA2132 and one with a AD8620. Basically i just would like to know...