Finally got a zune 120 for my car and now the soundgate kick is nowhere to be found on ebay. Totally not paying $65 for it on amazon. Anyone know where I can find it for ~$30 now? I'm guessing there are still no other good solutions for powered line out.

Considering getting a zune 80 for in car use.   Ideally, I need a car charger with line-out to connect to aux-in on my stereo.   As listed above, soundgate makes an adapter, but it is fairly expensive ($60). I am wondering if anyone knows if the DLO transdock micro...

Quote: Originally Posted by soulrider4ever Just go to radioshack and pick up the gold plated 1/4" to phono adapters and use your own cable. I only have a cheap $2 rca cable, so I figured I'd just get a halfway decent interconnect with the 1/4" ends.

thanks for the info, one problem though. I need 1/4" to RCA (SS has RCA inputs). And the link you gave is for 1/4-1/4 cables. I didn't see Hosa TRS cables in 1/4" to RCA.

Not sure if this would work, but you could disconnect the EMU and feed it sound from your onboard soundcard via S/PDIF. (if you have the thinkpad dock there is an RCA jack for SPDIF out on it) Not exactly a pretty fix, but would take the load off your cpu and still give you the good dac in...

are sweatwaters Pro Co cables worth the extra price? $16 compared to $5-7 for the Hosa models.

I'm currently connected from the 3.5 main out to a RCA y adapter. I guessing I would get better sound quality out of the 1/4" outputs. What interconnect should I get? Would either of these be fine? Hosa CPR201 | Sweetwater.com Hosa CPR-403 Dual Audio Interconnect | Sweetwater.com

Thanks for the simple explanation. I know how capacitors work so I got the power reserve part. But I did not get how the tiny film cap would make a difference. Nice to know electrolytics are slow and films fast, makes sense now. I've put a few hours of listening on this and it sounds good...

thanks that makes sense, but how would the film caps effect the sound?

Another question, this was suggested awhile back: Quote: Originally Posted by Logistic Also you might want to order another two film caps to bypass your output electrolytics (if you prefer). I have the 2 extra film caps sitting around, what would adding these do and do you just...

Would high-quality resistors have any real world effect at the inputs? If not I'll just pick up whatever radio shack has instead of paying $5 shipping and waiting for a mouser order.

Finished mine tonight. This is my first diy and I am pleasantly surprised with how well it went. Case work was a pita, but it worked perfectly on first power up (minus needing to switch out a dead tube, good thing I ordered an extra). I can only turn the volume knob ~5% to keep it in usable...

Anywhere have the tubes+sockets in stock? I've emailed about 8 places with no luck. -Also is there a good beginner guide to point to point soldering, I've watched most of the tutorials on tangent's site but that focuses mainly on pcb stuff.

It looks like all you guys bought every 19J6 tube. radiodaze and vacuumtube.net are out of stock. I've got every other part on order, just short tubes. May have to pick them up off ebay, kinda pricey and I don't see sockets either. Anyone have a 4 tubes+sockets sitting around they would like...

Don't see anymore of the cisco ps on ebay. Best price I can find is like 15 used shipped in the US. Anyone know a cheaper place to buy? I think I'll go with vacuumtube.net for the tubes they have them in stock for $4+shipping, so if you know a cheaper place for tubes let me know that as well.