Quote: Originally Posted by Hayduke Someone pointed out to me that my description was accurate for a power coupling cap, but the ones your asking about are DC decoupling caps. I liked the analogy he shared with me, so I'm gonna steal it and take all the credit (just kidding, ruZZ.il...

Quote: Originally Posted by krisjan yes - tx indeed for the ebid link - they have a za site as well - so just bought 4 tubes off them...radioera couldn't source the tubes - so had to refund me. The store on ebid that sells them is VacuumTubes - i can see 13 19j6 tubes in total there -...

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Quote: Originally Posted by iammikeDOTorg Hello all, I have been a lurker for years when I have needed to do research... It saddens me that my first post here is what it is. Something is awry with PenguinAmps. I would suggest not ordering from them for now. October 21 - Ordered...

Quote: Originally Posted by dean0 thanks for the info, much appreciated Ordered 2 of these NOS 19J6 RCA Vacuum Tube - Valve on eBid.net United Kingdom anyone know how this amp will compare with my dead Darkvoice 336i? yes - tx indeed for the ebid link - they have a za site as...

Quote: Originally Posted by ludoo I got my last batch from radioera.com and kris found them there too. If you are desperate I might have a couple to sell, but with added postage etc, radioera would be cheaper. bad news - the guy from radioera made a mistake - they don't have any...

Quote: Originally Posted by The Perrin Hi. I'm in the UK and have about a £100 budget for a set of good cans. I've been looking through the forum and I like the look of the Grado SR80 or the Sennheiser HD595. The SR80's can be bought for £90 and the 595's can be got for £90 - £100...

hi all - so here's my first 2 amps - first did a cmoy in an old ferrero rocher see-through case (no drilling needed), then one in an old Dysan stiffy disk box... both are pretty close to tangent's original schematic, cept for some improvement to caps values, etc. I use wallpower for both - and...

Would this power supply work with the SS: Phihong | Power Supplies | Power Supplies, Inverters, DC/DC Converters & Generators | External Power Supplies | Switch Mode - Phihong Would the fact that it is switch mode be a problem? Add noise?

here i have an "international" parts list - twofold purpose - 1> to help those outside US access a quick ref to parts numbers of an international supplier (i'm using rs components) 2>cross-check - any suggestions to improve the list would be much appreciated - specially if you pick up some...

Quote: Originally Posted by cetoole Cost, and because Polypropylene caps big enough are huge. Here are some 100uf ones I have, and they are around the size of a 12oz soda can, and most people would still consider the capacitance to be too low for most headphones...

one thing i don't get about the starving student are caps c3 and c5 - the output caps - why are they electrolytic? i thought it's best to have a film cap and then ideally polypropylene in the audio signal path?

(to fallenangel) well if a heatsink gets hot that's usually a good thing because it means that there's decent heatflow/coupling between the chip and the sink...the only way to really tell if theres a problem is too measure the temp on the chip (just coming from building pc's and all the cooling...

Quote: Originally Posted by MoxMonkey and mine is finished now to start rolling the nice selection of 19j6's i have lucky you...i've been hunting for tubes - only i could find was for $25 a piece - a little too much if u ask me...so the hunt continues - seems as if all "major"...

Quote: Originally Posted by tomb I'm not sure any of those would really work. What you need is this style found on the first page of RS's heat sink listings: AAVID THERMALLOY | Semiconductors | Sockets and Heatsinks | Heat Sinks | Transistor Type Packages up to 48°C/W...