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    Toilet Paper from high trees

    meh I cant think of anything simple to do so Im going to leave it as is
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    Toilet Paper from high trees

    I dont think the cops will take something like this seriously and even if they do, I dont beileve theres any way to find who did this. I still live at home and my sister is out for the weekend so if I didnt clean it up, my parents would. However; its a moot point sine Ive already cleaned the...
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    Toilet Paper from high trees

    My house just got TP'ed by some punk kids most likely some of my sisters friends. Ive decided to clean it up before anyone notices. This way theyll be denied the attention of a big conversation at school and their work will have been totally in vain. Theres one problem though. Theres still...
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    How cost effective is a DIY amp?

    DIY is not a good way to save money at all and I wouldnt recomend it if thats the only reason you want to get into it. For one, cost/performance is debatable especially when you figure in learning. Youll probably blow something up as a beginner. It also takes time and patience to build things...
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    Black Gate standard on a Pimeta

    I wish there could be like one number that definitively determines the quality of the sound so I could choose my caps on objective quantities rather than subjective qualities. A unit of measurment like that would take all the guess work out of hi-fi. When will someone discover the unified...
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    Another CMoy question...

    Go to good ol' Radio Shack and get one of those plastic enclosures they sell. Theyre cheap and effective.
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    Black Gate standard on a Pimeta

    Thanks for all the opinions and for saving me all that money. I think the BGs are a bad idea being too expensive. Im heavily leaning toward the FMs.
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    Black Gate standard on a Pimeta

    All my parts from Tangent came in today and I was ready to start on my Pimeta when I realized the electrolytics I used on a previous project are no good. I started pricing other electrolytics and I came across one Ive heard people raving about before: Black Gate. Theyre not as expensive as I...
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    Worries about Lead in solder and a new Baby.

    I dont beileve you have anything to worry about. I would be more worried about all the arsenic, lead, cadnium, mercury and pesticides that are showing up in the food and water supply. Even if you continue to solder normally, I dare say it wont even amount to a fraction of the toxins your baby...
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    PIMETA issue

    I have avoided the isolating issue altogether by only using plastic or other insulating cases on my amps. It makes case work and parts selection so much easier.
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    Good Alternative for Panasonic EVJ-C20 POT?

    There have to be more options than the EVJ and the RK12. I mean, theyre just 10k-50k logarithmic taper potentiometers. Has anyone had any success with anything other than these in a DIY project?
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    cmoy power supply..

    Please correct me if Im wrong As I understand it, if you wire two cells in series, youll get twice the voltage from the battery ie two 9volt cells become one 18 volt battery. If you wire them in parallel, youll get half the current drain on both the cells making the battery last longer...
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    Highflyin9 must be masochistic...

    Quote: Originally Posted by highflyin9 Best thing you can do for yourself is very quickly drink a couple cold ones before you start and get some music going, it'll make a process a lot more tolerable. Cold ones? Thats no good. Drink 2 pots of coffee and take a couple diet...
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    What is the diffuculty of CMoy and DIY cables?

    Compared to what? I think anybody can learn to make a decent solder joint in a short period of time. If you follow Tangents instructions closely (http://www.tangentsoft.net/audio/cmoy-tutorial/) and if you practice a little with the soldering iron, or if you already know how to solder, you...
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    Best TV Scifi Series?

    I really liked Lexx. I have a thing for half drama half comedy where you really care about the characters which makes the jokes so much more enjoyable. The TV series fell a little short of the original movies that first appeared on Showtime (featuring the dreamy Eva Habermann as Xev) in terms of...
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