Desoldering braid, a $25-$50 cheapie multimeter, some sort of stand with a clip holder on it for holding wires or small boards, and the best soldering station you can afford. EDIT: Oh yeah, wire strippers

Quote: Originally Posted by Eagleboy I believe the reason for the amp only having a 2-prong power cord is the fact that in 1968, most homes didn't have grounded outlets. So, the design was more out of necessity. I did find a schematic though. If this isn't my exact amp, it's darn...

Putting even a 10k pot in front of earbuds that are no more than 32 ohms would result in virtually no signal actually making it to the earbuds. Even if you could get a pot that was low enough impedence, line outs aren't designed to produce that much power.

My understanding is that silver solder flows better with silver plated wiring. Other than that, I think it is a waste of money. Unless of course you are doing DIYFP, in which case people will happily pay extra just to say their amps have silver solder in them

I don't know of any reason a diamond buffer couldn't be biased into class A as much as you are looking for. A simple tweaking of the first stage bias current and the ratio of the emitter resistors should yield the results you are looking for.

Gah, I forgot to pop back on and thank you guys for your help! I never got into hte eBay scene, so no I didn't try them in my initial search. I ended up buying this copy: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...3012&rd=1&rd=1 I just barely got this in time for christmas so I only got a...

Hey All, I am trying to find a recording of The Planets, featuring Stokowski conducting the Los Angeles Phil. My dad said he used to have the recording when he was a young man, one of his favorites, but he lost it. The particular pressing he had had a cover with a nebula and Stokowski's head...

Quote: Originally Posted by jwb Thanks for the advice. I don't think I need the caps in the current mirror with the devices I'll be using, but I plan to put the pads in for that if it turns out to oscillate in practice. I guess the main thing I am sweating before finalizing my...

No reason. We focused more on the overall design, and not so much on the implementation. Caps across the cascoding LEDs would probably help with distortion at high frequencies, and putting a cap between the current mirror's bases and their respective power rails would probably help prevent...

Gustav Holst's "The Planets" suite is a popular choice. The different movements provide a pretty wide range of sonic characteristics that are good for checking out overall orchestral presentation. I am a fan of Neptune and Uranus. The recordings by Boult, Bernstien, and Dutoit are all...

Quote: Originally Posted by esco i actually think they're pretty sturdy. The plastic is pretty thick and durable Seconded. It's a fairly hefty headband. I keep forgetting to leave mine burning in so I can do a second review. Somebody is gonna beat me to it...

Quote: Originally Posted by VR6ofpain Someone else needs to post pics, I am starting to get swayed by the "they don't look that bad" crowd. I need more visuals to make a better judgement. I should do one of those Ipod commercials and dress in all black with the white headphones...

They appear to be the same size driver as the prestige series, perhaps a couple millimeters smaller. I think it is just the smaller enclosure making the driver look smaller though. EDIT: For my fellow modders, these things look like they come apart very easily for modding so recabling should...

Hah, now I will feel bad if yours end up on the for sale forum in a week I will share a few qualities about the sonics, since I really like them quite a lot. These are a much different sound from my (heavily modded) 125s. The bass goes DEEP, much deeper than I have ever heard from a grado...

Quote: Originally Posted by Chef Medeski Sweet thanks for the info. Just one more question. Thanks a bunch for all your help. Now if you could jump or run a bit or if ur in a chair bang ur head up and down as if you were at a metallica concert.... like do they move a lot... or do...