A mic pre seems a pretty close cousin to a head amp. Higher gain/lower noise, but otherwise pretty darn similar. There's a universe of mic pre discussion over at taperssecion.com, but almost none is DIY relevant. I record quite a bit and would like to have a portable stereo mic preamp to...

More iron discussion here: http://www5.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=147640

I got this Pace station from Contact East and love it so far. It's $100. Admittedly, I was partial to this brand because they published the soldering manual I learned from, but also it looked like nice hardware. I haven;t had to turn the heat past about 2/3 for anything so far, whereas my...

I hope the more knowledgable will chime in here, but I think the ground channel buffer(s) 'override,' orincrease, or, uh, buffer, the 20mA limitation of the TLE. Otherwise it would be quite rediculous, wouldn't it? Peace, Sanaka

Quote: no longer manufactured Mouser has Vishay 632P, a 50v metallized polycarbonate, and Xicon 50v polystyrene "fused to foil". A nice 10uf 632p is only $314.30! The Xicons go up to .01uf, @ $.38. I make no claims as to their suitability for anything. Peace, Sanaka

Anyone try the new FM's? Less values available, but Panasonic says they're even better than the FC's.

Or at least that the workhorse, reasonably priced, easily obtainable FC's are at the least quite decent Peace, Sanaka

Thanks 00940. Presumably Dr. G just didn't draw in the voltage for powering the opamp? Would it just use the same +/-15v? Or am I wrong and it really is exactly as drawn? Peace, Sanaka

I'm curious too. Especially about KG's segment. I don't know what a servo really is, but a class A buffer for driving cans, without the big signal path caps, seems very appealing. I was getting ready to build a Szekeres or similar buffer (follower, whatever). Would this servo design also work...

Speakers: Here is my website from a couple years ago. Nothing amazing like snail shell cabinets. I built the "DHT/MTMs" and the "DBPs" The DBPs are especially nice for a budget/beginner project. Peace, Sanaka

Doug: Joy in Download Land! Thanks! Peace, Sanaka

What did that (those) 3025 ('s) run you Drew? Peace, Sanaka

That's a cool DMM, might do lots of beyond-the-normal-DMM stuff, but here's where my my palm toy money would go first: click pic Peace, Sanaka

Sorry Doug, still no linky. Thanks for offering though. Could you possibly email it? Peace, Sanaka

Seems to me it's basically a matter of how well you like the out put of your EMU 1212m (not sure what that is exactly). If you totally dig the sound but just need a current boost to drive your cans, then that's the simplest route. Otherwise if you additionally think it's worth it to totally...