I'd say sell them and buy a pair of closed headphones. ...But then again; I've been told I have a pessimistic attitude. ;)

I ordered three σ11 boards and the parts AMB has for it in his webshop. Looks good for this application, I think.   Now to figure out what transformers, enclosures and other small parts I need.  

I have a Squeezebox Touch and two Abrahamsen A-dac usb D/A converters that I'd like to build decent power supplies for. Just as an experiment to see if they'll sound better. (...And just because it's fun, of course.) The D/A converters have 24V DC 0.5A wall warts, and the Squeezebox has a 5V...

Thanks. I'm pretty satisfied. It looks a little home made, but hey... It is! ;)   Now what am I going to do the next five years? ;)

Quote: Guess what! After yet another year and a half, it's done. :)  

I'm really happy with this: SendStation - Products - PocketDock AV I think Headroom sells them too.

Thanks. I'll just wait a bit longer, then. Shame, really. How hard is it really to answer to an e-mail?

I ordered two series 20 cases from Par-Metal a couple of weeks ago, got the paypal bill in my e-mail, paid it and haven't heard a thing from them since. I've tried getting hold of them by e-mail, but without success. I searched the forums and got the impression that this is "normal". I'm in...

Quote: Originally Posted by derek800 I've owned Californiacation since the album came out and have only really listened to it on cheap headphones or stock car stereo systems in the past. After reading this here I had to listen with some decent headphones and I agree the sound quality...

Yes, it's very good. Too bad the CD doesn't exactly sound good. Another casualty in the Loudness War.

Quote: Originally Posted by tangent No, don't use a switcher. A TREAD's regulator is not fast enough to clean up high-frequency noise. It is designed to go after audio frequency noise, particularly AC line frequencies and the first few harmonics. That means you want an unregulated wall...

Thanks. No, it won't be portable. It'll stay on my desk at work. Anyway, it's an interesting thought.

I'm putting together a "laptop sound survival box" consisting of a Tread, a pimeta and a Bantam dac. I'm going to pick up a wallwart/psu for it. Would something like this be OK? Clas Ohlson - Batterieliminator, batterieliminatorer (Sorry about the norwegian) It claims to output max...

Quote: Originally Posted by FallenAngel To be used instead of Q1/Q2, I'd just stick to the JFET cascode. Ahh, OK. I've populated Q1s and Q2s, so I'll just leave them, then. Thank you.

I've populated a Pimeta V 1.1 board, and I'm wondering about two (optional) diodes in the parts list called "CRD" (Current regulating diode) and "Current source configuration; CRD". What are these supposed to do, and where do they go? I'm running this off a Tread and a 24V wallwart. The...