Nevermind found it in the build thread... after some pages. Guess I'm gonna try cap-rolling soon.

I've had my alien DAC for a while, but now my ears are hungry. Then I remembered, the output levels for my DAC are really low: I have to turn up the volume to like 80% in windows whereas for any soundcard I've used a similar output can be had at ~15%.   Is this normal? It sounds alright, but...

I have the comfies, bowls and flats for my MS-1. I used the bowls for the longest time, and then realized I didn't like how it unnaturally colored the sound, so I switched to flats. I tried comfies for the first time in a long time, and i had never really considered them seriously since there...

lol the plug reminds me of pailiccs I think the beats are the most ridiculous headphone made.

All this positive response to the "Flats" just might make me go pick up a pair now. The pink pair looks so attractive in person, and it would match my pink sansa fuze so well. Although I was hoping to find a pair of the new FX-50's. Starting with the Marshmallows, then the RX-700/900's...

Quote: Originally Posted by compuryan lol did you see the description? AUDIOPHILE The return you’ll get, in terms of cred, on your investment in an AUDIOPHILE COLLECTION headphone supersedes the modest price of admission into the elite circle of connoisseurs. Your peers will spend...

Quote: Originally Posted by krmathis "Man In The Moon" - Nils Lofgren "Ballad Of A Lady Man" - Sleater Kinney

Quote: Originally Posted by linuxworks what next? a cmoy in a mcdonalds/burgerking whopper box?

Not from a thrift store, but strange used vinyl nonetheless. I almost bought it. Censored because I'm guessing this is supposed to be worksafe.

I'm a little embarrassed about Beyonce's Irreplaceable, and the spanish version too. Also Demi Lovato's Don't Forget, the entire album.

adjusted pot for 25V, multimeter read 25V, all is good now for casework D:

I... soldered before your post. Well, I just desoldered and soldered again your values, gonna test in a bit. It's one of those multi-turn pots so I'm not expecting it to be overly sensitive to adjustment.

I just realized I DID buy a 10K pot XD. So forgetful. I'll do the right thing and put a 240 ohm in between adj and out, hook up the 10K pot with its wiper shorted to one end and another maybe 1k or so in series, the two together making up R2. So the 1.25 in the equation is the difference...

darn, that's what I thought what about a 10k in the same place? 5k?

Quick question for anybody who wants to help. I'm currently using tangent's opamp power supply to power an AD827-based preamp, the opamp controlling the virtual ground is an opa2111. This is hooked up to 2 9v batteries. The circuit is the first image attached. I don't want to keep...

I'm in an introductory circuits class, and we got breadboards for our projects. What's the first thing I do with mine? Another cmoy using an opamp as power supply rail splitter (I think, it's on Tangent's web site). It sounded ok, nothing to write home about. Then I tried the Very...

Quote: Originally Posted by royalmathmtcs I had time to pretend (I think that was the title) stuck in my head for two weeks. it's so catchy D: and trippy

I was so happy when I found the Sugarland album I think I have an addiction

Bangs - Sweet Revenge It's like they recorded everything with computer microphones, so fuzzy and blurry, but I love the songs so much. Sleater-Kinney - The Woods SO MUCH DISTORTION and so LOUD! I mean sometimes its nice (the distortion itself adds a level of detail lol) but then it gets...

Quote: Originally Posted by unclejr ^^ yikes! what is that genre? I could think of a few things based on the cover it ended up in... I think you're pointing to my post. It's classic rock, with a splash of country. "Hold on Loosely" is the first track, I first heard it on an 80's...

got the LP for $.25 and it sounds surprisingly good even before cleaning I think I may just use it as a reference in the future

All I can remember is VPI scoutmaster, some kind of Benz MC high output, room was covered in all kinds of sound dampening devices. Some kind of conrad-johnson tube power amp. Revel performa F-52 speakers (I think, something in their performa line). I forget the phono pre-amp. The...

Using some bday money recently I got me a Kenwood KD-44R turntable from a local shop that repairs vintage audio equipment. They told me any turntables made after the mid 80's they usually just throw away. It has a really cool red light that says "quartz lock" even though I have no idea what it...

Quote: Originally Posted by v3nom By far the easiest recable ever: http://i41.tinypic.com/14j0lk0.jpg http://i43.tinypic.com/33acizk.jpg did you paint your K81 (or 518) to match the cable/plug? For a second there I thought you just somehow got rid of the clover (or w/e it is)...

So many Grado 60 and 80's, and portapros on my campus now! I hate grados for campus listening (really bad with ambient noise imo). I see portapros on hipsters. No, wait, I see both on hipsters, and grados on non-hipsters as well.