A listing of 1/4" (female) to 1/8" 3.5mm (male) adapter converter cables. I've been looking for one, and thought this might be helpful to other folks who are using their headphones with ipods and such. CablePro Earcandy Headphone Adaptor $74 per foot * right angle 1/8" jack * custom...

It's wise to clean flux, either with flux remover or the purest rubbing alcohol you can find (usually 70 or 99%). see this thread for methods and reasoning behind removing flux. Chu - Silver solder generally melts at a higher temperature (around 50 degrees higher, depending on the...

diyaudio.com has a nice wiki on smd work. http://www.diyaudio.com/wiki/index.p...ntDeviceRework Scroll down about 2/3 of the page to the "Soldering SMD Parts" section. Good description, but no helpful pics. And don't use silver solder.

I was just looking at input caps, and I was wondering if you looked at the orange drop 715P caps at Mouser? They have .068uf and ~1.25" leads, although they're pretty big, but if you can bend the leads to fit them somehow, they might work for you. (mouser part 75-715P200V0.068) edit: There's...

edit: Yeah, you're probably better off soldering extra hookup wire or recycled leads onto a cap rather than requiring long leads. Quote: Originally Posted by Sovkiller again those auricaps cardas etc are huge and rated for more than 100VCD unless i was looking at the wron ones, IMO...

Try percyaudio.com. I hear he's not the quickest, but you can get small quantities of quality caps. Or try any of the other sellers in the links resource stickied to the diy forum.

Thanks guys. Hmm... now to find some rat-proof techflex...

Yeah, HeadWize is changing servers. Although the projects were up yesterday when I looked at them. The grado mod page is up now. =) If you look at the open driver with the soldered wire at 12 o'clock, I believe that Grado soldered the ground wire to the right side and the signal wire to the left...

Thanks all for the suggestions. I'm not sure cat5 cable is thinner. At least, my computer cat5 cables aren't. :P I might try the Mogami cable, or stripped Star Quad. I'm also trying braided stranded wire. Edwood - how hard is it to put techflex over 3-6 feet of cable? And what's the best...

Swap should be relatively easy. The Grados are pretty easy to take apart and desolder. As for wire, there's Canare mini star quad which is ~5mm in diameter (from markertek.com). McMaster.com has a no-name 4-conductor "audio cable" which is just over 3mm in diameter. The main disadvantage of...

er... sorry this is so late. =P Any ol' battery leads will do. And sanaka's right about r11. I just assumed you were stacking because you had "BUF364 5". Although I guess that might be a typo. Sorry for the confusion. On side-mounting the rca jacks: Your biggest enemy is probably space. Refer...

alliedelec.com has the best selection of Hammond 1455 case sizes/colors, although I think there's a $25 minimum order. digikey.com and mouser.com carry some of the 1455 line. I'm not sure where to get tins. You may find interesting stuff at a crafts store like Michaels. I might have seen blank...

I'm wondering if anyone knows of a thinner cable than the Canare Mini Star Quad (Canare L-4E5C). The .189" (~4.8mm) diameter is a bit thick for a portable headphone cable. I'm looking for a 3 or 4 conductor flexible cable, ideally 2-3mm in diameter. Any suggestions? I guess a last ditch...

I think you have a winner with the NMJ6HHD2. I like the clean look it'll leave. Black and symmetrical. If only it could glow like your led... Time for another computer generated graphic

Man, love the graphics =). Got the led shine and everything! I think the neutrik jack fills in the space of your large faceplate rather nicely. And seeing as you already went through so much trouble to get the jack, you might as well use it. (on the other hand, I'd be glad to take the jack off...

I'm not sure the lansing battery end panel comes with battery leads... if not, you'll need to add 1 or 2 leads. (Although you're probably planning to use 1 battery, consider using two. Your opamps will be happier and it'll be able to feed your stacked buffers longer than 1) (don't forget to...

www.lansing-enclosures.com Yay, Lansing finally launched their new site. Too bad they don't have pics of the different colors beside beige. I think a black anodized case would look really sleek. Just wondering if anyone has had lansing do any customized cases for them...

http://dkc3.digikey.com/PDF/T041/0796.pdf This page has the BC 416 line. Just choose your capacitance value. http://www.mouser.com/catalog/618/492.pdf Mouser's Xicon PF caps too.

In my (limited) experience adjustable wire strippers aren't a whole lot of fun to work with. I've tried one that looks like Edwood's picture, but I always turned the adjustment dial accidentally (it is fairly loose). Then the stripper would get set for the wrong size. =P Of course you can become...

Hahaha... good job MisterX. I was wondering how easy the Bulgin battery holders were to operate? I want to put them into a 3" wide hammond case, but the screw mounting flaps on the battery holders extend out over the edge of the case. I was wondering if you think these battery holders would...

For my first cmoy I bought: Radioshack soldering iron ~$8 (now dead, soon to be replaced by a weller wp25 ) extra tip ~$1 solder ~$2 desoldering braid ~$2 wire stripper/cutter ~$5 small needlenose pliers ~$5 hookup wire ~$5 electric tape ~$3 heatshrink ~$4 alligator clips ~$5...

Hey, does anyone happen to have the data sheet for the el2001? I can't seem to find it anywhere. It's not on the elantec/intersil website. Due to it being discontinued, i assume. Someone should host the el200x datasheets somewhere for future reference. thanks again. edit: ok, with a...

hahaha. well i think some people put 634s into meta42s after the 2001s were discontinued, and I've read that some people made 634 to 2001 adaptors, so i assume it would be possible to go backwards

Hey, I was just wondering if it would be possible to put el2001 buffers into a pimeta, and how would I go about doing that? Thanks in advance. =)