I make ALL my stuff
but there are many that shudder at the thought of using a soldering iron or even the ones that have electronic skills have a difficult time housing the stuff they build .
What i sometimes do is cheat : purchase a nice looking but not great product (radio shack input and av selectors ) and then replacing all the parts with superior ones (C&K silver switches , gold jacks , better wire , etc - and in the case of the input
selector 1:1 isolation transformers on the video input to totally isolate that feed )
but as i said ,every once in a while radio shack comes out with some cool gadgets that are at least the equal of other gadget companies and the prices are usually pretty reasonable for this category
case in point-i can not build a AD converter as cheap as the one radio shack carries (AKM ADC chip) but I CAN make it better
same with the speaker switch - replace the switches and the spring clips with binding posts , add a resistor matrix and headphone out jack and you get a nice little device that is not ugly nor does it look DIY
I could go on but this is NOT the DIY forum
rickmeister , head-fi's " resident master destructor of radio shack products"
