snowlune
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Voltage regulator is an IC, right? ;p
Anyway, try the tape on the casing, maybe use some good glue that won't be affected by warmth.
Btw anyone still have some idea for the channel imbalance?
Yeah, that's what I did. Stuck a bit of electrical tape to the inside of the case.
Also, I have the same channel imbalance issue. You could go buy a better pot, but I don't know if it's possible to have negative gain.
I think Nwavguy mentioned somewhere that you can set the sampling rate to 24/44 so that even if you lower the volume on your computer the extra bits will make up for the loss of bit depth. Of course, this is assuming that your music is 16/44. I just keep the volume at 70%. I doubt that you'd be able to hear the bit depth difference between 100% and 70% in a blind test.
Oh, sorry, I lost track and thought you were attacking the OP-amps.
The MC7912/7812 are just about $0.50, and you should be able to find them pretty much everywhere. Also, they are three pins inline,which would eventually make the disoldering operation much simpler.
Chip Quik is another solution, but it will end up costing you much more than the VRs.
Oh, I've never heard of Chip Quik before. Thanks for the tip, I might get some of that for future projects.