[Karlosak]

...you start buying things like these two attenuator babies from ELMA

. They are custom made, ladder type attenuators with extra 1x24 wafer (its purpose won't be revealed yet, I'll leave that to the great minds of Head-Fi

). They will be used in my upcoming balanced DynaMight DIY project, a true dual mono design.

Don't ask me about the price, I still have severe qualms of conscience, I and my wallet won't be friends for some time, I hope it can forgive me

. OK, it cost me 3,382 CZK (VAT included) which is roughly $147 per piece, not so bad if you compare it with other ELMA vendors. Moreover, only a few of them take custom orders.

Here comes a couple of pics. I'll post some more after having done my soldering lesson - 184 resistors, 368 soldered points!

PRP resistors will be used, 10K resistance. An Excel calculator with my resistor values is attached. And now enjoy!

Hmm, what has it arrived?:

Damn it, I've removed the wrap, I must hurry now with the soldering job

:

Only two? I would like full pack of ten!:

Believe me, they don't like to stand this way:

Yes, they're quite long:

A close-up view:

 

[MASantos]

no pictures...

 

[nikongod]

Quote:

Originally Posted by MASantos no pictures...

there are photo links to actual photos. for some reason they dont seem to want to load.

 

[Karlosak]

*deleted*

 

[SHLim]

I am using FF1.5 and it took a few minutes to load. Forget about it if you are using 56K modem.
Very slow to load image from koubek1.webzdarma.cz. BTW, are these image in MB size?

 

[Karlosak]

Strange that the pics load so slow

. If I clear the cache, the pictures show up after 20sec on a 256kbps connection. The images are about 120KB in size.
I've moved the photos to Photobucket now, hope it helps. I don't think 800x600 are so big for a 56k user, just look at what Mr. Gilmore sometimes posts with his uber-camera

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[MASantos]

I really don't understand the use of the extra waffer!

it could be used to light up leds. Are you doing a LED volume indicator?

This is probably the dumbest thing I said in the forums, but maybe I'm right!

 

[bhjazz]

Let me touch those green...wafers!

 

[Nerull]

Those make me jealous...they're so...pretty

and (probably) good sounding...well, I guess that's the next thing on the list of DIYing.
Good luck with those...

~Tom

 

[bperboy]

...time to bow down and worship the almighty Elnas!!!

 

[ilikepie]

so... What is a waffer?

 

[jarthel]

that's not really custom made (in the truest sense).

I have an elma in the other amp and each layer are easily removable/installable so it's easy for them to add the extra layer that you wanted.

 

[bperboy]

Hey, don't ruin the man's fun!

 

[Karlosak]

...and the winner is: MASantos! Congratulations!

The extra wafer/deck should control a light ring of 24 LEDs, indicating the volume for a given balanced channel.

jarthel, if I wanted something "custom made" in your truest sense of word, I would have to take 100+ switches just to ensure ELMA would even speak with me and moreover be quite a wealthy man! For me it's satisfying that these switches aren't in the ELMA's catalog

ilikepie, waffer was a typo, should be wafer. It's one of those green widgets

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[Andrea]

All this mess because you don't want traditional volume pots? I've never had the slightest problem with them, nor they've ever seemed a bottleneck..