audio-talk

Ignoring the fact that affordable is a number that only you can pick, and by "still buy" I guess that requires 1. they still exist, and 2. you can afford them. But what do you mean by oldest? Do you mean older as in they were made a long time ago, or made more recently but were made to co...

... for audio, that is. As per the question really. I'm pondering the mono rig I want to build specifically for playing Meredith's 78's. It occurred to me that it really ought to use period-correct valves wherever possible. They don't have to be the best in the world - this thing is going to be pret...

Still not been able to replicate it in Spice - measuring the response on the SUT secondaries suggests the reverse-RIAA is OK with the MC loading of 150R (plus I think the Whest is set to 470R and the response was bang on the money). Actually now I've typed that, I should adjust the load down to 50R...

Pondering a build of the Salas Valve Itch phono. Anyone got a spare Maida Regulator for the B+ ?

Bah! I tried a punt but it's since gone onto eBay. Which is the right thing to do from the seller's perspective. Figured I'd go for the triumvirate - Garrard, Lenco and Thorens. Oh well.

Still not been able to replicate it in Spice - measuring the response on the SUT secondaries suggests the reverse-RIAA is OK with the MC loading of 150R (plus I think the Whest is set to 470R and the response was bang on the money). Actually now I've typed that, I should adjust the load down to 50R ...

I haven't looked but don't those inverse EQ thingies have to be loaded or should I say not loaded down? Maybe a tx input presents too low a Z for it? Cheers, Stephen I did wonder about that myself, mine is currently on 150 ohms. The issue here is at the frequency extremes. We know the RIAA curve sh...

Oh dear - so having tested out my reverse RIAA on the Whest to prove its accuracy... here's what the response of my build of the Millett stage looks like: https://user.fm/files/v2-b404bdc60427b349a6cc9fa06072d208/Frequency_Resp.png That's rising from -14dB at 18Hz to -6dB at around 500Hz. Then we dr...

I made up a little Reverse RIAA pcb based on this design: https://hifisonix.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Accurate-Inverse-RIAA.pdf - I did it for through-hole components as I'm still not into this whole SMD soldering thing. As usual with my stuff, PCB came from JLCPCB and box from Schaeffer using ...

Happy days - finally interfaced the relay coil connectors on the signal board to the driver board, the resulting relay clicks (rather than silence) was a good sign. I then installed the two power transformers for the signal board left and right channel power supplies, both power supply boards tested...

Neal wrote: ↑Tue Jan 24, 2023 12:16 am RS 2% silver loaded solder 36/62 Tin Lead

https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/solder/0551671

Same - bought my first reels in 2003 and wouldn't use anything else.

Inherited Pioneer PL-12D and Leak 2000 receiver in late 1986, added a new Denon DRM-07 tape deck and Wharfedale Diamond II's to it.

New PCB populated and tested this weekend - all looks good! :D We now have a functioning input selection section and more optimised pull-up / current limiting resistor values. Next weekend's task is to make up the ribbon cables to connect to the signal board relay coils (not quite sure why I didn't ...

I quite like my e30, i run the usb from the tablet into it to stream tidal so no hi res files. I dont have a single hi res anything. Also run the cd player into it. The teeny weeny form factor is a big plus for me because there is not the space for boxes, and it sounds great for the price I transfe...

Bought a Topping E30 II DAC to go on the end of a Roonbridge (running on an old 2008 Macbook with Debian Linux, the MacOS it'll run is well out of support by now). Due to arrive today. This is a temporary measure to quickly get Roon working with the hifi, as well as allowing me to exercise the DSD ...