audio-talk

You don't love it to bits then?

Thanks chaps. So a 19 bit HSS drill set for £7.54 might be false economy? An equivalent cobalt set is £23.49, which is nearly 4 of the cheap sets. You pays yer money and makes yer choice I guess?

Question for those who know their bits (stoppit!) What's the difference between the different bit types? HSS, HSS Ground, titanium coated, cobalt? Presumably the more expensive the better. But my cheap set from some DIY shed or other which has titanium coating seems to have gone blunt much quicker t...

while i was at it i slipped while i was typing and accidentally ordered a couple of FT17H tweeters and cap/resistors (well i've tried the single driver experiment now haven't i) Don't you just hate it when that happens :). can i use my laptop with a mic and some software to measure the in room resp...

Nick wrote:Bass guitars make a good club at those times.

ROFL one of the funniest things I've seen on here in a long time

Rod Coleman on DIYAudio is in the process of releasing some modules which sound very promising. Check out the Tubes/Valves section. If you're prepared to build yourself (as we are) then pricing looks favourable (Rod hasn't released prices yet on the forum, but it should work out cheaper than the eba...

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Nuts again. I'll try attaching.

It's rare I use the A19 but I had cause to this morning so called in at Owston for a gander. It's quite a mess! I only had my crappy camera phone with me so the photos aren't great but those that have been will see how different it looks. I had a brief chat with the men and they've spent the last 2 ...

ed wrote:I've been pondering ever since...it's got to be done

Hurry up Ed, enquiring minds need to know .

Rather like Steve I got a shock pulling the ICs from the back of my breadboarded headphone amp. I was using my SB3 as source and wasn't aware that it took it's earth from one of the ICs. Blew the op amp too, but Dr Nick resurrected life when I thought the patient was a goner. With a nice little upgr...

Nearly as silly as 26 - 10Y - 300B