In the process of upgrading the subs in the play room. The aim was to deliver in the 1kW region into 8 Ohms. Discretion (and common sense - if that ever entered the equation) led me to shoot for something closer to 650 watts (measued 73vrms, or 666 watts on a sine wave into an 8 ohm load, which brought a wry smile to my face).

I chose to use a bridged configuration, as this allowed the use of supply rails at sensible levels (+/-65V) odd. It also allowed me to use a heap of capacitors that I had laying around.

The transformers are ANTEK units, which much to my disgust cost less to buy and ship from the US than to buy locally made. (Sorry about being parochial, but shipping a two 20lb lumps of steel to Australia is expensive - what is with our local businesses???)

No surprise that I was worried about:
- Power supply - needs to be big
- Cooling - an awful lot of heat to get rid of
- Safety - don't want to be melting my speakers,...

Controller board malfunctioned..

Diy Woody "grado wanna be" inside driver is KSC75. cheap and sweet sounding.


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I have a Philips CD 880 which I purchased in the 80's and had it modified by Soloist Audio and have enjoyed the machine all these years, until the last year. It stopped playing CD's altogether. The mechanism would open and it would spin, but no sound or no control. I am not a tech as you can tell. I sent the player to Atlas Audio in Pittsburgh and they claimed they could fix it and they returned it in a month. It worked great for one weekend, then stopped again.
I sent it back to them and they spent another 3 months trying to figure out what to do. They said it was repaired and sent it back to me a second time. In the process of shipping it to me the second time the player got "dented" on the rear of the chassis and when I plugged it in, it did not work at all. I got Fedex involved since they insured it and they sent it back to Atlas and gave them 50% of the insurance money. Again they kept the player a couple more months and could not fix it. They finally returned...

OK, just because you own the latest Whizbang-3000 15 megapixel camera, does NOT mean you know how to use it. Sure, you may take pretty pictures, but posting them here, or elsewhere on the web, requires some thought and effort.

See my comments below for more info. Click on "comments" down here.

hi all i have an early grundig stereo that has a tm45 reel to reel a record player an radio...The radio has 4 columns with differnt numbers that run from top to bottom.... i think it was made in 1961 an im curious to see if they have an elictrical diagram manual that is possibly in english.... an where the fuses are located

Hello,
I'm a new member and I'm still trying to figure out how to use this site. I came upon it when I was googling the net trying to find Fostex x-15 or x-18 4 tracker for sale. diyAudio address popped up among other hits, so I signed up. I don't know why it popped up, because I couldn't find anything related to Fostex x-15 or x-18 here. So I posted a message on Forum if someone has x-15 or x-18 for sale. To my surprise I had only one response, from a member who joined right after I posted my message. Talk about checking credentials here. As far as introduction goes, I'm a musician, I compose my original music, then I record it on computer software and upload it to YouTube. Please visit me here:
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Enjoy!

The following method uses deadly, strong chemicals. Do not proceed as you could die, or lose a part of your body you value (eyes, face, hands, other). The following is for entertainment purposes ONLY. Following this method is taking extraordinary risk and you could get gravely injured, or die.

Yes, I was a dummy when it came to PCBs. In fact, I was a dummy when I came to anything DIY Audio a few months ago. Of course, now I’m an expert in all things.

All the information you could ever want is in the forum – “Just search the forum…”

It really irks me when people post that. “Hey, I already searched the forum, and now I’m asking…” As a newbie, I knew NOTHING about circuits, PCBs, soldering, resistors, you name it. I always wonder if the “experts” realize that new people enter the hobby now and again.

After trying lots of things, buying lots things, and running some experiments, I know a little bit about...

OK, slight change of plan. Due to a ****-up on the ordering front with the iron wire, I ended up with some wire which is a bit too thin (0.5mm inner diameter) as they specified the outer diameter on the ordering page, rather than the conductor diameter. On reflection of course, that makes perfect sense since this isn't wire for electrical purposes at all, what use is the 'conductor' diameter? Wire with an external diameter of 1.8mm's on its way, which I hope will have ~1.2mm diameter conductor.

So, in the meantime I've been experimenting with wire I have been able to get hold of, which is shiny steel. It turns out that only 30 paces from my home is a hardware store which sells it - so I've tried winding chokes with it, just to see what happens. I've also acquired an LCR meter to see what kinds of values I'm getting at different measuring frequencies.

The first pair of chokes I wound with some really thick stuff - 2.8mm. Having aimed for 20 turns...

If I could pass one piece of knowledge onto every person in the electronics industry it would be this: always flush cut your cable ties. I am tired of having my forearms sliced up by sharp cable ties every time I reach inside a piece of equipment. So remember, safety first, cut your ties flush. Besides, flush ties just look nicer.