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I'm Kevin.
Reecommendations for a nice, easy first time DIY project?
I am looking at a nice little project to undertake that is not too expensive, but will introduce me to the world of DIY HiFi projects.
I am half tempted by the Graham Slee DIY phono stage (Genera?) to start of with, but I was wondering if there was anything else out there that would be suitable.
It has to be relatively cheap, in case I mess it up.
Kevin
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I'm Andrew.
Maybe rebuilding, recapping some old speaker XO's?
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Plenty of cheap and half decent DIY projects on ebay from Chinese sellers. Small amps and phono stages, etc. Some come without power supplies and can be used with a 'wall wart'.
Or, what about building some simple full range speakers?
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
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I'm Andrew.
What about the EAR 834P boards that are doing the rounds, I have a fully built version coming from Germany.
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CD Teac VRDS25X(Audiotuned) DECK 1210 Mat Crystal Audio Mods MN Base/Bearing/Platter+Ebony armboard Feet Isonoe PSU Paul Hynes SR7EHD-27XL/DCSXL Ag DC lead/3 Stage Regs/Recap PCB+No Pitch/Strobe/Light ARM SME V(Kondo Ag Rewire&Tags) MC Cadenza Black FGS CABLES Arm Yannis SPD-4 IC Yannis 222 Litz+Ag bullets Power WAR PRE ATC SCA2 SPEAKERS ATC 50ASL STANDS Atacama PHONO Sugden Masterclass PA4 SUT Ortofon ST80SE POWER PSAudio P10
VALVE
PRE Croft Epoch(Modded) AMP Sondex S100 (Modded) SPEAKERS Tannoy 15"MG+RFC Warwick cabs+ Ref XO + Batpure supertweeters DECK Garrard 301 Mat Teunto Bearings 401(Bastin) Plinth Bamboo Arms 3009/3012 PSU Eagle+Tachometer MC Ag Meister II/FGS + Ortofon SPU MONO CABLES Arm Yannis 420.5 Litz+ SpeakerPC Tripple C+WBT-0681 Ag IC Oyaide FTVS-510 AgWBT 0110Ag Phonostages Paradise(4 Box Mega-Modded) / Croft Musicmaker
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I'm Ian.
Malcolm (willbewill) does a kit to build a VSPS phono stage which is both cheap and good quality. There's a photo guide to the build on Lencoheaven but you'd need to be a member there as it's in the member's only section.
It's battery powered so no nasty shocks
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I'm Kevin.
Thanks.Originally Posted by ianlenco
Malcolm (willbewill) does a kit to build a VSPS phono stage which is both cheap and good quality. There's a photo guide to the build on Lencoheaven but you'd need to be a member there as it's in the member's only section.
It's battery powered so no nasty shocks
I will have a look as I joined up there when I was thinking of getting a Lenco.
Kevin
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I'm Jez.
There's a design for a valve line stage in the diy section which I donated to the site. It's pretty simple but may be out of the league of a complete novice as there is just a circuit diagram. Colin very kindly designed a PCB for it, but as there was zero interest no PCB's were made and I didn't even get round to "peer checking" the PCB layout...
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Modded Thorens TD150, Audio Technica AT-1005 MkII, Technics EPC-300MC, Arkless Hybrid MC phono stage, Arkless passive pre, Arkless 50WPC Class A SS power amp, (or) Arkless modded Leak Stereo 20, Modded Kef Reference 105/3's
ReVox PR99, Studer B62, Ferrograph Series 7, Tandberg TCD440, Hitachi FT-5500MkI, also FT-5500MkII
Digital: Yamaha CDR-HD1500 (Digital Swiss army knife-CD recorder, player, hard drive, DAC and ADC in one), PC files via 24/96 sound card and SPDIF, modded Philips CD850, modded Philips CD104, modded DPA Little Bit DAC. Sennheiser HD580 cans with Arkless Headphone amp.
Cables- free interconnects that come with CD players, mains leads from B&Q, dead kettles etc, extension leads from Tesco
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I'm Kevin.
Thanks Jez,
Unfortunately the picture is no longer showing for me.
Kevin
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It appears that the curse of photo bucket has removed not only these but all my photos of amp builds etc... But for reasons I can't guess at about a week after all other photobucket stuff disappeared.. TWATS!!!
Arkless Electronics-Engineered to be better. Tel. 01670 530674 (after 1pm)
Modded Thorens TD150, Audio Technica AT-1005 MkII, Technics EPC-300MC, Arkless Hybrid MC phono stage, Arkless passive pre, Arkless 50WPC Class A SS power amp, (or) Arkless modded Leak Stereo 20, Modded Kef Reference 105/3's
ReVox PR99, Studer B62, Ferrograph Series 7, Tandberg TCD440, Hitachi FT-5500MkI, also FT-5500MkII
Digital: Yamaha CDR-HD1500 (Digital Swiss army knife-CD recorder, player, hard drive, DAC and ADC in one), PC files via 24/96 sound card and SPDIF, modded Philips CD850, modded Philips CD104, modded DPA Little Bit DAC. Sennheiser HD580 cans with Arkless Headphone amp.
Cables- free interconnects that come with CD players, mains leads from B&Q, dead kettles etc, extension leads from Tesco
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I'm Ian.
Cool, here's the link http://www.lencoheaven.net/forum/index.php?topic=8579.0
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