Reecommendations for a nice, easy first time DIY project?

[CageyH]

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. :eek:

[Wakefield Turntables]

Maybe rebuilding, recapping some old speaker XO's?

[walpurgis]

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?

[Wakefield Turntables]

What about the EAR 834P boards that are doing the rounds, I have a fully built version coming from Germany.

[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.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-kFKWlc8fjgE/T6wplke-d-I/AAAAAAAAAmA/LwhKyXllEaY/s800/vsps%2520001.jpg

It's battery powered so no nasty shocks :)

[CageyH]

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.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-kFKWlc8fjgE/T6wplke-d-I/AAAAAAAAAmA/LwhKyXllEaY/s800/vsps%2520001.jpg

It's battery powered so no nasty shocks :)

Thanks.

I will have a look as I joined up there when I was thinking of getting a Lenco.

[Arkless Electronics]

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...

[CageyH]

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...

Thanks Jez,

Unfortunately the picture is no longer showing for me.

[Arkless Electronics]

Thanks Jez,

Unfortunately the picture is no longer showing for me.

:steam: 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!!!

[ianlenco]

Thanks.

I will have a look as I joined up there when I was thinking of getting a Lenco.

Cool, here's the link http://www.lencoheaven.net/forum/index.php?topic=8579.0