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Hakko Dash seems to get recommended a lot? HakkoUSA - Product Detail - Hakko "Dash" Soldering Irons I suppose you could just buy the ratshack irons. Theirs suck, especially the tips, but I got by with one for quite awhile. They do carry some Weller irons, such as this one, which doesn't look too bad. Weller

Well done Beefy! Congrats! Go easy on the hookers, your liver will thank you later. Oh wait, was that booze?

I was going to mention the employees, etc., but I did a quick search and it appears that AV123 has been stiffing its suppliers, and also seemed that a number of people did not get their product as well. Mind you this was a QUICK search, so I may have missed a lot.

I have the 324 work center, minus the solder iron holder, which I bought off of ebay. I never have bought any other heads for it; still use a helping hands for cable shit (or my bench vise). I dislike the helping hands more everytime I use them The Panavise Jr. looks nice, if you can live with its limitations.

Nice Nate! What are DROs? Digital Readout?

Of course you could.

Pass Aleph P 1.7 preamp (again, though this time I actually have it )

not sure if there is any interest, but ran across these: DODD AUDIO DIY

Ouch, missed that! Congrats Brent!

Congrats Colin!

Glad to see you got there OK. Take care!

For the Adcom, the film caps with long leads is pretty questionable. Better to use a DC coupled discrete stage instead of mucking with opamps and coupling caps. The copper tape shielding is fine, and does appear to be grounded. No idea on the other DAC.

Ehhhh.... best of luck Marc. At least Carly isn't still at HP.

Happy Birthday!

How about getting some cups for the spikes to rest on? Many of the spike manufacturers offer these. I think I had also read of people using coins under the spikes as well.

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Good start Not sure WTF you are talking about though. Of course I'm not sure you do either.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!

You should do a vertical board for the back panel to save chassis footprint, with the Vampire PCB2F/S for single ended and something like the Neutrik NC3MBV-B for the balanced and equivalent female w/o lock tab. You could put the relays right on the board, maybe do 4 balanced/SE inputs, and balanced/SE monitor and pre outs. Muting relays as well.

Yeah, good luck Thrice, and congrats Brent!

I had a problem like this with one from Michael Percy. He suggests conductive grease (the silver bearing stuff). Did the trick, though I would agree, TKD should do something about this.

Just saw this myself. Glad it wasn't more serious, and hope you heal up quickly. Biking or low impact might be a good idea.

Have a Happy Birthday Doug!

... not supposed to do that at work. Stretch, your humor and communication skills of that amaze me.