n_maher

What are you talking about?

shill it's the new MOT doncha know...

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I'm not sure I hate them, but I'm not a fan.

Color me jealous.

Welcome to the nuthouse.

I can tell you one thing for damn sure, there's no way they'll get me to pay for this one without listening first. St Anger remains one of the few CD's that I listened to once and then never again. It was truly terrible.

It can be configured with different modules to accept just about anything you can think of (coax, optical, usb, whatever) and yes, it'll do balanced straight out of the gate.

Why use an IEC with a built in switch when you've got another front panel mounted switch? I try to use as small an IEC as possible these days since it's always the most annoying hole to cut. And while you're at it, I'd switch all those back panel connectors for black units, but that's just my personal preference.

Just a quick note/hint for Touch users - I just discovered this last week, it's probably old hat for everyone else - regardless of what app you're in (notes, web, maps, etc.) if you double tap the home button it brings up a small menu that allows you to change track up or down, pause, adjust the volume and even go directly to the music app. I find myself using it all the time now that I've found it.

Homemade blueberry cobbler and vanilla ice cream, yum!

Seems weird to put a random passive preamp in the same box doesn't it? If it were me I'd prefer to just have a loop out option or something like that.

Funny, that makes far less sense to me. Why would you double the attenuation unless one wasn't providing a sufficient number of steps, but that's hard to believe with a digital stepper.

I think this thread has run its course.

Wait. I know this one. Hold on, I've almost got it. Emmmm, errrrrrr, shoot it's right there... Got it! Step 3. Profit

I finished a Gainclone to replace (temporarily at least) the Beta22 that I sent out last week. Soldering without tunes = fail. Now, how long it'll take me to cure the ground loop hum in the GC who knows, but for now it's functional enough to get the job done in the basement where ambient noise levels will cover my mistakes nicely.

Twas a joke, Pete. If that thing ever tips over it won't be the fault of the stand.

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Looks unstable.

I called, no one answered, I can only assume the worst.

Happy Birthday!

Ok, knowing that you've got more tools that you don't have to buy you've got a lot more options. The first two that I'd recommend: 1. As mentioned the Millett Starving Student Hybrid. It'll teach you to read a schematic which is a skill you need, even if you don't want it. 2. Pimeta - by Tangent - not sure about the whole buffer situation these days but it used to be able to be done for ~$100 and makes a great portable or desktop amp depending on how you choose to build it. And you can't beat his documentation. And while you're at it you should just head over to Tangent's site, read everything that you can and watch all the videos. Start here.

Cost is a slight issue? Honestly, including tools I don't think you stand much of a chance with that budget. Assuming you have nothing (since all you mentioned was the iron) you'll need a drill, drill bits, solder, cutters, wire strippers, wire, and I'm sure some other stuff I'm forgetting. Now even if you go super cheap with that stuff you'll likely eat up half your budget or more and that's if you can source it all locally and avoid shipping charges. So if we're left with $50 about the only thing you can build for that is a Cmoy which doesn't seem to fit with your "I don't want a learning experience" mantra. About the only thing that you could build outside of an amp would be cables, which actually could be done within your budget since it would limit the number of tools that you'd need and the supplies are much easier to source.

Neither.