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*pabbi1* · #**981** (**permalink**) 09-15-2008, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by n_maher

When are you starting on the balanced Menace? It seems the only logical thing to do.

Well, I just did a quick (couple of hours) BOM and hit about $2100 with cheap tubes, and a wag at casing... as much as I loved the HA-2, will I really love the Menace at 3x?

Maybe, who knows? Gotta at least listen to the Bijou first...

n_maher · #**982** (**permalink**) 09-15-2008, 09:30 AM

I think that if you were really serious about the balanced Menace that you'd want to talk to Pete about different options for the power supply. He and I discussed several alternates even for the single ended version and I think there's be a better way of doing it given the amount of iron there would be if you simply doubled everything I did.

*luvdunhill* · #**983** (**permalink**) 09-16-2008, 03:45 PM

lots of parts arrived today

Look what I made:

*naamanf* · #**984** (**permalink**) 09-16-2008, 04:09 PM

Looks like it fits nicely. Phew.

*luvdunhill* · #**985** (**permalink**) 09-16-2008, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by naamanf

Looks like it fits nicely. Phew.

yes! I'll experiment on the others with taking some solder wick and smoothing out the top surface, or even getting some of that mil-spec red nail polish that Ray uses and putting it over the solder joints. If I had to do it again, I'd make the holes around the pins even smaller so the pins had to be forced into the holes. I'm still worried about soldering the pins after the adapter has been assembled. I would definitely use a clip-on heat sink before soldering.

Sticking them in my KGSS now. I suppose there aren't too many people out there that have compared the Linear to Toshiba with no other circuit changes. Don't have to worry about the above, as I socketed these locations

n_maher · #**986** (**permalink**) 09-16-2008, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by luvdunhill

yes! I'll experiment on the others with taking some solder wick and smoothing out the top surface, or even getting some of that mil-spec red nail polish that Ray uses and putting it over the solder joints.

Dude, you don't want the polish to color the sound so you've got to use clear. DUH! The only other acceptable color sonically is black.

*Pars* · #**987** (**permalink**) 09-16-2008, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by luvdunhill

yes! I'll experiment on the others with taking some solder wick and smoothing out the top surface, or even getting some of that mil-spec red nail polish that Ray uses and putting it over the solder joints. If I had to do it again, I'd make the holes around the pins even smaller so the pins had to be forced into the holes. I'm still worried about soldering the pins after the adapter has been assembled. I would definitely use a clip-on heat sink before soldering.

Sticking them in my KGSS now. I suppose there aren't too many people out there that have compared the Linear to Toshiba with no other circuit changes. Don't have to worry about the above, as I socketed these locations

My Dynalo is socketed... I'll check them

*luvdunhill* · #**988** (**permalink**) 09-16-2008, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Pars

My Dynalo is socketed... I'll check them

I wish I had p-channel parts.... only the LSK389

*luvdunhill* · #**989** (**permalink**) 09-16-2008, 07:48 PM

so, who's going to build this first:

http://shop.hifidiy.net/product/256.htm

Looks to be a blackfin-based 24-bit FLAC player...

*spritzer* · #**990** (**permalink**) 09-16-2008, 08:16 PM

That does look interesting. I was thinking about a Sooloos clone with a touchscreen and a small Intel Atom based machine but this just made my shortlist.