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Thanks all. Unfortunately, I don't have a table saw, so ripping the 2 x 8s to 7" might be fun. All I have is a radial arm saw and a circular saw. Will Home Depot / Lowes, etc. do this for you? The door width to the edge of the brickmould is about 36". I don't really want the top step to be 3' deep... 2' would be more than deep enough. Also, if I wanted the left side to be a straight drop instead of a step, I assume I would make the boxes 11" x 11" delta between each step? The door height from the garage floor is about 21 3/4". so I guess 2 steps should do it? Thanks again, Chris

I'd third the Kimber suggestion. You can sometimes find quite good deals on 4TC or 8TC (I use 8TC currently). I got a deal on a 25' pair of 8TC for ~$200 and also bought a length to do the 26" jumpers for my speakers. It isn't that bad to terminate yourself even though it is alot of wires. Just don't pay anywhere near the $16/ft. retail for it. Good wire.

I figured some of you do enough of this that it might be worth asking here. I need to rebuild the steps going into our house from the garage and would like to do some similar to the ones a friend has in his house. These appear to be box steps? Any ideas as to where I could find some plans for something similar to these? Thanks, Chris

Congrats Pete! Beautiful!

Happy Birthday Jack!

Damn, that's nice! Nice cases on those... wonder where he gets them?

'Best' SS Head Amp for a 'Tube Guy'? - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio The Gilmore Dynamic (i.e., Dynalo) is a very neutral amp. The Balanced Reference is what would be known as a Dynamid (coined when the Dynahi came out), and should be quite similar to the current Headamp GS-X sound-wise (pretty much identical architecture). More boutique parts in this one than the GS-X. I always loved that reference to the Millett hybrid as "beer goggles" vs. the Gilmore as "the cold clear light of day".

Good god... router math for amplifiers. Never thought I'd see that

coat hanger... see if you can find a metal one; plus for a gold one

Owwie! VCAP?

Just out of curiosity, what did you see on these? Naamanf mentioned transitors not being on right, but I don't see any unless the silkscreen is wrong (can you tell I haven't built a β22 yet?). EDIT: NM... it must be the input FETS...

Nice job... parts look nice and straight.

Happy Birthday!!

They must have fixed it, cuz it now shows up as ~$83.

I'd second the Pimeta. The discrete buffers (mono rev. Sijosae) kick the BUF634s to the curb IMO. You will need to etch your own boards for those. Alternately there are some LMH something or other buffers and others (do a search on HF). If you can swing the M3 then that would also be a good choice, though I've never personally heard one.

My thought exactly.... $1500 DAC in a Hammond 1455. But wait, the money is in the circuit... gotcha A lot of use of half-truths in the marketing fluff as well: Nice leading the audience with the "We all know...". Feedback has its uses. I would agree from what I have heard in I/V stages (Jocko variants) that feedback isn't a good thing here. An I-out DAC really wants a dead short, and <50 ohms isn't a particularly good impression of a dead short... < 1 ohm would be much better, but certainly less than 3-5 ohms is easily doable. And is the TDA1543 well thought of (at least excluding Monica...)? I guess if it sounds good...

Good motto... I approve. I'd try the slot...

The stock one is the one I use most. If you are going to be doing small SMD parts they have a 1/16" chisel tip that works well. If you have a Fry's around they stock many of the tips if you want to look at them before deciding.

Ya think? If you buy any of these for digital coax use, do yourself a favor and get at least the 2m. This helps minimize the effect of reflections and hopefully jitter.

Happy Birthday Tyll!

Happy Birthday Tom!!

ATI Research closed down... is Arthon another company? If so, I'll have to check them out...

And who might this be? The only Thailand vendor I knew of closed down.

A B22 would certainly be a candidate. As for kits, jrossel (Glass Jar Audio) has them. Your on your own for casework however. IIRC, Thrice builds B22s occasionally/all the time? An M3 might also suit you as well. No one is building Dynahis anymore AFAIK, but a used one (avoiding certain builders) would be good as well.