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Update 7/15/18: I just stumbled across by far the most detailed document I have ever seen on Black Gates™ and it is by Jelmax (the creators of the technology)! See … Continue Reading Preview: Rubycon Black Gate™ F vs. Nichicon Muse | XMOS Capacitor Oscilloscope and FFT Comparisons
Update 6/2/18: I completed the discrete op-amp modification after I got the replacement diodes. You need to replace Diodes 11, 12, 13, & 14 with 16V Zener diodes. If you … Continue Reading Old Meets New: Kenwood’s C-2 “Basic” Pre-amp gets a Burson Audio V6-OPA Facelift!
Update – May 15, 2018: I have almost finished restoring the bottom of the unit (where most of the components are) and expect to have it working in the next … Continue Reading High Res Photos of My New Sprague Tel-Ohmike TO-6A
This single loose solder ball (could have fallen inside the enclosure at any point) might explain all the problems I had with getting the DAC to lock on … Continue Reading Ran Down (1st) ES9038PRO DAC main cause of the NLOCK | Stuck on Screen Issue w/ No Output! (~ 4 months of troubleshooting show me, it was not the dedicated TCXO clock module): Persistence Pays, this might work again!
Once again the values needed for the power to the DAC have changed, waiting yet again on the correct transformer.
I wanted to give anyone still putting up with my unusually long delays between reviews a sneak peak of what is coming soon! I have everything ready to go for … Continue Reading “It’s the final countdown!” (to the) HiFi Discrete Transistor Op-amp showdown. Burson Audio vs. Orange Amplification Amplification! (DSD256+)
Project MXercury-Lindberg 50SE/160VA: At this point I can’t comment on the functionality/performance of the NobSound™ MX50 SE kit, but I wanted to make sure to post a few pictures that … Continue Reading 100W Power Amplifier x2 Design (Mono-block style) + Toroidal Transformer
Right now this is a place holder until I finish up eHW3. eHW2 was to build a 4-bit full adder w/ half of the adder only using a double 4-to-1 … Continue Reading Digital Logic eHW2 and eHW3
While working on my digital logic project I ended up accidentally creating my own little debugging circuit, although when it comes down to it this is just a truth table/multiple … Continue Reading My First Debugger!! (Really just multiple voltage probes)
Update: 9/26/16: I have finished the first circuit now only two left to create: Drew out each connection by hand to verify correctness: first-circuit-ece212 As far as combining all 3 … Continue Reading Intro to Digital Logic (ECE-212)
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