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Attack of the Miniature Amplifiers!
Two exciting project completions to report today. Click on the links to read the full posts.The JDS Labs CMoyBB, which is a miniature PCB based CMoy amplifier with bass boost....and the Miu Audio RA-1,...
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Recabling a Pair of Beyerdynamic DT880 Headphones
Beyerdynamic is a family-owned audio equipment manufacturer based in Germany that produces headphones, microphones and wireless audio systems. The headphones produced by Beyer are very solidly made,...
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Recabling the Phiaton MS 400 Headphones
There are just some things out there that men inherently love: power tools, fast cars, beautiful women, and carbon fiber. Carbon fiber is one of the most desirable looking materials on the planet, with...
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The Objective2 (O2) Headphone Amp
People feel so strongly about audio reproduction that it often becomes akin to religion and politics and arguments ensue. Some listeners feel that a perfectly flat response curve and fully diminished...
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The ECP Audio / Beezar Torpedo Headphone Amplifier
It's been a long time coming; Dsavitsk started looking for builders for his prototype of the Torpedo, a CCS loaded, transformer coupled parafeed headphone amplifier back in March of 2010. The Torpedo...
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Building Amplifiers - Tools of the Trade
A number of readers have asked what one might start with if they were planning on building amps and other audio electronics. After a number of builds you come to depend on certain tools to get the job...
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Glassware Audio LV-Regulator Power Supply
Wallwarts... you know them as the little black plastic boxes that take up precious real-estate on your wall outlet or your surge protector. These little devices are generally mass produced overseas as...
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DIYTube Get*Set*Go Single Ended Amplifier
Shannon Parks, head-honcho of DIYTube, has made plenty of projects available since 2003 when the DIYTube ST35 clone was made available. Since then, a handful of projects have been released, from the 60...
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Balancing the AKG K702 Headphone
The AKG K702 headphone is quite simply a black AKG K701 heaphone with a removable mini 3 pin cable. It's very nice to be able to remove the cable from a headphone with the click of a button, which is...
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DIYTube 6L6 Clementine Single Ended Tube Amp
Shannon Parks, owner of DIYTube, has made a number of projects available since 2003 when the DIYTube ST35 clone was made available. DIYTube is both Shannon's small business located in central Illinois...
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Building a Balanced Microphone Cable
Pro Audio and Home HiFi are two very different markets. The brands are different, the purposes are different; the pro's main concerns lie with good measurements and durability while the home listener...
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Custom RCA Switch Box for Audio
So in any given audio setup there may be multiple amplifiers (e.g. a headphone amp, speaker amp, etc.) or possibly multiple sources (e.g. a record player, CD player, DAC from a computer, etc.). A...
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MC Step-Up Transformer using Altec 4722
Despite the extreme convenience of computer-based audio systems, the turntable has not lost it's place in the hearts of many audiophiles. Sometimes that extra effort can be worth it, balancing the...
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Decware Zen Head ZKIT3 Portable Headphone Amp
The competitive portable headphone amplifier market can be a difficult one to approach. Manufactures quickly churn out new designs and form factors so quickly that unless you spend lots of time on...
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DIYTube Get Set Go 300B Headphone Amp
It's been a little while since the last post, and there's a good reason for that; I've been gathering parts for a very special DIYTube Get Set Go made specifically for the Audeze LCD-2 headphones. The...
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Pure Silver Mini to Mini Cable
A short mini to mini cable cable can be very handy when connecting a portable audio player to a portable amplifier. In some cases it's worthwhile to use a digital audio output, but not all portable...
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Furez Copper Subwoofer Cable
A subwoofer only reproduces a limited range of audio in your system, most likely a frequency range within 20Hz and 100Hz. With this being said, subwoofer cables aren't as critical as the interconnects...
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Keith Michael Kirby
Very sad news, Keith Michael Kirby, the maker of very fine custom audio chassis, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 25. Per the Albany Democratic Herald, Keith passed away peacefully at his home at the age...
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Balanced XLR to RCA Cable
Balanced XLR interconnects are what many people consider to be a superior connection between components. Typically found in Pro-audio equipment, they feature three wires rather than the two in an...
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AES EBU 110 Ohm Digital Cable
The very first real-time software MP3 player was a program called WinPlay3. This program was released way back in September of 1995, back in the days of half gig hard drives. As MP3s gained popularity...
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