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In Reply to: RE: No question - you do not just stick a choke in posted by rickmcinnis@dogwoodfabrics.com on August 01, 2010 at 20:05:27
Didn't know you were such an electronics expert.
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But I am an obsessed cheap hobbyist who has no choice but to learn to do things for himself.
When I see something I cannot even DREAM of doing myself I readily defer to the likes of Nelson Pass, John Broskie, Paul Hynes and Dave Davenport, who, along with cics, are my audio gurus. And those magic fingered moving coil cartridge artisans ...
What excited me most of cics's work is that he was making it possible for folks without unlimited budgets to have something good for CD playback.
I have been playing with this since I was fifteen when I got a Dynaco PAT 5 kit. (Why did I not get a PAS 3?) You would think I should know more than I do when time spent is considered. (That was forty years ago. YIKES!)
Hoping I have a working C squared set-up this evening. Can't wait to hear what has happened with the software in the last couple of years and very excited about hearing what the balance control can do.
Bye,
Rick McInnis
You are only in your 50's? You are just a young-in! I remember when my parents let me hook up their old Philco tv speakers to my mono record player. It wasn't stero but it was 2 channel mono---just awesome!
Good luck on your new mobo/cpu set up.
It is funny how in your fifties you can still feel young yet you know you are getting old, for better and for worse ...
Not surprising you were a tinkerer from the beginning. That same desire to make it better obviously started at a young age.
I hope I can actually get music out of it! Just have to solder five wires from the DAC board to the line stage. Just could not make myself finish up last night.
Whether anything resembling music results ... At least, I can always play records while sorting this out.
After two years (or so) LP immersion I hope I can listen to it. At worst, it will be something to play while I work on house projects. You can tell I have a little trepidation.
Are you considering the I3 upgrade?
Bye,
Rick McInnis
Yes I am considering the upgrade probably in Q4 (still talk like I'm working). But I have been busy with other non-audio matters for 2 months. When I get started I'm just wondering if I should buy all new (iow keep the old system intact) or mod my old sys. What approach did you take?
nothing wrong with my HDD, or keyboard, or that kind of thing.
Of course, you have no choice but to replace your memory. so that's it - new CPU, memory "card", and MB an d you're off!
Still trying to get some kind of real reason to go with the SDD for WINDOWS and programs, but nothing definitive and I have no interest in experimenting there since I think it is kind of silly though I would love to be proved (or even persuaded) wrong!
I would think there is no need to rush since there are still a few questions about the new system. And the prices may come down.
I was anxious for a new project and that is why I got the new stuff.
I am concerned by Julien's problems and wonder if there are a bad batch of MB's out there. Might as well hear what happens with his project.
What is most important is that you keep your ears in top shape! You possess a very perceptive pair of those.
Bye,
Rick McInnis
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