Nanome
Posted: November 23rd, 2008 | Author: Brad | Filed under: DIY, Electronics, Music | No Comments »
Tiny buttons + Monome = Nanome
Wheatstone Bridge
Posted: February 22nd, 2008 | Author: Brad | Filed under: Electronics | No Comments »
The shop owner claimed cleaning it would reduce its value. I’ll save the dirt just in case.
Red Eye Boost
Posted: February 20th, 2008 | Author: Brad | Filed under: DIY, Electronics, Music | 1 Comment »
Red Eye Boost: Thickens up your sound without getting boomy, rounds off the sharp edges for creamy tube amp overdrive, and adds just a bit of germanium fuzz at the highest gain setting.
Twins
Posted: February 8th, 2008 | Author: Brad | Filed under: DIY, Electronics, Music | 3 Comments »
Sinolectro Peacemaker
45 Watts of tube rectified push-pull power
Updated vintage design
Single-channel with Master Volume
3 12AX7, 2 6L6, 1 5Z3
All hand wired point-to-point and built to order
New Old Speakers
Posted: January 15th, 2008 | Author: Brad | Filed under: Design, Electronics, Music | 2 Comments »
These were a best seller for Diatone / Mitsubishi back in 1973, so there are quite a few in the secondhand markets now. They couldn’t be called transparent, but they are very nice to listen to — they have a distinct sound that I can only describe as smooth and liquid, with a chunky low end. Reference recordings don’t sound as good as on a reference system, but average recordings sound good, and even bad recordings are listenable.
Diatone DS-251 MkII Specifications:
Alignment: 3-way sealed cabinet
Woofer: 25cm paper cone
Tweeter: 5cm paper cone
Super Tweeter: 3cm aluminum cone
Crossover Frequency: 2000Hz, 10000Hz
Frequency Response: 40Hz – 25000Hz
Nominal impedance: 8Ω
Power Handling: 40W
Sensitivity: 91 dB/W
Size: 315 × 525 × 240mm WxHxD
Weight: 12kg