Since I just stumbled across him, I am not certain whether he is famous or obscure. A Malaysian newspaper has (or had) a weekly column on DIY audio. The...
... famous or obscure. A Malaysian newspaper has (or had) a weekly column on DIY audio. The author is C. J. Kok. ... tube. The schematic (which I can't...
hi Diytfy, That is perhaps some truth in it, but the biggest difficulty is in the construction of the chassis and the power supply all those nitty gritty. What...
WL, You may check with Thomas in his pages http://www.diyaudiocraft.com/ He should be making a rose wood copper plate top DIY chasis and has many sources from...
Greetings from sunny South Africa Can anyone supply me with circuit info for the Musical Fidelity Tubelog DAC. I have one on appro but is not working and want...
Hi HK! Yup. Just by a multimeter, a capacitor meter and get on with it! Reading resistor values is like reading advertisements, better to skip direct to the...
All my prep and worry somehow allowed me to ... 300K :) ... values ... The internal resistance of the 6BM8 grid making the 15k or 300k not a significant value....
... Hi Tightwads Tubers! Yup. Only by trying stuff can we learn what is real and what is not. It is possible 0.01% resistors would not improve the sound much...
... not ... Correct, you might have to put a 10% 20k carbon POT to adjust it to 6.8k sound the best!! just might be. Send back the 0.01% expensive resistors to...
Hi! I need to clarify something. This guy name is C.K.Kok. The guy who build the darling amp is Yeo.Also from Malaysia. The person who found out the 1626...
Hi Pernicious Patrons of the Audio Arts! Another pair of cheap speakers has wandered into my listening room. The Jensen JP1200, 8" paper woofer, and two...
I have just completed restoring my Ampex amp from the 692 speakers. I tried the sound of this amp after changing the filtering caps to Atom, Philips, Rifa, and...
Hello Al "MBD", emperor and maybe sole inhabitant of hifi cheapo speakersdom: Your continuing run of cheap speakers are amazing. Today I gave the subject some...
Thank you Wiliiam fore this. It is not clear whether you have tried the Ampex 6V6 only with the guitar amp speaker (I presuem the 692) or also with Lowther (in...
hi Doc, I tried with teh old caps but the sound is dark at best, this are the Spargue time I believe, the one built similar to resistor with color rings that...
Hi Doc, Jensen JP1200 Specs: 92dB @ 1 watt. 35 to 25KHz. Measured: DCR 7.4 ohms I am driving them with my CV-1673/CV-1732 SE. 640 milliwatts! The spring clip...
... On further reflection, the suggested retail is under a hundred bux. Any local dealer in HK? Or, I could ship my pair for a visit :) A friend sent the...
Member Hoi is the only person with this amp. VERY few around here, IF there is any other one. Look him up in MEMBERS and send him an email. He may reply when...
... IF ... email. ... Looking forward for his return and I'm eager to listen to his Lowther if they're already mounted on cabinets. If possible, I will bring...
Hi to all, i am searching for the schematic for the n-1600-c crossover network. What do you use for your altec 605a´s? Thank you for your help, frank...
Hi! The Altec 604's & 605's used proprietary crossovers - scehamtics are HARD to find! Each corssover, especially the later ones, were designed to work...
Hi Tightass Tubies! OK, the Jensen JP1200 speakers have gotten better, I glued 3/4" x 1- 1/2" Birch cross braces between the drivers on the inside of the ...
... crossovers? Are your crossovers damaged or non-functioning? Hi Todd, my system status is that i have the speakers and the original crossovers which are...