Carbon Composite?Allen Bradley Resistors)...
I've just found possibly the most "WTF" DIY mod ever:
http://jimmyauw.com/2009/01/19/ipod-budget-tweak/
What the hell? Has to be BS...
If you find Vishay Dale's hard to get hold of, just try some normal metal films, just make sure they are actually metal film and not carbon films painted blue.Yup.
Will get my hands on some of those and give them a go soon, Ta.
Sam
I wouldn't say they make a big difference, and it depends on where in the circuit they are used also.Mike, do you find that resistors really make a difference to sound quality? I've been using the same Bag o' Assorted Resistors for about 3 years now, and never considered them that crucial.
The use of an carbon film resistor is usually ok, but the carbon composition resistor should never be used due to a phenomena known as "excess noise" found in these resistors. This noise is created by electrical currents having to jump over small but real physical spacing between the carbon particles which are held apart by the resistors binder material. These days, the discrete carbon comp resistor is almost unavailable. However, the thick film chip resistor and thick film resistor SIP or DIP packs are in fact carbon composition resistors and should be avoided.
I've not tried them before, but I googled and found this:My usual supplier can get the full range of TAKMAN metal film resistors, says they are very good and are rated by the hifi people... Any experience of these?
Thanks,
Sam
Have a crack at putting together a basic CMOY if you have any headphones, its very simple, cheap parts (for a basic build), sounds good and is a great intro to DIY hifi.
http://tangentsoft.net/audio/cmoy-tutorial/
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f6/cmoy-stripboard-224364/
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Just out of interest , where do you guys buy your components ?
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Use a local co a lot, if I need to mail order I use these guys:
http://www.hificollective.co.uk/catalog/
http://www.diyhi-fi.co.uk/
and for basic OpAmp chips (2132) gets some samples from Texas Instruments (TI).
Sam
Okay, rewired and ready to retest. I have a nasty feeling one of the rectifiers is fried, but if this looks okay I'll give it a shot anyway:
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