1: Music Lane, RE: My recommendation for under-appreciated female jazz singer: (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2007-12-06, 10:31:12 (198.103.172.9)
Rita DiGhent (find her cd's @ joeradio.com) Emilie-Claire Barlow .......

2: Tweakers' Asylum, Go the whole nine yards... (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2007-12-03, 05:35:41 (198.103.172.9)
...and hardwire your interconnect to the board where the RCAs are soldered in. With the money you save on buying nice RCA plugs, get yourself some silver wire with Eichmann Copper Bullets. You need IC .......

3: Cable Asylum, 30ft long IC: go analog with gain or digital? (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2007-09-26, 06:43:48 (198.103.172.9)
My source would be a PC with analog and digital outputs. Can't move the PC, so let's move on : ) I'm still to determine whether the digital output works or if it's just there as part of a modular chas .......

4: Computer Audio Asylum, 30ft. analog IC from PC to system - problems? (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2007-09-26, 06:32:12 (198.103.172.9)
My PC is at a distance where I'd need that long an IC to connect it to my H/K home theater receiver. Moving my PC is not really an option, unfortunately. My PC is an HP and has a digital out RCA plug, .......

5: General Asylum, Bryan Adams "Reckless" - a Canadian classic! (nt) (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2007-09-21, 06:15:40 (198.103.172.9)
n .......

6: Speaker Asylum, I'd check out Axiom - glowing reviews and reasonnable prices (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2007-09-10, 06:56:29 (198.103.172.9)
I have no affiliation with Axiom. They have packages available, custom finishes, and a 30 day money-back guarantee. For the money you're looking to spend, you'd be hitting their top range of stuff. Lu .......

7: Amp/Preamp Asylum, RE: Headphone amp as preamp... (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2007-08-22, 12:26:28 (198.103.172.9)
You could try killing two birds: Upgrade your volume knob and switch to a higher resistance rating at the same time. Example: current volume pot = 10K, new one = 100K. The alternatives would be to ei .......

8: Tweakers' Asylum, A question or two about the filters you suggest, Al... (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2007-08-13, 07:00:21 (198.103.172.9)
Thanks, first, for your input Al. Something I noticed during last weekend was that whenever I turned the VCR on, and am not using the VCR tuner - i.e. using the TV to change channels, not the VCR - th .......

9: Speaker Asylum, RE: 5.1 DIY Speaker Upgrade-Center Speaker (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2007-08-13, 06:17:26 (198.103.172.9)
Energy has an affordable centre speaker for just over $100 brand new, but if DIY is the goal, then I'd look for a good full range driver. The size is more dependant on how much room you have. Bass .......

10: Tweakers' Asylum, Another "decicated line" post - need a nudge to get going (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2007-08-10, 06:24:52 (198.103.172.9)
Good morning tweakers and AC gods, My home theater has also become my main system, and now that I have the setup pretty much finalised in terms of location and layout, a dedicated line install is in o .......

11: Cable Asylum, RE: Where should I connect the cable shield to for unbalanced IC? (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2007-08-03, 06:24:51 (198.103.172.9)
The convention is, yes, to connect the shield with the ground at the source end. I believe Jon Risch has suggested connecting a capacitor between the shield and ground pin at the amp end of the cable .......

12: Cable Asylum, Any special consideration for a subwoofer IC construction? (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2007-07-23, 08:31:32 (198.103.172.9)
I'm considering going the DIY route for this cable to go with a HK AVR144 receiver I just got that will feed a JBL 8" sub. Are there any special considerations I sould look at when picking my cable an .......

13: Cable Asylum, What is THHN construction wire? (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2007-07-20, 05:44:25 (198.103.172.9)
And what's the skinny on Alan M's recipe? (Looking for a link here... Thanks!!) .......

14: Digital Drive, My experience: every CDP I've owned has lasted about 9 years or more... (nt) (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2007-06-22, 05:28:36 (198.103.172.9)
forreal .......

15: Vintage Asylum, Access to Luxman L-235 - Parts availability??? (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2007-05-28, 07:38:25 (198.103.172.9)
A second hand dealer has a Luxman L-235 integrated in his window. No price on it. Thinking of getting it from what I hear about Luxman gear being pretty hi-end stuff back in the day. If it needs TLC, .......

16: Tweakers' Asylum, RE: ends for DIY interconnects (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2007-05-25, 11:44:19 (198.103.172.9)
I've built IC's with silver wire and Eichmann Bullits (the copper ones). Paid about 40CDN$ for a set of 4. Easy to work with and no problems getting them onto the female RCA's. Plus, they can take som .......

17: Speaker Asylum, Right here... (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2007-05-04, 10:34:39 (198.103.172.9)
My 2 channel TV setup is compromised in terms of possible speaker placement, and given the off-axis properties of high frequencies, I'm better off putting my little JBLs upside down so that the tweete .......

18: General Asylum, Yamaha RX-385 does not have a "CD Direct" switch, so... (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2007-05-04, 10:23:40 (198.103.172.9)
My treble is flat, Variable loudness is 97% of the time at 0 ("off") (sometimes use it to tone down some shouty FM stations), My bass adjustment is between 0 and +1 to fill in the little bit of bass t .......

19: Tweakers' Asylum, Good post, great info! Some clarification on my end... (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2007-04-30, 11:03:35 (198.103.172.9)
Good post, Teacher! Don't worry about the length - as long as it contains good info, I'll read anything! Heck, I read "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" and found it so packed with great facts and .......

20: Tweakers' Asylum, My apologies - my glossary needs polishing... (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2007-04-30, 10:24:16 (198.103.172.9)
Thanks for the response, clifff. I may have been hasty with my ideas. I guess my ultimate goal is improved sound, and I'm of the philosophy that the less you have between the source and the output, th .......

21: Tweakers' Asylum, A few questions about output capacitors on my headphone amp. (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2007-04-30, 06:20:57 (198.103.172.9)
My first headphone amplifier consists of a multiwatt chipamp to which I had to reduce the gain and increase the input impedance in order to have any kind of meaningful volume control available. The ci .......

22: Tweakers' Asylum, Re: About a 100-150 watt power amp using TIP41-142-147 transistors (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2007-04-24, 07:07:35 (198.103.172.9)
Looks exactly like the Velleman kits I'm building right now. I forget what the kit # is, but it also uses 142/147 chip set. I'm anxious to wrap up this project and crank some tunes out of these babies .......

23: Music Lane, Please get me started on Nina Simone (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2007-04-24, 06:24:23 (198.103.172.9)
Heard her a few times on a local jazz radio show, and me likes very much. However, a quick Amazon search reveals skads of albums, re-releases, dozens of compilations,etc... Help a guy out please! If t .......

24: Cable Asylum, Re: One step further - one less connector (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2007-04-21, 11:00:08 (209.135.110.24)
I agree with Norm. Keep the leads clean and you're good to go. I don't dis/connect my speakers very often, so convenience is not an issue. Take the money you'd spend on spades and get better wire - or .......

25: Music Lane, Amazon has it cheaper.... (nt) (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2007-04-18, 06:23:50 (198.103.172.9)
u .......

26: Music Lane, Re: Bill Evans: Complete 1961 V.V. sessions remaster - YUM!! (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2007-04-18, 06:16:29 (198.103.172.9)
A very satisfying listen. It takes getting used to the bass player picking his bass like it was a banjo, but after a few listens you start to see what he's getting at. The sound quality is disarming. .......

27: Digital Drive, Harmon/Kardon DVD31 gets good reviews... (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2007-04-17, 07:55:02 (198.103.172.9)
I think Soundstage has a review on their site, and it should fall right into your budget. .......

28: Tweakers' Asylum, Re: Tieing down caps (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2007-04-06, 08:10:54 (209.135.110.24)
Over in the Cables Asylum, cotton is constantly touted as having the best dielectric properties next to air. If it's at all practical, try wrapping the caps with some cotton fabric, then tie them down .......

29: Computer Audio Asylum, Real basic setup questions for a PC-Audio newbie (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2007-04-03, 08:27:09 (198.103.172.9)
How does one easily get started in PC-Audio? What I have right now is a pretty basic but recent HP computer with on-board sound (ie. no seperate card), running Win XP, and a basic two-channel audio se .......

30: Tweakers' Asylum, Anyone try to convert their CD player to battery powered? (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2007-03-30, 11:14:25 (198.103.172.9)
It's a project idea that just popped into my head. I read an article about Red Wine Audio's amps being powered by Sealed Lead Acid batteries, and thought... hummm... CD players would be naturals for t .......

31: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Re: Quick volume pot selection question (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2007-03-15, 10:50:11 (198.103.172.9)
Thanks for lead, Bill. The TKD is a little over my budget, but I'll bite the bullet on this one. I also spotted a 4-deck 24 position rotary switch by Electroswitch that look like it's the basis of a l .......

32: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Quick volume pot selection question (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2007-03-15, 06:11:01 (198.103.172.9)
The amp kit I'm building is sensitive enoug to be driven by a passive pre-amp, and the manufacturer specs a 47K pot. Stereo 50K pots are few and far between, but there's lots of 10K and 100K pots. If .......

33: Speaker Asylum, Re: need a full-range, cheap, audiophile-grade speaker for 2K... (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2007-03-13, 06:14:56 (198.103.172.9)
Haven't heard them, as they are out of my range, but reviews are good, and they're right in your price bracket. .......

34: Tweakers' Asylum, Re: how to attenuate analog outs of cdp ? (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2007-03-13, 06:04:43 (198.103.172.9)
Try slotting in a 100k linear pot between your TVC and your player's outputs. Play with the linear pot until you get clean sound out of your TVC that can still be strong enough to drive your amps; mea .......

35: Cable Asylum, No formula, unfortunately... way too many variables. NT (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2007-02-16, 06:05:57 (198.103.172.9)
nt .......

36: Cable Asylum, Maybe modify your setup a bit?? (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2007-02-15, 05:35:29 (198.103.172.9)
25' isn't all that long: keep the capacitance low and the runs within a couple of feet of each other in terms of length and you're set. I can't tell form your picture, but if you're running an amp/pre .......

37: Speaker Asylum, If you can find Energy C-3's.... (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2007-02-13, 08:16:03 (198.103.172.9)
They are discontinued, but you may get lucky. About 300$ (original list was about twice that), nice bass extension, neutral as all get-out, and a Soundstage Reviewer's Choice (FWIW). I own a pair of t .......

38: Cable Asylum, Re: Jon Risch Twisted Pair (89207?) (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2007-02-06, 06:47:42 (198.103.172.9)
I put together a set of these IC's with Belden 89207 and "cheap" plugs, and they sounded better than the 50$ Monster ICs they replaced. I imagine that with decent plugs - i.e. Eichmann Bullets - they .......

39: Tech Square, Need help re: input signal decoupling caps (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2007-01-26, 05:56:13 (198.103.172.9)
The Velleman amp kits I've just built have a 10uF electolytic cap inline with the input signal. My questions are: 1. If I'm not worried about DC inputs, would taking the cap out and jumping it with a .......

40: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Looking for a simple (read cheap) tube based pre-amp (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2007-01-13, 14:23:30 (66.38.192.219)
I'm putting together Velleman K8060 kits and am looking at the possibility of getting into tubes nice and slow. A very simple tube preamp with clean, detailed sound would fit nicely, I think. Being re .......

41: Tweakers' Asylum, Not to hijack the thread, but could you e-mail me details on your line conditioner? (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2007-01-12, 06:53:04 (198.103.172.9)
I just bought a Hubbell 4-plex and was planning on adding some caps to do some line filtering, and have always wondered about this "balanced power" thing. Any help in this regard is appreciated! ::: T .......

42: Cable Asylum, The fabled Cat5 recipe fits the bill... (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2007-01-11, 11:51:01 (198.103.172.9)
The braided Cat5 speaker cable fits your budget if you're up for some easy, hands-on DIY. Recipes are all over the AA and the 'net. Making mine right now with slightly altered recipe: 2 generations of .......

43: Amp/Preamp Asylum, Are those hockey pucks? : ) (nt) (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2006-12-01, 05:15:57 (198.103.172.9)
nt .......

44: Cable Asylum, Belden 89207 wire (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2006-11-27, 05:59:16 (198.103.172.9)
This wire is excellent and well reviewed by gurus such as Jon Risch, but it's a little hard to work with. The inner pair has a loose twist and are insulated with Teflon, as is the tinned copper braid .......

45: Cable Asylum, With all the hoopla surrounding Teflon Cat5 wire... (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2006-11-17, 05:02:43 (198.103.172.9)
... has anyone tried making ICs with the stuff? I might try braiding together 3 twisted pairs per channel. Über cheap, and given their rep for mains use, might be interesting to see how this setup fai .......

46: Digital Drive, Late chiming in, but yes, I'm a big silver fan... (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2006-11-16, 06:01:39 (198.103.172.9)
Even in my budget system (see Inmate systems), my DIY silver/Teflon/Eichmann bullets ICs "cleaned the windows" you thought were already clean. Excellent bang-for-buck upgrade. .......

47: Tweakers' Asylum, Put in a GFI outlet for now... (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2006-11-15, 10:26:47 (198.103.172.9)
Some electrical codes allow for this to be done on 2 wire circuits. As far as audio performance is concerned though... (?) Grounding outlets = rewire. Could be real expensive... .......

48: Cable Asylum, Whoops, improper terminology... (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2006-11-05, 13:41:10 (209.135.110.24)
You're right. The jacket in not Teflon, the insulation is. For DIY Cat5 speaker cables, though, you throw out the jacket anyway : ) .......

49: Speaker Asylum, Re: Nope, just the opposite.......me too! (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2006-11-03, 11:57:39 (198.103.172.9)
On a good recording, I close my eyes and the whole back wall (behind the speakers) seems to disappear. Especially on classical recordings, the room just seems to grow a little wider and whole lot deep .......

50: Inmate Systems, CheapEric's Budget minded but good (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2006-11-03, 11:53:10 (198.103.172.9)
To add your system, you must register ."> Audio Asylum Inmate CheapEric's Budget minded but good System Home / FAQ / News Classifieds .......

51: Digital Drive, A different approach... (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2006-11-03, 06:01:35 (198.103.172.9)
If you don't mind getting your hands a little dirty, dump the RS IC and make your own with Eichmann bullets and Belden 89207 cable. You're probably looking at 60$ + a bit of time. Then, tweak your amp .......

52: Cable Asylum, Yeah, 24ga. each. When braided though... (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2006-11-01, 05:23:16 (198.103.172.9)
If you do the VH recipe where you do three generations of braiding, you end up with an equivalent wire gauge of around 10.5 . I'm likely to experiment with only 2 generations of braiding, which would .......

53: Cable Asylum, Re: Premium CAT5E? (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2006-10-31, 05:15:51 (198.103.172.9)
Given that CAT5e cable was never intended for audio, "premium" may be a hard adjective to hook on to any part # cat5e. Until Belden realizes it could sell it's 1585A for more to us audionuts, I think .......

54: Tweakers' Asylum, Re: Eichmann RCAs and Belden 89259...what to do? (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2006-10-26, 06:00:14 (198.103.172.9)
Like John C says.... Build up the difference with heat shrink. If you can find some with an adhesive liner, you'll have super secure fastening as the heat shrink won't slide if pulled on, and the heat .......

55: Cable Asylum, To keep it nice and simple... (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2006-09-27, 05:44:45 (198.103.172.9)
Don't know how far up the $$ chain you want to go, but i'd suggest Continuous Cast Copper 22 or 23 gauge wires in a loose twist. Example: http://www.takefiveaudio.com/mall/shopexd.asp?id=340 In low-po .......

56: Music Lane, Thanks to all for all your suggestions! (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2006-08-30, 05:24:20 (198.103.172.9)
Now I have much searching to do and see what I like. Again, thanks to all for your suggestions. Nothing like finding more good music to let rip on a nice system we painstakingly work on and cherish! : .......

57: Music Lane, Getting into jazzy acoustic stuff... any suggestions to move on? (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2006-08-28, 05:44:46 (198.103.172.9)
Hi all, I picked up both Norah Jones albums, Corinne Bailey Rae's album, and more recently Katie Melua's 2 albums and love them all. Melua's voice and songs are borderline 'too cute', while Norah's ba .......

58: Tech Square, Function of capacitors inline with line inputs?? (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2006-07-21, 06:04:42 (198.103.172.9)
Gurus, What is the function of the capacitors commonly found on line inputs and how does a change in value affect sound? Or is it for decoupling in case of a surge, protecting the amp? I want to get a .......

59: Cable Asylum, Pure silver wire and Teflon tubing configuration questions... (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2006-06-02, 12:50:38 (198.103.172.9)
After having succesfully put together Belden 89207-based ICs, I bit the bullet ('scuse the pun) and ordered some silver wire, Teflon tubing and Eichmann Bullet Plugs. I got tubing for the wire, and al .......

60: General Asylum, Grado SR80 or BeyerDynamic DT331? (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2006-05-26, 08:15:59 (198.103.172.9)
Assuming I can get either of these at around the same price (which I can), what should I go for? They have to be comfy and tough at least an hour on my noggin. I only listen to them in my living room, .......

61: Cable Asylum, Re: Took AA members' advice, switched out cheap RG6 cable for Belden 89207 (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2006-05-08, 04:45:52 (198.103.172.9)
As this was my first DIY project of any kind, I took it easy on the connectors... Somewhat plain "Shark" gold-plated connectors of the $12CDN per pair kind. I was surprised to see that they're actuall .......

62: Cable Asylum, Took AA members' advice, switched out cheap RG6 cable for Belden 89207 (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2006-05-04, 07:09:30 (198.103.172.9)
And WOW! What a difference! Still burning them in, but the sonics are much better. Thanks to Jon R for his recipe and his glowing review of this cable in IC applications - he's bang on! Nice and airy, .......

63: Tweakers' Asylum, Sinking a bit before swimming (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2006-04-20, 12:47:04 (198.103.172.9)
Thanks, clifff. I tried yesterday a 68ohm swap for R5 and R6: a little better, but still way too loud - I'm only using 3 "hours" of volume pot travel. The noise floor did recede a bit, though. I think .......

64: Tweakers' Asylum, First DIY kit is built, now some ??? (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2006-04-18, 12:01:36 (198.103.172.9)
Hey all, I just finished wiring up the K143 kit from kitsrus.com. It's a pretty cool little unit, using a TDA2500 stereo chip. Anyway, I intend to use it to drive headphones. It's way too loud though, .......

65: Cable Asylum, DIY 75-ohm RG series Interconnect: first impressions (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2006-04-10, 11:02:52 (198.103.172.9)
Hi all, After getting some suggestions to dump my Monster Cable IC from my CD source to amp, I decided to try my hand a building a new IC from co-ax cable and RCA plugs from QKit in Kingston, ON. The .......

66: Inmate Central, That would be "Scarborough Fair" cool song nonetheless... (nt) (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2006-04-07, 06:37:35 (198.103.172.9)
Cecilia, you're breaking my heart, you're shaking my confidence, baby! Oh Cecilia, I'm down on my knees, I'm begging you please to come home... Have a great weekend guys! PS - I know this isn't "Scarb .......

67: Water Cooler, Got LEGOs?? (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2006-03-27, 08:52:31 (198.103.172.9)
This guy does! Size reference: floor tiles are 12" x 12".... .......

68: Cable Asylum, 75-ohm coax braid not taking solder!? (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2006-03-27, 06:48:06 (198.103.172.9)
While building my own IC's, I tried two different 75-ohm shielded coax cables, and neither of the braided outer cable was taking solder (ie. couldn't tin them). I'm using Kester acid flux (I know, I k .......

69: Inmate Central, Balancing the ecosystem (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2006-03-24, 08:17:55 (198.103.172.9)
They do it for the same reason we hunt deer and moose - population control. I don't hear Bimbo Bardot harping up an "Oh mon Dieu!" over killing ugly moose. Baby seals are cute, sure. But they're also .......

70: Tweakers' Asylum, General Opinions on Velleman kits?? (0.00)
Posted by CheapEric on 2006-03-24, 07:05:00 (198.103.172.9)
Just wanted to see what the general impression was about these amp kits they have. I'm considering starting with their smaller kits to get in the hang of it, then maybe seeing about their nicer ones l .......

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