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I bought the rights to the Merrill DCA speaker drivers but…
Have been dabbling in diy audio for more than 10 years now. When I first started, I was already keen on high sensitivity drivers but choices are… let’s say I have better chance of finding a virgin in a crowded university disco club!
But over the years, we have been served a platter of various choices. [...]
25 January 2010 | diyparadise | Comments Off
looking back at 2009…
wow! another year goes back just like that! actually 2009 just whizzed back to me.
2009 has been a disappointment for me. so many things i wanted to do but accomplished so little.
the usb-eiaj module, the spdif-eiaj module were supposed to be ready this year but got stuck. got the pcb built but couldn’t work! spent [...]
30 December 2009 | diyparadise | No Comments
Thanks for the flowers!
I was really surprised by the elicit exclamations of “approval” to this article I posted 2 months ago. Bruce Lee and Our DIY Audio Journey. Have a read there if you haven’t.
Here are my comments.
I may have not written well enough but it is my intention to spread the message to audiophiles not to concentrate [...]
16 June 2009 | diyparadise | No Comments
BlackBerry Withdrawal Sympton
I have had the privilege of using a BlackBerry for the past 4 years. This particular model above. When I first started using it here, it just looked weird as QWERTY type keypads weren’t the rage then. I still remember young school girls giving me the bewildered look as if I was talking to my [...]
10 May 2009 | diyparadise | 1 Comment
You Wouldn’t Believe Whom I Met!
About 10 years ago, I began my first foray into DIY audio. I built a Darling amp. There’s quite a lot of articles on Darling amps on the net, just do a search.
Even though I’m trained in electronics, I was totally fresh out of school and damn wet behind the ears. Yes, the schematic looked [...]
24 April 2009 | diyparadise | 1 Comment
i worked on a tube preamp over the weekend
It has been a while since i worked on tube gear. Not that I don’t want to but ever since toying with Monica, Charlize, Beyonce etc, it doesn’t matter what is the technology, great sonics qualifies it as good gear!
But I agreed to working on this tube preamp as this guy been sucked dry by [...]
20 April 2009 | diyparadise | 3 Comments
The passing of a friend
Due to workload commitments, I have been working on the road since Christmas Day 2008 itself. Short for a week long break for Chinese New Year, been away throughout this time and only now things are settling down.
So I was shocked to hear from a friend of John Potis’ passing on 22 Dec 2008.
You may [...]
14 March 2009 | diyparadise | No Comments
season’s greetings and happy holidays
First of all, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
If you celebrate neither and won’t be taking holidays, take comfort that you won’t be alone. I’ll be working throughout the last days of the year. Some hardware for my project is coming in so late that I have to work throughout the holidays to get things [...]
20 December 2008 | diyparadise | No Comments
Termites prefer hard wood?
In the Oct 2008 edition of Hifi World, there was a mention of us as Noel Keywood visited our room during the recent KL International AV 2008 show.
Hey! It’s nice to see our mug shots there! I believe this lends this mag a bit more of a “GQ” appeal?
I thought of hanging around [...]
10 October 2008 | diyparadise | No Comments
Buffer Tweak on all Monicas
One of the highest recommend tweak for all versions of Monica is the JFET buffer tweak. This tweak has been described on this page using 2N3819 JFETs.
Since I finally got the 2SK170s, thought it’ll be beneficial to show how it’s done to your Monica. Note that the tweak on the main site uses 2N3819 and [...]
19 September 2008 | diyparadise | No Comments
