JackOfAll wrote: > Not that I really needed any confirmation about keeping images of wiring > and uncased circuit boards well away from anywhere where the "general > public" might accidentally stumble into them on a website, if you want > to be taken seriously....... > > A guy contacted me out of the blue a couple of days ago. Had several > questions about a headphone amp I used to own, (which is considered to > be uber-high-end by some - which it is in price, but not quite so uber > in SQ).... Anyway, the conversation turns to what I'm using now, what > can I possibly be using that is "better" (his word, not mine) than > XXXXX.... So I describe the circuit. Obviously hasn't got a clue what > I'm talking about, even though he wants to give the impression that he > is knowledgeable about tube circuits. Asks me to send him a photo. So I > oblige. I get a one line reply, "Are you taking the p*ss?" Oh well, you > need to use your ears rather than your eyes! LOL. (At least he didn't > ask for a picture of my DAC. That really does look like a pile of parts > that just fell out of the wachine machine door and onto the floor after > a fast spin cycle! ;)) > > [image: http://www.vacuumtube.org.uk/headphone_amp.jpg] It actually probably works better than if it was neat. If all the components are all nicely lined up, wires bundled together etc you drastically increase crosstalk over this "layout".
I do this sort of thing all the time, the one difference is I usually screw the terminal strips to the wood. After a couple instances of 1200V going where it wasn't supposed to when a terminal strip got too close to something else, I tend to screw them down! John S. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JohnSwenson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5974 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98544 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
