How to get better at DIY Audio?

rstl99 · 24th March 2010, 01:31 AM

Hi all, my first post here. Looks like a great community of DIY'ers.

Bit of an intro. In my early 50's, have had a desk job most of my life, but lots of hobbies. One of them is fooling around with reel to reel tape recorders, of which I have several (Nagras, Ampex's, Tascam, etc.). I am also an amateur musician so record myself and friends. ANyway, not only do I use the equipment, but occasionally I try my hand at fixing it. Have diagnosed a few problems using schematics, replaced some caps and such devices. Can handle a soldering iron. Limited electronic theory knowledge but a desire to learn more, so I can turn this into a more fulsome hobby when I take early retirement.

Any tips on how to get better at this DIY stuff? Courses? Books? Internet sites? Trial and error?

Thanks!

ra7 · 24th March 2010, 01:56 AM

Just keep reading diyaudio! You'll get there.

wakibaki · 24th March 2010, 02:23 AM

If you can get somebody to help you, it's invaluable. Quite simply the easiest way to learn is to have things explained to you by somebody who is good at it, and the more individual the attention you get the better.

There's no substitute for practise. The more you try to calculate or figure out exactly, the better you get at it. Lots of electronics is based on geometry, algebra and pure logic.

It's amazing what you can learn from google. One of the most important things you can learn is to use it. I often check answers I give using it, and very often, if the poster had done a search first, they wouldn't have needed to ask the question.

w

PeteMcK · 24th March 2010, 03:12 AM

Elliott Sound Products - The Audio Pages (Main Index)

gmphadte · 24th March 2010, 06:37 AM

http://vias.org

rstl99 · 27th March 2010, 02:22 AM

Thank you for the links and advice everyone.
CHeers!!

24th March 2010, 01:31 AM	#1
rstl99 diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2010	How to get better at DIY Audio? Hi all, my first post here. Looks like a great community of DIY'ers. Bit of an intro. In my early 50's, have had a desk job most of my life, but lots of hobbies. One of them is fooling around with reel to reel tape recorders, of which I have several (Nagras, Ampex's, Tascam, etc.). I am also an amateur musician so record myself and friends. ANyway, not only do I use the equipment, but occasionally I try my hand at fixing it. Have diagnosed a few problems using schematics, replaced some caps and such devices. Can handle a soldering iron. Limited electronic theory knowledge but a desire to learn more, so I can turn this into a more fulsome hobby when I take early retirement. Any tips on how to get better at this DIY stuff? Courses? Books? Internet sites? Trial and error? Thanks!

24th March 2010, 03:12 AM	#4
PeteMcK diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sydney	Elliott Sound Products - The Audio Pages (Main Index) __________________ ‘today… there lives alongside the twentieth century the tenth or thirteenth. A hundred million people use electricity and still believe in the magic power of signs and exorcisms” Trotsky

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24th March 2010, 01:56 AM	#2
ra7 diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Blog Entries: 1	Just keep reading diyaudio! You'll get there.

24th March 2010, 02:23 AM	#3
wakibaki Banned Join Date: Jan 2008 Blog Entries: 2	If you can get somebody to help you, it's invaluable. Quite simply the easiest way to learn is to have things explained to you by somebody who is good at it, and the more individual the attention you get the better. There's no substitute for practise. The more you try to calculate or figure out exactly, the better you get at it. Lots of electronics is based on geometry, algebra and pure logic. It's amazing what you can learn from google. One of the most important things you can learn is to use it. I often check answers I give using it, and very often, if the poster had done a search first, they wouldn't have needed to ask the question. w

24th March 2010, 06:37 AM	#5
gmphadte diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Dona paula, Goa	http://vias.org

27th March 2010, 02:22 AM	#6
rstl99 diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2010	Thank you for the links and advice everyone. CHeers!!

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