Congratulations GRollins 1000 posts

[jam]

Meanwhile back in the duengon at Rollins Manor, Sir Grey was hunched over his latest project. He uttered a faint cry followed by " F*#@ing current sources......."



Congratulations Grey!

Jam

[GRollins]

And as the smoke curled from his soldering iron, he cried out,"Igor, more MOSFETs..."
Hours later, with lightning crashing about the battlements, he cackled gleefully, rubbing his hands together,"<i>IT LIVES!</i>"

Grey

[AudioFreak]

Grey, If you mean your XA lives, i've got one word for you .... YIPPEE!

[paulb]

Clamor, clamor...

[GRollins]

Oops...sorry...didn't mean to start clamors, er, rumors. Just me 'n Igor kinda hanging out, ya know. Just us guys. Me 'n the hunchback. Nuthin' happenin' here. Pizza and beer, nuthin' special.
(<i>Pssst</i>, Igor...kick that finger up under the work bench. Not <i>that</i> finger, you fool! The other one...the one that's twitching!)

Grey

[walker]

I've been away for a while, just got back and found this thread, thought I'd like to put in my 2cents worth.
Congradulations, Grey on the passing of the milestone. Many thanks for all the time that you have put into this forum.
It has been because of the input from yourself, (and others) that this forum has, I believe, set a new standard on the internet. This has become a mountain of information on a subject that has in the past been driven by manufacturers and not users.
If only more groups could foster differences of opinion in a civil and informative manner similar to this site.
I take my hat off to you,
regards WALKER

[Jamie F]

I fully support the "University of Audio" idea and would be willing to assist in whatever way I could.

Jamie

[Variac]

Just had to pat Grey on the back too.

Here is my story:
Back as an undergraduate in the early 70's we weren't materialistic at all....... except for you had to have a cool stereo!!
A Norton was also a nice touch if you could afford one! But we weren't materialistic!

BUT the coolist thing I saw was a stereo that this guy had MADE.
I had to do that someday....

30 years pass and I'm cruising the web and discover the Son of Zen. The most elegant and simple design I had ever seen-I could make that!! Put up by Nelson Pass well known amp-god.

So I write him -and he writes back!!! and I get the info I need and have a blast searching the corners of the web for surplus stuff for my amp.

Still have a lot of questions and hate to keep bugging Nelson.
Then I discover diy Audio and now I have Grey and Nelson and FEThead and super BBQ (Sorry Super BQ, but once that guy mentioned BBQ I constantly imagine a combo grill/son o Zen
a steak on top with perfect sear lines from the heatsinks)
and a bunch of others that have gotten me to the point of just putting the thing together.

I am now addicted to DIY. I have posted about 6 responses when I actually could help somebody. I'm into this for life...
next the pre-amp. (also one more question confirming how to wire the transformer coming shortly.)

My suggestion for the first textbook for the university:
Amp power supplies. Most of the Pass designs are simple enough that the power supply is the major issue. I am starting to see my questions being asked again by others.

There is lots of info about speakers on the web, but a lot less about amps.
If all the questions about powersupplies were culled out and combined with duplications removed, a bit of narrative to tie it together then 90% of the PS questions can just be referred to the PS book/FAQ . Include the formulas for inductance, voltage drops due to the type of filter, DCR of inductors etc.

Second FAQ: A list confirming that your particular IRC transistor is OK or what its limitations are. Everyone writes in to confirm before ordering those 100 transistors! And they seem to be asking always about one of 5 models (OK, I asked too)

Thanks all for making my dream come true (almost)

Mark