New member from Central Texas (USA)

sonidos · 22nd July 2008, 10:36 PM

Hello fellow DIYers. I'm glad I found you! I joined several weeks ago and I finally took some vacation time this summer and I have a few minutes to introduce myself.

I guess you can say I've been an on-again off-again DIYer since my teenage years. My father bought me a small portable casette player when I was 12 and I wanted to transfer music to casettes. I made a simple cable and jacks from some cheap parts I bought at Radio Shack with my allowance money and it actually worked.

Fast forward to the 90s and I became friends with Steve Giunta at Audio Systems in Austin. Steve was a good friend of Corey Greenberg's at Stereophile. When Corey wrote up his article on the BUF-03 preamp, I talked to Steve, bought some parts, and created my own preamp using the point to point method that worked pretty darn good. Nothing exploded or misbehaved. I was pretty proud of myself. Steve later improved on the design and sold his preamps under his SGA brand. I bought the parts from him and I'm still running an SGA preamp in my home system.

I'm a project manager at a software company in Austin, TX and I've had a long history of working with high-tech companies in Austin and I studied a couple of years of EE but changed majors to Economics, so I know just enough to be dangerous. But reading through these posts tells me I'm taking baby steps right now.

I've already ordered a chip amp and it will go head to head with my Adcom GFA-535. Also on my list is Mr. Pass's B1. It looks too good to pass up.

In the future, as I get my projects completed, I'll be happy to share photos and experiences. I'm glad to have finally found this community.

jacco vermeulen · 22nd July 2008, 10:44 PM

An EE knows enough not to get killed, but goes broke on this hobby.
An Economist knows enough not to go broke, but kills himself instead.

A bit of both looks fine by me, welcome to the broke and deseased.

sonidos · 23rd July 2008, 09:07 PM

Jacco,

Thank you for the welcome and your statement rings very true with me.

Thankfully, I have a few spare parts, like some toroids that I can put to good use so that I am a little less broke. I still haven't decide to whom I should will my stereo components yet.

Cal Weldon · 23rd July 2008, 09:11 PM

Hi and welcome to the forums.

22nd July 2008, 10:36 PM	#1
sonidos diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Round Rock, TX	New member from Central Texas (USA) Hello fellow DIYers. I'm glad I found you! I joined several weeks ago and I finally took some vacation time this summer and I have a few minutes to introduce myself. I guess you can say I've been an on-again off-again DIYer since my teenage years. My father bought me a small portable casette player when I was 12 and I wanted to transfer music to casettes. I made a simple cable and jacks from some cheap parts I bought at Radio Shack with my allowance money and it actually worked. Fast forward to the 90s and I became friends with Steve Giunta at Audio Systems in Austin. Steve was a good friend of Corey Greenberg's at Stereophile. When Corey wrote up his article on the BUF-03 preamp, I talked to Steve, bought some parts, and created my own preamp using the point to point method that worked pretty darn good. Nothing exploded or misbehaved. I was pretty proud of myself. Steve later improved on the design and sold his preamps under his SGA brand. I bought the parts from him and I'm still running an SGA preamp in my home system. I'm a project manager at a software company in Austin, TX and I've had a long history of working with high-tech companies in Austin and I studied a couple of years of EE but changed majors to Economics, so I know just enough to be dangerous. But reading through these posts tells me I'm taking baby steps right now. I've already ordered a chip amp and it will go head to head with my Adcom GFA-535. Also on my list is Mr. Pass's B1. It looks too good to pass up. In the future, as I get my projects completed, I'll be happy to share photos and experiences. I'm glad to have finally found this community.

22nd July 2008, 10:44 PM	#2
jacco vermeulen diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: At the sea front, just under Rotterdam	An EE knows enough not to get killed, but goes broke on this hobby. An Economist knows enough not to go broke, but kills himself instead. A bit of both looks fine by me, welcome to the broke and deseased. __________________ Looks like Sponge Bob has killed another thread.

23rd July 2008, 09:11 PM	#4
Cal Weldon Speakerholic diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: British Columbia	Hi and welcome to the forums. __________________ Next stop: Margaritaville Some of Cal's stuff \| Cal Weldon Consulting

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sonidos diyAudio Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Round Rock, TX	Jacco, Thank you for the welcome and your statement rings very true with me. Thankfully, I have a few spare parts, like some toroids that I can put to good use so that I am a little less broke. I still haven't decide to whom I should will my stereo components yet.

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