Self intro.

Canidoit · 13th January 2009, 02:58 PM

Hello everyone,

I am in Sussex UK. I've joined the DIY forums because now that I'm retired my wife tells me I can't afford to keep buying new boxes for my HiFi. So I've decided I'll have to try a bit of DIY to so that my hobby doesn't come to a full stop.

I don't have much in the way of electronics know how but I have made a start with a decent kit power supply for my Naim Nac 102. A bit like painting by numbers though.

I'm expecting a Rotel RQ970BX Phono stage that has some parts of the 1994 upgrade (designed by HiFi world's Andy Grove) completed. I'll need to improve my soldering before working on the PCB though.
If anyone knows about this upgrade they might like to let me know if the components regarded as best choice for the upgrade in 1994 are still best now.

Cheers all

Canidoit

Cal Weldon · 13th January 2009, 03:35 PM

Hello Canidoit and welcome to the forums

cowboy99 · 14th January 2009, 11:50 AM

Newbie myself,

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c2cthomas · 14th January 2009, 01:21 PM

Hello - and Welcome to diyAudio!

This might help with the soldering -

http://radiojove.gsfc.nasa.gov/telescope/soldering.htm

Canidoit · 14th January 2009, 10:21 PM

Thanks for the welcome Guys.

I agree with you Charles, and as we use to say when I worked, "You don't have to know everything to be a good engineer - but it helps if you know where to look it up."

So, I'm grateful Thomas, for the soldering help so early in my forum membership. I'll certainly look that up.

I now intend to lurk for a while to see what else I can find.

Please don't stop helping!

Trevor

johnel84 · 12th December 2011, 02:45 PM

hi everyone,

New to diyAudio and excited about the prospect of modding Rotel RQ970BX and improving on stock Wima coupling capacitors in yarland FV34C.

I'm from Dublin, but living in Bangkok for 10 years.

John.

13th January 2009, 02:58 PM	#1
Canidoit diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2009	Self intro. Hello everyone, I am in Sussex UK. I've joined the DIY forums because now that I'm retired my wife tells me I can't afford to keep buying new boxes for my HiFi. So I've decided I'll have to try a bit of DIY to so that my hobby doesn't come to a full stop. I don't have much in the way of electronics know how but I have made a start with a decent kit power supply for my Naim Nac 102. A bit like painting by numbers though. I'm expecting a Rotel RQ970BX Phono stage that has some parts of the 1994 upgrade (designed by HiFi world's Andy Grove) completed. I'll need to improve my soldering before working on the PCB though. If anyone knows about this upgrade they might like to let me know if the components regarded as best choice for the upgrade in 1994 are still best now. Cheers all Canidoit

13th January 2009, 03:35 PM	#2
Cal Weldon Speakerholic diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: British Columbia	Hello Canidoit and welcome to the forums __________________ Next stop: Margaritaville Some of Cal's stuff \| Cal Weldon Consulting

14th January 2009, 11:50 AM	#3
cowboy99 diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Texas Hill Country, SSW of Austin	Hello from Texas Newbie myself, Freedom of information is a great thing; knowledge is realizing what you don't know. Check out passdiy. __________________ I'm kinda curious about that myself........

14th January 2009, 01:21 PM	#4
c2cthomas 49 - for the 16th time diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Near "Music City" (Nashville Tennessee)	Hello - and Welcome to diyAudio! This might help with the soldering - http://radiojove.gsfc.nasa.gov/telescope/soldering.htm __________________ "You can't always get what you want" K. Richards/M. Jagger *** "Next time I will know some things better" Zen Mod

14th January 2009, 10:21 PM	#5
Canidoit diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2009	My Intro Thanks for the welcome Guys. I agree with you Charles, and as we use to say when I worked, "You don't have to know everything to be a good engineer - but it helps if you know where to look it up." So, I'm grateful Thomas, for the soldering help so early in my forum membership. I'll certainly look that up. I now intend to lurk for a while to see what else I can find. Please don't stop helping! Trevor


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12th December 2011, 02:45 PM	#6
johnel84 diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2011	hi everyone, New to diyAudio and excited about the prospect of modding Rotel RQ970BX and improving on stock Wima coupling capacitors in yarland FV34C. I'm from Dublin, but living in Bangkok for 10 years. John.

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