"I'm a man of no wealth, nor fame".
Born in Finland, and still living and studying here, majoring in electronics. I've probably had the Hi-Fi bug since I was a little kid, maybe inheritance from my father. I first got into tubes and DIY when I was 13 or 14. Only back then my financiers (read parents) didn't see it as a profitable venture. After some years and some commercial Hi-Fi and maybe even almost High End products, I've returned to DIY for solace. Bad sound is ubiquitous, and must be fought, and none shall abandon the front.
I joined this forum for advice when in a dead end, and also hoping I could make a contribution.
I've built some tubed gear during the years. I have a couple of KT88 monoblocks, an ECC99-powered preamp, a DIY phono stage, an E55L spud amp I built as a joke and a DAC with a tube output stage. The last two are my own designs. The former ones I've modified from existing schematics. Speakers are modified from M. J. Kings passive open baffle design (FE108E Sigma + Beta 15A, passive series crossover).
Oh, and don't be confused with my pseudonym. It's something dating back when I designed what is probably the most annoying basic program in the universe. Just something saying out loud, how crooked my sense of humour might sometimes be.
Born in Finland, and still living and studying here, majoring in electronics. I've probably had the Hi-Fi bug since I was a little kid, maybe inheritance from my father. I first got into tubes and DIY when I was 13 or 14. Only back then my financiers (read parents) didn't see it as a profitable venture. After some years and some commercial Hi-Fi and maybe even almost High End products, I've returned to DIY for solace. Bad sound is ubiquitous, and must be fought, and none shall abandon the front.
I joined this forum for advice when in a dead end, and also hoping I could make a contribution.
I've built some tubed gear during the years. I have a couple of KT88 monoblocks, an ECC99-powered preamp, a DIY phono stage, an E55L spud amp I built as a joke and a DAC with a tube output stage. The last two are my own designs. The former ones I've modified from existing schematics. Speakers are modified from M. J. Kings passive open baffle design (FE108E Sigma + Beta 15A, passive series crossover).
Oh, and don't be confused with my pseudonym. It's something dating back when I designed what is probably the most annoying basic program in the universe. Just something saying out loud, how crooked my sense of humour might sometimes be.
