Hey there!
My name is Michael and I'm from Hamburg, Germany. I grew up listening to frequency sweeps (more than music) since my father has been working on loudspeakers and amplifiers for as long as I can remember. He was more an engineer than a music lover, but nevertheless he definitely passed on the love for all things audio to me.
I really got into the hifi hobby around 8 years ago. However up until last year I was only purchasing gear, but then also started building my own stuff. First designing a pair of open baffle speakers (which I never built), then a pair of tiny 4" full-range drivers, afterwards a 2A3 SET tube amp and a pair of high efficiency 80l full range speakers. Currently I am working on an adapter to be able to connect my headphones to the amp. I am not very skilled in woodworking and definitely not very knowledgeable in electrical engineering, but still being able to achieve a sound like that is absolutely amazing. And knowing that no other person in the world has these exact speakers and amp is pretty cool 🙂
My profession is web developer which I have been doing since I was a teenager. I like to combine my hobbies (which web development still is), and while I was still purchasing a lot of gear, always looking for brands that produce certain kinds of products etc., I was missing one website that completely fulfilled my needs. So, I built https://www.hifilog.com. It's meant to be a big (which it is not (yet)) database for hifi products and brands, but also a place where you can collect all the gear you have, keep track of it etc. It's not a business, just my hobby, it's free, no advertisement, no tracking. And open to everyone. Maybe one or the other enjoys it.
While I have been looking into adapter solutions for connecting headphones to a tube amp, I stumbled for example upon https://robrobinette.com/HeadphoneResistorNetworkCalculator.htm. It was a bit too cumbersome for me, so I built http://hifilog.com/calculators/resistors-for-amplifier-to-headphone-adapter. You can choose from multiple circuits and see at one glance which resistor values work best for your specific use case.
So, I'm not only a DIYer for my audio gear, but also like to DIY web stuff that helps with the hobby. Happy about any feedback or ideas!
Here are some photos of the stuff I built:
Cheers,
Michael
My name is Michael and I'm from Hamburg, Germany. I grew up listening to frequency sweeps (more than music) since my father has been working on loudspeakers and amplifiers for as long as I can remember. He was more an engineer than a music lover, but nevertheless he definitely passed on the love for all things audio to me.
I really got into the hifi hobby around 8 years ago. However up until last year I was only purchasing gear, but then also started building my own stuff. First designing a pair of open baffle speakers (which I never built), then a pair of tiny 4" full-range drivers, afterwards a 2A3 SET tube amp and a pair of high efficiency 80l full range speakers. Currently I am working on an adapter to be able to connect my headphones to the amp. I am not very skilled in woodworking and definitely not very knowledgeable in electrical engineering, but still being able to achieve a sound like that is absolutely amazing. And knowing that no other person in the world has these exact speakers and amp is pretty cool 🙂
My profession is web developer which I have been doing since I was a teenager. I like to combine my hobbies (which web development still is), and while I was still purchasing a lot of gear, always looking for brands that produce certain kinds of products etc., I was missing one website that completely fulfilled my needs. So, I built https://www.hifilog.com. It's meant to be a big (which it is not (yet)) database for hifi products and brands, but also a place where you can collect all the gear you have, keep track of it etc. It's not a business, just my hobby, it's free, no advertisement, no tracking. And open to everyone. Maybe one or the other enjoys it.
While I have been looking into adapter solutions for connecting headphones to a tube amp, I stumbled for example upon https://robrobinette.com/HeadphoneResistorNetworkCalculator.htm. It was a bit too cumbersome for me, so I built http://hifilog.com/calculators/resistors-for-amplifier-to-headphone-adapter. You can choose from multiple circuits and see at one glance which resistor values work best for your specific use case.
So, I'm not only a DIYer for my audio gear, but also like to DIY web stuff that helps with the hobby. Happy about any feedback or ideas!
Here are some photos of the stuff I built:
Cheers,
Michael
