What does YOUR computer spot look like?

[Wombat]

Since i can´t pay the bills anymore...

 

[mhennessy]

Here's a picture of the computer-end of my garage - I'd just had a big clear-out - it's really not this tidy now!

This PC is where I do my PIC programming, PCB layout and other electronics-related stuff. It's a modest Celeron 333 runing Windows 98, but as it's kept very clean and has lots of RAM, it's actually quite quick - boots in less than a minute. It doesn't access the internet - my main machine in the office (smallest bedroom) upstairs does all that stuff...

You can see my home-made PIC programmer in front of the phone.

 

[sdman]

Looks too neat to clutter up.
How about a thread to show our workplaces/workbenches.

 

[Bas Horneman]

I combined the two!!! PC workspace and diy workspace..they are one and the same..
My pic is on page 1 of the thread..

 

[ststone]

Bas where are the tubes ?

 

[Bas Horneman]

Here...and..there..

 

[ststone]

I am sorry I could not spot them
What are you working on today ?

 

[ststone]

Looks like an A18 (van Sluis)

 

[Bas Horneman]

Working..on nothing..busy planning...and scheming. ;-)

My 6s41s worked out very well...after some tuning it now sounds great.(http://home.zonnet.nl/horneman/6c41c.htm) but the speakers are the bottleneck..so also planning some new speakers..tc120tx tweeter and 6w4311 both by focal..a sort of micro utopia clone..


Thinking of quite a few things at the momemt...

Like transformer attenuator by AE-Europe.. Wil is doing some calculations..Hopefully it will be cheaper than $400 for the S&B 102 ..(pair)..

6c45 single tube amp...

or maybe

Monkey type amp (http://joelist.free.fr/Monkey/) with a 2A3

 

[ststone]

Bas how does the D3a sound, and where did you get it.
Looks like the perfect mu follower without the end tube.
What did you have to tweak to make it sound good?

 

[Bas Horneman]

Got the D3a from a fellow DIY'er..

There is an address on the site of www.triodedick.com that sells matched pairs..

http://www.triodedick.com/mededelingenbord.htm

I'll tell you the story later on what had to happen...basically everything to get the values in resistors shown on the current schematic..

Cheers,
Bas

 

[Bas Horneman]

The D3a is one of the very best tubes to use as the top tube on a mu-follower.

Unfortunately because my speakers are not allowing me to hear subtle changes as much as I would like....therefore differences in the upper tube are not very pronounced...(as far as I can determine) ...also tried the russian e180f and e280f equivalents...
and sounded good as well.

 

[jackinnj]

My other computer spot

This is machine #2 -- in the shop which serves both as lab and darkroom -- an old 300MHz model which I use it to program PIC's and to do statistical analysis -- I had to buy a flat panel monitor to fit on the workbench top. It also has a couple 10 bit ADC's in it, but these boards are rarely used.

 

[bob4]

damn, this has gotten really big

I knew this thread would explode!

 

[ststone]

gobble, gobble

Bas thanks for all you info, Ill have to talk to Dick to get me some D3a's. I wonder how they are gonna sound in my system because I am driving electrostats. The plan is first to build the aleph-X. That is gonna be interesting.

Groeten vanuit Florida

 

[roddyama]

Since i can´t pay the bills anymore...

I was wondering how you connect to the WWW???

Here's my Haz-Mat Site.

Rodd Yamashita

 

[tiroth]

My old setup:

An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.

 

[Circlotron]

and upstairs in my cramped little apartment...

Those hot EL34's look like they might set the world on fire.

 

[jwb]

I appear to be neat and boring by local standards.

 

[Nelson Pass]

Ooooh, sexy Aero chair makes up for it.