What part of DIY do you LOVE?

[Klimon]

Well, I'll keep it at this but the hate-thread really needed a counter-balance..

I'll go first (is this a more difficult question?)

- !!when an amp is finished, measures fine from the start and sounds great (with very low hum, please)!!

- first contact with ordered parts, cherishing tubes in stock, hell, even transformers and oil-caps, it's a materialistic thing.... Buying things...

- psudII

- looking for a promising circuit with tubes and parts I already have

- Increasing knowledge and know-how

- The 'artistic', visual aspect of creating an amp

- Tube-rolling

- Deeper appreciation of music through better sound (sounds corny but you know what I mean)

- The struggle, the road behind me and the road ahead.

Bed-time

Simon

 

[Sonusthree]

Making an adjustment ...... and then ....... listening and listening and then ........ forgetting ...... and loving ........ and drifting ..... and awaking on the sofa at 3am because you just couldn't move yourself.

Good music & HiFi is truly like dreaming wide awake

 

[marsupialx]

Thinking and dreaming and figuring every detail out.

It is an escape like no other in my life. You read and read and an idea hits, (which is my second favorite feeling). Nobody has the same bent, so my path is always mine.

 

[aerius]

Learning, discovering new things, and eventually understanding them and how they apply to various projects. Those "aha!" moments are pretty special.

 

[nhuwar]

Beautiful Beautiful Tubes

A good tube is a work of art.



Thank you Deforest Thank You

 

[Jeb-D.]

Everything Except doing the drilling & cutouts on the chassis

 

[rdf]

The flame-wars!

 

[radiotron]

- thinking and dreaming about the idea

- mediating and sketching diagrams on whatever is handy

- lashing up a test chassis to try it

- being stunned that it works and sounds OK too!

- continuing listening and tweaking, or simply enjoying it with a good glass of red wine...

 

[jduffy]

humor

I like reading Kofi's posts. He beats himself up so much, I can't stop laughing.

I really enjoy the people who post here. Funny bunch and from around the world no less.

 

[coresta]

I add to Post #5
Using Beautiful Beautiful Tubes , especially scarce ones , wiring with silver/teflon, and obtain the exact calculated values

A good tube is a work of art too



Thank you Mr Deforest Thank You

 

[impsick]

everything! from browsing others projects online, puzzling together a board layout, etching, soldering, listening, and showing mom.

 

[Geek]

What everyone has said so far

And.... the anticipation of the next project!

.....and showing mom.

Or the wife and seeing her roll her eyes and saying, "More junk!"

 

[Klimon]

Or the wife and seeing her roll her eyes and saying, "More junk!"

Been there

 

[SY]

Discovery. When things don't go as expected and the reason isn't stupidity; I learn something new.

 

[zigzagflux]

Bringing over your friends and having them listen.

**Eyes get big as saucers**

"You built that ?! I never heard anything like it !"

 

[Circlotron]

Making oddball amplifier circuits that many people think are just too ridiculous for words - for example using an LM317 3-terminal voltage regulator as a voltage follower audio power amplifier. And then finding out it works so well you can't work out why everyone doesn't make one.

 

[Wavebourn]

I like when I figure out some optimal solution: less parts/labor for the best end result.

 

[kstagger]

listening to something that I designed, ordered all the parts for, and built. It's a smaller scale than building engines but just as enjoyable

 

[kevinkr]

Designing something new with the hope/suspicion that it will do some things better than what preceded it.

The thrill when things work as planned and you hear great sounding music for the first time from your latest project.

The challenge of figuring out what's wrong when the result is not as expected.

Learning something new.

 

[Cal Weldon]

Having my speakers sound good even before beer.