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
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
What everyone has said so far
And.... the anticipation of the next project!
Or the wife and seeing her roll her eyes and saying, "More junk!"
And.... the anticipation of the next project!
.....and showing mom.
Or the wife and seeing her roll her eyes and saying, "More junk!"
Been thereOr the wife and seeing her roll her eyes and saying, "More junk!"
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.
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.
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.
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