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How to Buy Capacitors on Mouser.com
Learn about searching for electrolytic, film, and ceramic capacitors on popular parts house Mouser.com, with examples to help you get started selecting the right parts. Don’t risk counterfeit parts from 3rd-party suppliers – go right to the source! Continue reading
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Tagged capacitor, diy, electronics, electronics repair, engineering, repair, restoration, shopping, Technology
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Everything to Know about Bose 901 Series I and Series II Active Equalizer Repair & Speaker Systems (and the 800, too!)
A deep dive into the tips and tricks for repairing the Bose 901 Series I and II, plus the Bose 800 Series I and II, along with a discussion of their history and variations, sourced from direct experience repairing more than 500 examples. Includes schematics and parts lists. Continue reading
Posted in Audio, Bose, Collections, Resources
Tagged 800, 901, Active Equalizer, Bose, Bose Active Equalizer, Bose Equalizer, Computers, diy, electronics, philosophy, series I, series II, stereo equalizer, Technology, vintage stereo
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Neat Little 60FX5 Stereo Single-Ended Tube Amplifier
While digging around, I came across a really simple circuit in the RCA Receiving Tube Manual describing a 1WPC stereo amplifier using only two tubes, the 60FX5 power pentodes, and a single silicon diode. The 60FX5s have high enough gain … Continue reading
Building a Better Voltage Regulator
Glancing through my feeds, I stumbled across a note on The Paleotechnologist describing a new replacement for the venerable LM7805 linear regulator IC. It turns up in a ton of devices, pretty much anything with a medium-current 5V rail including … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, DIY, Electronics
Tagged 7805, current, diy, heat, lm7805, parts, projects, regulator, switching regulator, voltage, waste
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Build Log and Review: Mable Audio VT-86PP Kit Hi-Fi Amp Project
About a year ago, someone left a comment that really looked like spam on one of my pages advertising a web store selling tube audio gear and parts for guitar and audio amplifiers. Against everything I’ve ever learned about behaving … Continue reading
Posted in Electronics, Hardware, Photos, Projects, Radios and Tubes, Technology
Tagged 12AX7, 6P6P, 6V6, 6V6G, Amp Kit, amplifier, build log, build photos, capacitor, China, Chinese, construction, diy, EL34, EL84, hi-fi, Kit, Mable Audio, Mableaudio, projects, quality, recommendation, review, Shenzhen, soldering, Technology, Tube Amp, tubes, vacuum tube, VT-86pp
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