There are a thousand small decisions we make when building a project. Some matter more than others. But anyone who’s built several projects knows that sinking feeling one gets when either you don’t have, or can’t get, a specific component called for by a design.
Continue readingAs you may know I’ve been waiting on components to finish my “Color Preamp”. I thought that I’d have my output coupling capacitors by now, but I was mistaken. It seems that my parts supplier, after promising to get the parts right out to me, spent three days trying to find the parts in their warehouse, then sent me a refund. But I thought I’d outsmarted them.
Continue readingAs everyone who’s tried to buy one knows, power transformers for tube projects can be expensive. Even small transformers for small projects. But today I stumbled on a great deal for a small preamp power transformer made by Hammond.
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