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Tag Archives: projects

Failings of Memory

Posted on May 9, 2026 by Matt
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Do you ever do a bunch of work on something and then completely forget about it? And it’s only when something else happens that you then remember what you were doing? Well, that’s what happened to me today.

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Amplifier, choke, Edcor, power, projects | 1 Reply

A Quick Note on Content

Posted on May 14, 2025 by Matt
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Something has come up a couple of times recently and I’d like to quickly address it once and for all.

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ARPANet, content, LLM, projects | 1 Reply

“Popcorn” Audio

Posted on March 27, 2025 by Matt
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There are some projects which are not big or flashy. Simple little things which are easy to build and fill a tiny but important niche in our audio setups. I call these “popcorn” projects.

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged popcorn, projects | 7 Replies

You Never Really Know…

Posted on November 9, 2023 by Matt
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Whenever I make a decision to start a project for this website, I never really know how that particular project will be received. And sometimes I get surprised. This is definitely the case with the new Source Selection Preamp.

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 12AU7, preamp, projects | 9 Replies

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