Quothe Mike Ford, from writings of Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 05:02:24PM -0800:
> >>The tinker gene is alive, but tinkering is indeed getting harder to do.
> >Kit
> >>building and ground up projects are very much alive in audio, especially
> >>speakers. If you visit www.headwise.com you will see close to a dozen
> >>different headphone amp projects.
How many others on this list are, like me, appear to be gradually
getting away from computer hacking (unless it's to repair a vintage
system that they have a use for, or to hack some software they need,
like a CGI script for a database entry form) and returning to spending
more time on their earlier electronics interests such as audio and
music synthesis related electronics hacking? Tubes/Valves are more
fun to play with than surface mount (bletch!) ICs; tube/valve
circuitry, such as the chasis for a tube/valve amp., is more pleasant
to work on than a multi-layer circuit board, etc. Furthermore, there
seems to be much more pleasure involved in playing with, and listening
to, satisfying, and solidly built, audio equipment (as opposed to that
plastic paneled refuse with LED meters, digital volume controls,
digital tuners and other annoying rubbish).
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