1 desktop PC in my play room, one desktop in my bedroom, one desktop in my summer house and hopefully one desktop in the workshop if it ever gets fixed + several laptops scattered around the house. What does that make me?
Freezer, can you play SupCom on your laptop?
Only faggots have more than one room in personal use.Freezer7Pro wrote:
Only faggots sleep in the same room as their computer.Finray wrote:
Oh if it's not your bedroom that's fine then.
I guess, it's well within spec.Finray wrote:
Freezer, can you play SupCom on your laptop?
Then I am a faggot too.NooBesT wrote:
Only faggots have more than one room in personal use.Freezer7Pro wrote:
Only faggots sleep in the same room as their computer.Finray wrote:
Oh if it's not your bedroom that's fine then.
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
I built a little amp for the test bench the other day.
(The box is from an old parallel port switch)
It's not massively powerful, boasting a whole 9WPC peak into 8Ohm before clipping, and only about 4 Watt per channel continuously, due to the massively undersized (~15VA) power supply. But it fulfills its purpose; a compact, good-enough, indestructible test amp. At least until the transformer goes up in smoke
(The box is from an old parallel port switch)
It's not massively powerful, boasting a whole 9WPC peak into 8Ohm before clipping, and only about 4 Watt per channel continuously, due to the massively undersized (~15VA) power supply. But it fulfills its purpose; a compact, good-enough, indestructible test amp. At least until the transformer goes up in smoke
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The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
It actually is an Alps pot So is the power switch. Ripped them from an old Panasonic stereo (with some really odd choices in parts considering its price point)..Sup wrote:
That's not an Alps potentiometer is it? Why don't you shorten it a bit?
I'd shorten it if it wasn't for the fact that the pot doesn't have a flat side at the bottom. I'd have to either cut a new one or mod the knob, which I really can't be arsed to do.
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
Nice. Never get anything else than Alps I say. There's only one audio device I have that doesn't have their pot and on really low volume the sound is only heard in the left channel until I bump the volume up and then it works fine. I only use high impedance and low sensitivity cans with it as they require more power and so I can bump the volume.Freezer7Pro wrote:
It actually is an Alps pot So is the power switch. Ripped them from an old Panasonic stereo (with some really odd choices in parts considering its price point)..Sup wrote:
That's not an Alps potentiometer is it? Why don't you shorten it a bit?
I'd shorten it if it wasn't for the fact that the pot doesn't have a flat side at the bottom. I'd have to either cut a new one or mod the knob, which I really can't be arsed to do.
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Next project: A small linear variable power supply.
It's based upon a really ultra-simple chip, which requires under 10 components to work. It does 2.5~20V at about 2-2.5A. It's mainly just a temporary rig until I can be arsed to design and build something a bit more powerful, as I don't have any other proper power supply for voltages under 12V. The cooler is from a G3 Mac
It's based upon a really ultra-simple chip, which requires under 10 components to work. It does 2.5~20V at about 2-2.5A. It's mainly just a temporary rig until I can be arsed to design and build something a bit more powerful, as I don't have any other proper power supply for voltages under 12V. The cooler is from a G3 Mac
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The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
I don't sleep in the same room as my computer.TimmmmaaaaH wrote:
That is interesting coming from you.Freezer7Pro wrote:
Only faggots sleep in the same room as their computer.
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
Yeah, because your bed is full of PC parts.Freezer7Pro wrote:
I don't sleep in the same room as my computer.TimmmmaaaaH wrote:
That is interesting coming from you.Freezer7Pro wrote:
Only faggots sleep in the same room as their computer.
Nah. The last time I slept in the same room as my workshop was, like, half a year ago.CrazeD wrote:
Yeah, because your bed is full of PC parts.Freezer7Pro wrote:
I don't sleep in the same room as my computer.TimmmmaaaaH wrote:
That is interesting coming from you.
Anyhow, I just added the finishing touches to that thing I posted earlier.
I cleaned up just a little and added some sexy high-precision meters. It's ready for the field!
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The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
Guess I don't see the point.
Why not just take a normal ATX power supply and put a pot on it.
Why not just take a normal ATX power supply and put a pot on it.
It doesn't quite work that way. And even if it would, any non-megabuck computer power supply will put out some really, really bad power in comparison to a linear power supply such as this.CrazeD wrote:
Guess I don't see the point.
Why not just take a normal ATX power supply and put a pot on it.
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The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
No, that transformer is rated for 750VA (by the Chinese, but yeah), the chip I used can draw about 45W max..Sup wrote:
Freezer did you thought of coupling more power transformers?
The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP
.Sup you should have put them on either side of your PC, woulda looked better!
Static electricity can happen with any carpet, well it can happen with many surfaces. It tends to happen in the winter when the air is a lot drier than the summer. As long as you keep your house at a higher humidity, say 60%, static electricity should not be a problem what ever your floor covering.CrazeD wrote:
Only if you have a huge fluffy shaggy one.Freezer7Pro wrote:
K. I would never get a carpet, then. Too much static electricity.
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I meant monitor >.<.Sup wrote:
PC is under the deskGooners wrote:
.Sup you should have put them on either side of your PC, woulda looked better!