Posted on Wednesday, 23rd September 2009 by Auw Jimmy

I dig my parts bin and found some resistor values which I needed to upgrade my Aikido. I used three brands here, Riken RMG “Metal Film”, Shinkoh “Tantalum”, and Kiwame “Carbon Film”.

Lets fire up the soldering iron

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Tags: Aikido, DACT, resistor
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Posted on Sunday, 21st June 2009 by Auw Jimmy

I plan to separate my system volume control with dedicated passive preamp. Before, I planned to take one attenuator from Goldpoint but due to some reason, I changed my mind and took one from DACT.

A stepped attenuator has advantage over typical potentiometer, especially for sound quality and attenuation precision. But do mind that most attenuator is expensive.

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Tags: DACT, Kimber Kable, Stepped Attenuator, WBT
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