capacitors? That was childs play
the choke shoot out was most memorable! Slagle winding chokes in my kitchen, now that was fun! we had 9 chokes! I bet no one else did a choke shootout,,,,ever! crazy good.
Emil sorry to offend, none was intended, especially to you.
My desire to play with what is inside components is just an extension of others playing with trying different components.
What are components but a set of circuits decorated with resistors and capacitors, so changing the internals is sort of like changing components just a different level of craziness, and to be honest the designers are probably , hopefully doing this as well.!
Ah remember the good old days when we did this for fun?
The rave was a time for exploration and education and no one had any skin in the game, no one was looking for profit from their hobby, they all had jobs, and this was for fun..
I remember when my wife was pregnant with my first son, we went back to church, we felt blessed and wanted to be part of the church.
In the beginning it was great, people saw new blood and welcomed us, we felt warm, cozy and welcome into this new family of love...it was great!
Then...oh yes there is always the then....they wanted money....and more money......then the politics.....suddenly the church became a very less holy place...God was replaced by people....and profit.
This similar experience happens in audio, at least it happened to the rave, that is why the rave is dead, that is why religion is dead, except for the Muslims...who really like their religion! with zest one can say..oh boy!
So I am not trying to rain on anyones parade here, of course you all have the right to spend, do, not spend, not do, whatever you like, without anyone judging you, and I am not judging anyone, God I have been to the mountain myself! I just want to offer a different perspective, offered by one who has been to the mountain. No pun intended, and do you like how I used you all, I like that, something Hillary would do...
so.... I have to take a salt bath and do some yoga right now, so when these raves become about learning about new things without the hard sell, please open your heart and invite me, because for me that is what I lament most about the raves, the fun, the comraderie, (spelling?),and the chance to learn.
Tone is something that digital cannot do, so please understand my tone is not one of condescencion, more lamentation of days gone.
Some people say the days of high end coming to an end, and to be honest they probably are, we are the last of our kind, the next generation has no interest in expensive powercords or cartridges , it is about ease of use.
So when you see the prices going thru the roof that is a sure sign it is going to end...and it ends with us...we are the last of our kind...for now
Mike