I've collected a lot of stuff over the years, especially parts and pieces.
I think I've bought almost every Broskie preamp and line stage PCB (and some complete kits) that he made, as of a few years ago. I used his power supply and a pirated PCB of his "Aikido" line amp, and really liked them in my "Ultimate" preamp (once Dave G. help me to get rid of the bugs, including a "missing" trace on the pirate PCB. I'm sure he felt like an exterminator by the time he was through).
Among the "Broskie collection" is the Tetris All-in-One Phono Preamp, and an Aikido line stage. (I have two Aikidos -- one is an "all in one" that includes power supply regulation; the other is just the line stage).
I can't fit both "all-in-one" boards in a 17" rack-mount enclosure, so I'm going to use the All-in-One phono stage to provide filament and B+ rectification and filtering for both. Broskie never intended that configuration.
I also have a Mikkel Simonsen remote 50K motor-driven pot for the volume control. I've added a K&K phono step-up transformer & PCB, a new toroid power transformer.
I had an old distortion analyzer that was obsolete -- it couldn't measure below 0.1% THD, so I stripped it for the enclosure, which is extremely well designed. Decent enclosures for DIY preamps are pretty scarce. I've attached photos below. I promise that it ain't gonna look anything like that when I'm finished.
Stay tuned, if this sort of project interests you.
Buzz
I think I've bought almost every Broskie preamp and line stage PCB (and some complete kits) that he made, as of a few years ago. I used his power supply and a pirated PCB of his "Aikido" line amp, and really liked them in my "Ultimate" preamp (once Dave G. help me to get rid of the bugs, including a "missing" trace on the pirate PCB. I'm sure he felt like an exterminator by the time he was through).
Among the "Broskie collection" is the Tetris All-in-One Phono Preamp, and an Aikido line stage. (I have two Aikidos -- one is an "all in one" that includes power supply regulation; the other is just the line stage).
I can't fit both "all-in-one" boards in a 17" rack-mount enclosure, so I'm going to use the All-in-One phono stage to provide filament and B+ rectification and filtering for both. Broskie never intended that configuration.
I also have a Mikkel Simonsen remote 50K motor-driven pot for the volume control. I've added a K&K phono step-up transformer & PCB, a new toroid power transformer.
I had an old distortion analyzer that was obsolete -- it couldn't measure below 0.1% THD, so I stripped it for the enclosure, which is extremely well designed. Decent enclosures for DIY preamps are pretty scarce. I've attached photos below. I promise that it ain't gonna look anything like that when I'm finished.
Stay tuned, if this sort of project interests you.
Buzz