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Inexpensive Christmas gifts for audio and electronics nerds

FrankieS said:
fixed power supply substitute with thin band cable for batteries (available for AA & AAA , for 2 or 3 battery compartments)

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Very cool. There were a couple of times I could have used this -- in fact I bought special "short circuit" AA batteries (still sitting in my drawer) to solder power supply wires to, but never got around to using them. It never even occurred to me there was an "off the shelf" solution.
 
(Year 2025 starts here)

The coolest thing I've seen this year (2025), so everyone on my audio nerd list gets a set (including me): Stereo Shine RCA jack cleaning and polishing set.

stereoshine.com

Stereo Shine RCA Jack Cleaner Audiophile Bundle

Stereo Shine RCA Jack Cleaner Audiophile Bundle. Protect your new and vintage stereos by cleaning, conditioning and polishing jacks
stereoshine.com stereoshine.com
 
Some other AK threads on Christmas gifts for audio folks:

Any cool audio related Christmas gifts?

Let's see those Christmas presents..... My family knows me well - Vinyl record coasters and socks and 2 records -The Smiths and Black Crowes.
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Any new AUDIO STUFF for CHRISTMAS?

Any new/old stuff for Christmas? What did you get?? Cheers
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Audio related Christmas gifts

Anybody get anything good, audio related for Christmas? My family generally stays away from gear because they know how picky I am, but usually get a couple of nice records. This year was no exception with an autographed Woods Brothers and Tone Poet of Scofield/ Methany. How about you guys?
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What audio related gifts did you get for Christmas ?

Personally, none, but I'm off down the thrifts as soon as they open to see what's been displaced by new stuff :-)
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organizers like this are a must have. they can and do get expensive but they go on sale all the time by different brands so shop around

this one is $28 but has a $10 off coupon.

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there are metal ones and plastic ones. shop around.

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desolder kit similar to this. take a file to the one marked in red and put a sharper edge on it so you can get it under component leads . stop using your soldering iron tip to do that!


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i keep a similar bottle on my bench for my sponge.

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Fish paper. I did not know that was electrical insulating paper. It's so easy to get once you realize what it is. Cheap on Amazon, Digikey and all the big houses have it. You have seen it on the inside bottom cover of Marantz units, preventing solder pads from hitting the chassis, usually wrinkling and falling off. I got this swell stuff from Amazon, adhesive backed, and I will back it up with some glue. So much easier than trying to re-use the old junk.




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I have a windshield wiper delay project (Velleman), and a pair of 1W headphone amps (Parts Express). I've tried giving them away, but nobody seems interested.
 
dlucy said:
(Year 2025 starts here)

The coolest thing I've seen this year (2025), so everyone on my audio nerd list gets a set (including me): Stereo Shine RCA jack cleaning and polishing set.

stereoshine.com

Stereo Shine RCA Jack Cleaner Audiophile Bundle

Stereo Shine RCA Jack Cleaner Audiophile Bundle. Protect your new and vintage stereos by cleaning, conditioning and polishing jacks
stereoshine.com stereoshine.com
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Plus 1! Those things are cool!
 
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