At 30x the price of our DIY unit.....

OK lah, maybe after adding the cost of the toroid, the tube preamp stage, the casing, miscellaneous parts, trouble shooting, + assembly labour, not too bad.

Did you manage to take a peek under the skirt bonnet or get an audition?

I certainly did! Not entire impressed by the sound though.. the connected speakers were not well positioned..

My verdict? I can do better with my own DIY and stuffs and at a fraction of that cost!

jazzy bro, don't judge them by your high standards lah. mesti kasi chance sikit, ya?

Anyways, did one of you guys build it for them ah?

BTW I finally bought one casing for my T-amp. Same as the one you use for your VSPS, jazzy. Next, to order the Vishay caps from Farnell.....or has someone got some alternative spares to get rid of? I think I will start tinkering with my kit sometime between now and end of the year.

Hey March,
If you're going to order any parts from Farnell, can tumpang some small capacitors. Few bucks barang only. Let you know later if you're keen.

Sure can lah...er....you order or I order? My kepala cpu's not working too well as usual....too much cheap booze over the CNY hols.

Hahah.. don't poison yourself with cheap booze..nanti short circuit.
Get back to you on the details later. Thanks.

That's wot I told me wife too.....don't order no more root beer! Get the real stuff!

BTW, I need some recommendation for a reliable digital multimeter....budget below RM200. High time I get a real DIYer's meter instead of using those cheap RM20 JP `Sunwa' discards. Maybe I will order from Farnell also lah.

march,
There's a few TENMA models sub RM200 that should be able to suit your budget.. I do not know how 'reliable' this TENMA is..
I can only vouch for FLUKE as this is used extensively in the aviation industry and boy, they were made to lasts!

Thanks, jazzy bro. I will keep an eye out for TENMA...but this name isn't very familiar to me. Where to get? JP?

FLUKE is way out of my league (or is it the other way round?). I don't wanna look like an engineer, since engineer I'm not.

Oh gosh, I just saw Farnell's prices for digital multimeters....vomit blood.

I'm looking for something easy to read (need big display fonts for this old man), reads usual stuff like DC & AC voltage, current, resistance, capacitance, accurate to 2 decimals,.......warm sound, solid mid-range, powerful bass, sweet treble, got PRAT, etc.

TENMA is available from Farnell. I saw one 'cute' one at RM44.
Oh yeah.. the pricing there you'll vomit everything la! Hahahaha!

Actually there's one low end DMM from SANWA I saw on offer the other day in JP.. Forgot the model number.. I think bsl is having the same model.. SANWA is okay with you?

Heyyy, are we talking about DMM here?

This is not bad for RM200.74! Can stretch 74sen?

http://my.farnell.com/tenma/72-7735/multim...ital/dp/7430590

Oops sorry my mind wandered off again....was thinking of the type of sound I want from the T-amp after modding lah. Strange, I'm doing that (mind wandering, I mean) a lot nowadays..do you think it's Alzheimer's I'm contacting?

OK back to the DMMs...what the ****, my searches for digital multimeter on Farnell keeps showing up GOSSEN METRAWATT @ RM8XX. They're trying to squeeze me ah? How come you can find TENMA but I cannot? Ayoyo!

Sanwa is okay....still got a genuine 20 year old analog Sanwa in my toolkit. But finding it very difficult to read the thin needle, especially in low light. DMM is only the way to go.

Anyways, lessee...TENMA - 72-7735, RM200.74....seventy four sen can lah won't break my bank. Specs well within my requirements...great, shortlisted!!!

Bro,
Alzheimer's is memory loss thingy.. you're having a 'wandering mind' syndrome!

Just remembered, the SANWA is CD800a model, just basic lah.. That is already RM1XX, based on our discussion on this model in one thread we had, I think the 'TENWA' would be 'better'..

Not Alzheimer's? My word, that's a relief! My wife thinks wandering mind is tolerable lah. As long as it's not wandering hands, or wandering `something-between-the-legs'.

Well, it's looking like the TENMA is the ONE. Thanks, that's another TT session IOU.

BTW the promised TT/TT session is still in the works...just need to fix a suitable date, any Feng Shui masters here?

Just buy the Sanwa CD800a model lah. It'll suffice most of your needs and its quite accurate. I use one too for more exacting measurements, otherwise its ye old Sanwa analog needle meter. Slightly over RM110 at Pacific Radio at Jalan Pasar. FYI, they also own Asia Sound hifi shop.

2nd recommendation for the Sanwas over here.

I'm using CD771 for quite a few years and it has been a great toy to abuse.

EDIT: Display is decently huge and it's very rigid and solid. Dropped it a few times too but the rubbery layer on the outside protected it very much. Around RM200 range.

This post has been edited by LittleGhost: Feb 10 2009, 11:47 PM

i can say the same for sanwa, ada cd800a, but seriously recommend FLUKE, u can source for cheap used fluke around here...the things ppl sell online..even on lowyat. i know i got my fluke83 for 1/5th the price at only one month old..

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Added on February 10, 2009, 11:59 pmid recommend going direct to fluke, saves u a lot cause EVENTUALLY u will buy one. uncle bsl must haf a diff standing on this though but me sokong uncle jazzy on fluke. hard sunnavab1thc!

This post has been edited by ijan: Feb 10 2009, 11:59 PM

I saw 2 FLUKES for sale in Garage Sales. One going for RM250, the other one going half price for 700 bucks!

This one 250 bucks.FLUKE 73III:

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There's a reason I wouldnt want to recommend the Flukes.

Well the Sanwa does as well too. If i really want to spend i'd rather save the money and spend in on scopes+signal generators.

But really, that's just me.

Hey guys. Its usual you fellas luv to suggest nice things that also come with a nice prices, moreover adventure to reach out for great bargains somewhere in cyberspace. I know March05 and I'm sure he's insisting on something of value, useful and practical without going overboard. We aren't able to find a Fluke cheaply just about from anywhere. The basic Sanwa will do for sure.
Speaking about Sanwa, I'd been eyeing that pocket sized multimeter for sometime but wished it was much cheaper. Why?..carry it around when I go buy thingys like resistors. So many times I've found "other values" stuffed in those little trays and the shop multimeter is just atrocious!.

This post has been edited by bsl555: Feb 11 2009, 09:19 AM

Tell us, tell us lah!

bsl knows me well enough. Honestly, my wandering mind is now shamelessly swinging to the Sanwa CD880a. A huge difference of RM90 over the TENMA (that's a lot of teh tariks + satay thrown in ) The Sanwa CD771 is eye catching....I like the huge display, but the price seems to be RM300++ in reality unless I'm looking in all the wrong places.

FLUKE 80 V series is worth drooling over, but completely out of my budget, I think. The 73 series unfortunately seems to have no capacitance measurement....(I need this, that's the one parameter I've always missed with my current multimeters).

Appreciate the feedback, folks. Maybe some of the other readers here are also in looking for DMMs, so they will also find good use of your suggestions.