Posts filed under: Personal

A New Year’s Challenge

My wife knows and supports my hobby in audio. I think she even knows almost all of my expenses. Well, ‘almost’ means maybe there are some that she doesn’t care...... Read More

Happy New Year & 5+ Years of JimmyAuw.com

Time flies… I have owned this blog for more than 5 years. Despite the fluctuation, I think the trend is quite stable and showing a positive growing up trend. I...... Read More

The Use of Soldering Paste

For most of my soldering life, I still use what we call as ‘Flux’ or ‘Soldering Paste’ (or also known as ‘Lotfett’). Although some people say that the use of...... Read More

Jensen Paper Tube on Terratec Aureon Firewire DAC Output

I’m about to finalize this sound card mod. The output now is taken directly from the WM8770IFT, coupled with Jensen Copper Foil Paper Tube Capacitor (before it was Mundorf Silver/Gold/Oil)....... Read More

Tiny Amplifier

I’m thinking to create a first gift for my newborn (ooopsss… he is not yet here, just about to). A small MP3 Player with tiny amplifier to drive a small...... Read More

Digitalizing Audio CD – My Collections

After a disappointing thing happens this morning (later I will discuss), I decide to make a digital backup of almost all (at least my favorites) Audio CD collection. The best...... Read More

Tweaking with Musicsnap

On our last local DIY Audio gathering, we were provided with a free complimentary set of a new tweaking stuff. It was called Musicsnap. On my imagination, this kind of...... Read More

Luxeon High Power LED

On this long holiday, I dig one of my old abandoned project box and find my old Luxeon project. This was my old project. A pair of Luxeon III Star...... Read More

Good Bye Eyang Gesang (and also Fritz Sennheiser)

In just few days, world lost two big guys, well known in the audio/music world. First was Gesang Martohartono (1 October 1917 – 20 May 2010), a renowned Indonesia singer...... Read More

Measurement Meter Comparison

On this lazy new year, I do a comparison between some of my old cheap meter (for Capacitance and Multimeter) and my new well know brand, Sanwa. I finish some...... Read More

Beautiful Glowing Tubes

One factor that makes me like tube is its glow. Well, it’s hard to explain, but some tubes have a beautiful color, especially in dark room. Here is some of...... Read More

Weekend Tube Testing with Knight 600 Tube Tester

After previous trip to “trash bin” shop, now it’s the time to test it 😉 So I open my old Knight 600 Tube Tester and fire it up. Picture below...... Read More