Do It Yourself

Tube Amps

• Triode Dick’s versterker projecten (this site is in Dutch)
• Do it Yourself projects of Passlabs
• Fred Nachbaur amplifier projects
• Norman Koren bouwt z'n Emperor amp
• Hans Beijner OTL amp based on 6C33C
• Andrea Ciuffoili OTL projects
• EL509 OTL amp of Shinichi Kamijo (Jp)
• the OTL page (EL519/PL519)
• Atma Sphere OTL user group and Forum, incl Alan Kimmel OTL design.
• OTL amp based on Bruce Rozenblit

Phono

• Triode Dick's  Scratch phono equaliser project
• The phono prepre project of Fred Nachbaur
• Bob’s Vacuum Tube Phono Preamp
• Aleksander Kitic’s RIAA amplifier
• Thorsten Loesch’ Phono Amp “Toccata”
• Another Toccata PreAmp (clone)
• Phono and Line Pre-Amp of Erwin Wiesbaur
• Some projects from diyparadiso (handwritten schematics...)
• I can do that, Read about my Tweety project, with passive RIAA filter
• De Phono-II Phono Stage Module van Worldaudiodesign
• Steve Bench’ 417A Phono Amplifier
• Prof. W.M. Leach Jr. 's design for a MC to MM head amp
• A Swiss phono amp enthusiast
• The PRE10 of Herweijer Electronics (ECC83)
• The RIAA-PRE of A. Herweijer, based on 6SL7 and 6SN7 tubes
• JEL (JE Labs) phono amp
• Sowter phono step-up transformers
• rec.antiqua.radio+phono FAQ
• Klaus Boening phonostage
• Gary Pimms Phono Amp

Solid State

• Geenkloon and Gainverter (this site)
• Fedde's Thor Amp page (gainclone)
• Mark Hennessy bouwt ook z'n Clone
• Craig Fraser gainclone homepage
• Richard Murdey (RJM-Audio) gainclone page
• Nick Whetstone's Gainclone page
• Joe Rasmussen's hybrid clone and background page

Kits

• Amplimo, leverancier van buizen bouwkit, transformator etc.
• Rik Stoet  Stoetkits several models including 300B
• Velleman kits
• diyparadiso in Belgium
• AudioNote Kits
• WorldAudio Design has several kits (e.g. Phono)
• Herweijer Electronics (specmail.nl) levert een paar kits

Components

• Automatic Electric Europe, Trafo’s, Smoorspoelen, JJ(Tesla) tubes, Fine Silverwire (0.35 & 0.8mm) and PTFE
• Amplimo, leverancier van buizen bouwkit, transformator etc.
• Conrad.nl, Metalfilm resistors (1W/1% only found on website!), cabinets, LAPP power cable etc.
• Audio Note, Everything from components to kits. Jensen Caps and Black Gates’
• Speaker en Co, Audyn caps (very nice!) and Audyn Tin-Foil
• Remo levert mooie tinfolie polypropyleen en MKP caps
• Auricap capacitors, very good sounding audio caps...
• Angela, for resistors, black gate capacitors etc.
• Antique Electronic sells tubes, capacitors and accesories
• Michael Percy Audio, lots of components online.
• Bij Thel in Duitsland ook mooie condensatoren
• DNM Capacitors in UK
• Specmail for BlackGates en Mica condensatoren
• Intertechnik in Germany for caps and braided sleeves.
• Handmate Electronics, for wattgate, kimber, WBT etc.
• Welbornelabs, delivering capacitors, wattgate etc.
• Music Point, imports Furutech IEC connectors
• Kalle's mains cables and connectors
• THL components, plugs etc.

Cabling and Connectors

• Chris Venhaus' DIY mains cable
• Philip Giddings' Site with FAQ on grounding and Shielding

Speakers

• Speaker & Co levert complete bouwpakketten
• Remo in Leidschendam levert mooie speakerpakketten, bijv. van Manger

Racks, Accessories etc.

• TNT Audio site, contains the TNT FleXy rack
•   Superclamprack of Ron Ploeger. Also for pucks and power cords

Software (ECAD etc)

• SuperSpice of Anasoft in the UK (***)
• Beige Bag makes  B2 Spice A/D version 4
• PSpice of Orcad
• Circuit Maker of Microcode
• PSU Designer of DuncanAmps
• TDSL Vacuum Tube Database of DuncanAmps (***)
• DuncanAmps site also contains Spice models
• Norman Koren heeft software en Spice modellen op z'n site
• Audiotester Real-Time Analyser software

Forums, Homepages

Forums

• Hifi Forum discussions on Hifi and lots of off-topic blahblah
• Hear.nl Forum rather serious discussions on audio/hifi
• AudioReview is a consumer driven review & forum site
• Newsgroup alt.nl.audio.hifi

Homepages

• Homepage van AudioPaul, forum collega van hear.nl met mooie Sphinx, Thiel en Transrotor apparatuur
• Platenspeler.com Turntable Page, Mijn Nederlandse Draaitafel Pagina
• De AudioFriends site van Fred
• MT Audio Tube amp project, tweaks etc.

Shops

Hifi Shops

• AudioSelectief, The(!) Hifi store to be for turntables and analog audio, in Sneek (NL).
• RUAD Hifi in Amsterdam for turntables too
• Rik Stoet audio voor Heart buizenversterkers maar ook voor buizenkits
• W en W audio, open outside office hours
• Stassen in Venlo, cheap and good for price comparisons
• Studio 107, large on-line section and occasions
• German Internet Shop for Hifi, hificomponents.de
• Another Internet Shop: Hifi-Edition

auctions

• Marktplaats voor platenspelers
• Marktplaats voor Buizenversterkers
• http://www.ebay.nl

Components

• TMR Audio sells TMR NK 2 power cable (carbon shielded)
• PartsExpress sells Marinco 3201EC15 IEC 320 plug ($16.80)
• Cable Ties sells expandable braided sleeves
• THLaudio sells Furutech connectors
• Kalle Milzow sells power cables and connectors
• Hifi-Tuning.com Berny sells AC power connectors
• Welborne Labs sells Wattgate IEC connectors ($20)

Reviews

General

• Audio Review is a consumer driven review site
• Ecoustics Reviews of Phono equipment (turntable, cartridges etc.)
• TNT Audio
• Field test of vdHul Array pre- and poweramps
• Some thoughts on reviews as a source for buying equipment (Bill Brooks, Soundstage)

Marantz

• Review Marantz PM-14mk2KI in Audio August 2001 (Referenzklasse, 100 Punkte)
• Review Marantz PM-14mk2KI in Stereoplay April 2001 (Spitzenklasse, 50 Punkte)
• Review Marantz PM-14mk2KI in Stereo March 2001 (79%)

Speakers

• Elac Dolce Vita tested in Stereo (08/2000) rated 74% (Whatever that may be)
• Audio tested the Dolce Vita in July 2000. It was rated “Spitzenklasse” with 83 points

Techn Background

Amps

• Op Triode Dick z’n homepage veel uitleg over buizenversterkers en zelfbouwprojecten (***)
• OTL amplifier pagina Mr. Lee (Korea)
• TubeCAD article on OTL amp design
• Alan Kimmels article on mu-Stage (***)
• Link explaining capacitor codes
• OTL Homepage for DIY fan's
• Electronics and Audio Textbook (Geoff Martin)

Turntables

• Why a turntable in 2001, and how to buy a turntable.
• Here is an article by Galen Carol Audio in English on Arm and Cartridge combinations
• How to clean and store vinyl, a TNT audio article
• LP Background Arcticle of Granite Audio
• See my Tweety project for background on RIAA Equalization curve
• RIAA calculator on the web (opamps mainly)
• vdHul FAQ on phono cartridges (***)
• Turntable adjustment page of Rudolf Bruil

Tubes

• The TUBE CAD journal article on RIAA preamps
• Tube amp FAQ by R.G. Keen
• Shunt regulated power supply (Peter van Willigenswaard)

Accessories

• Tod Elliott on Interlinks (article New York Times)
• John Dunlavy on speaker wires , hoe denkt de speakerfabrikant over luidsprekersnoer
• Roger Russel's speaker wire page (ex McIntosh
• Tweaks: Demagnetise your hifi?
• Power Cables the Australian way, sense or nonsense
• FAQ of Empirical Audio on Interconnects (**)
• Russ Andrew's pages on mains power (including sales)
• Wattgate 320 and 350 IEC connectors homepage

Turntables

Galleries

• PhonoPhono is a German site dedicated to turntables
• Turntable Galleria bevat een foto archief van veel bekende draaitafels (***)
• Thorens and another Thorens gallery site

Turntables by Manufacturers

• Clearaudio
• Dual
• Micro Seiki
• Thorens
• Thorens TD-146 and 166-mk2 manuals
• Transrotor
• Michel
• Pro-Ject (German page, very good)

Cartridges

• Arm-Cartridge Combinations: Galen Audio

By Manufacturer

• Audio Technica
• Benz Micro
• Denon
• Dynavector Australia, Japan
• Goldring
• Jan Allaerts
• Shure
• Van den Hul Cartridges

Other Sites

• Origin Live Site (modifications)
• PhonoPhono Site (shop, background, reviews etc.), and arm-cartridge combinations

Phono Equalisers

General Info

• See Turntable Pages in corresponding prepre section or RIAA background

By Manufacturer

• ClearAudio: Basic, Phono, (working on new website)
• Creek: OBH8 and OBH9,
• Danisch Audio Connect (DACT) CT-100 phono
• DynaVector: PHA100
• Ear: 834P Phonobox "Deluxe"
• Hagerman Technology: Trumpet, Cornet (tubes) & bugle (solid)
• Holfi: Batteriaa (Working on new website)
• Krell KPE phono pre
• Lehmann: Black Cube
• Manley: Steelhead phono amplifier (tubes, cool)
• Opera Audio makes the Consonance PM1 and PM2 phono pre's
• Sphynx: Project Phono Equaliser
• Transrotor: Phono (Working on new website)
• Trichord Dino phono
• Unison Research: Simply Phono (tubes)

Other Sites

• Phonophono preamps section, recommendations etc.
• UK site (Origin Live)

Accessories

• Ringmat
• Disco Antistat
• Shure Weger
• PlatenPuck
• Hagerman technology: Inverse RIAA filter

On-Line Shops

CD

• Bol.Com, levert populaire titels op tijd, anderen te laat of nooit
• Highfidelitydics.nl sells SACD, DVD-A, Vinyl titles etc.
• Cd-Wow sells CD, SACD and DVD titles, most popular releases.
• Tower Records in the USA (shipment charges and import duties are high)

SACD

• Bol.com has many titles in store
• Highfidelitydics.nl sells SACD, DVD-A, Vinyl titles etc.
• Cd-Wow sells CD, SACD and DVD titles, most popular releases.
• SACD store in Germany
• Acousticsounds has DVD-A and SACD titles
• Tower.com has SACD’s in store

HDCD

DVD-A

• DVDplanet heeft een aparte afdeling voor wie DVD-A wil kopen
• Acousticsounds heeft DVD-A en SACD titels
• Kijk eens bij Play247  en zoek op “dvd - a” (let op de spaties)

LP

• Highfidelitydics.nl sells SACD, DVD-A, Vinyl titles etc.
• Xperienced Audio heeft zowel nieuwe(!) als occasions
• Platenworm
• Platensbeurzen zie hier de Agenda
• Op de nieuwe binnenweg in Rotterdam: Platenboef of DemonFuzz
• the Dusty Groove in de USA

Background

CD

• Red Book

HDCD

• HDCD, technology and titles

SACD

• Sonic Whitepaper over nieuwe audio formaten
• Chesky neemt behoorlijk veel op in SACD

DVD-A

• Sonic heeft een stel technische whitepapers met uitleg over DVD-A
• DvdPlanet’s achtergrondgegevens voor DVD-A inclusief titels
• Dvdaudiopreview is een site met DVD-A achtergrond info (Warner?)

LP

• LP Background Arcticle of Granite Audio
• See my Tweety project for background on RIAA Equalization curve

Software

Speed Editor

• The Amazing Slowdowner. Change the pitch or speed of audio tracks. Shareware. Mac OSX 10.x (USD 44)
• Bestpractice. An OpenSource audio time-stretching tool for Windows (note: description only, download link broken, but download found on several other places). Free to use
• Audacity. Free sound editor for Windows, Mac and Linux. I use this one on Linux

Artists

Pop

• Eva Cassidy homepages.  Hier vind je achtergrond gegevens over Eva Cassidy, haar 4 soloalbums en 1 album met Chuck Brown (zie ook m’n music links op platenspeler.com)

Jazz/Blues

• Diana Krall homepages met tour agenda etc.

Classical

•   Murray Perahia, mijn favoriete pianist, thuis op Mozart, Beethoven maar ook Bach’s Goldberg Variations