Post good DIY kit deals here:-

[doors666]

Russian PIO capacitors will play near to Mundorf if in input section, at much lesser price.

Here's some info I found on russian PIO caps in this thread. it seems everything sold under ' PIO' category is not actually PIO. I will quote a bit from there -

K31, SSG, SGM, KSO - mica, some types with silver - good
K40 - PIO - very good
MBGxx, KBG-xx, OMBG - PIO
K42, MBM, BM-x - paper (w/o oil ??)
K70, K71 - Polystyren ("polystirol") - good
K72, FT - teflon ("ftoroplast") - THE BEST
K73 - Polythelene Teraphthalate film ("lavsan") - poor
K75 - combined Paper+Film (Polythelene Teraphthalate??, with or w/o oil??)
K76 - Laquer film
K78 - Polypropilen


Another user's perspective -

K15-4 Ceramic HV "doorknobs"
K15-5 Ceramic HV Disc

K31 Silver Mica "kidney bean" style cap

K40P-2B Paper in Oil, aluminium foil, 5% tol.
K40U-9V Paper In Oil , aluminium foil, Silver body, 10% tol. (also called K40Y-9)

K41-1A PIO, High Voltage "Pulse" caps

K42U-2 metalized paper PIO, green painted body (K75 are better)

K50 Aluminum Electrolytic

K70 Polystyrol

K71-7V Polystyrol "High Tolerance" 1% or 2% tol.

K72P-6 Teflon Dielectric 5% tol. (see example below)

K73-14 PETP High Voltage
K73-15 PETP / Dry Mylar
K73-16 PETP / Dry mylar
K73-17 PETP
K73P-4 "tub " style AC capacitors (may be paper or mylar, still TBD).

K74 PETP HV caps

K75-10 PIO, Green body (these are the prime quality PIO)
K75-15 PIO, High Voltage "tub"
K75-17 PIO High Voltage "tub"
K75-24 PIO Green body tubular (see example below)
K75-28 PIO High Voltage "tub"

K76 Laquer film

K77 PolyCarbonate film

K78 PolyPropylen film

BMT-2 Paper In Oil

FGT High Voltage Teflon Dielectric, Ceramic body (almost beer can size)

KBG, OKBG PIO (no, this isn't the KGB, they're a different entity altogether)

KBI HV "doorknob" RF / Transmitting cap

KSO Silver-Mica "precision" caps

SGM3-A, SGM3-B Silver-Mica "precision" caps (in oil?)

MBG, OMBG-2, MGBO-1, -2, MBGP-2, -3 Metallized Paper-Aluminum "tub" AC caps

MBGCh Metallized Paper pulse capacitors

 

[sachu888]

K73 - Polythelene Teraphthalate film ("lavsan") - poor

I am using same caps in my B1 and I found them one of the best available for the price.I have experimented with other caps also but K73-16 sounded better by large margin.Here is one more thread in diyaudio Petp Capacitors-one Of The Best? - diyAudio

Regards,
Sachin

 

[kaushik]

doors666,

very detailed info on PIO.
i have seen many shootouts where PIO caps got respected position

i would like to try these capacitor kit in dac o/p
4 pcs2.2uf in 10usd

capacitor thread

 

[kaushik]

I am using same caps in my B1 and I found them one of the best available for the price.I have experimented with other caps also but K73-16 sounded better by large margin.Here is one more thread in diyaudio Petp Capacitors-one Of The Best? - diyAudio

Regards,
Sachin

K73 caps from a reputed seller:
items in K73 store on eBay!


it will be better to make hifiv capacitor bank .
Eg .say 4 persons keeping most values

 

[kaushik]

WBT Silver solder Audiophile grade 10grams packs @300Rs each ,shipped to india!

Order at Take Five Audio - Canada's Online Source For DIY Audio, Parts and Accessories - Welcome

If you take 10 packs the cost is Rs. 269/pack

 

[spirovious]

Just saw Jeetubhai's website(Peerless India)-
diyaudiocart
There are some kits & can buy online.

 

[Oakley]

Just saw Jeetubhai's website(Peerless India)-
diyaudiocart
There are some kits & can buy online.

Spirovious,,,This website is not jeetubhai's

It's owned by bijin, from Kerala

 

[denom]

Spirovious,,,This website is not jeetubhai's

It's owned by bijin, from Kerala

+1 ^^^ Already mentioned the same in that thread

 

[spirovious]

+1 ^^^ Already mentioned the same in that thread

Well Varsha electronic gave the link & so I thought that.
http://www.hifivision.com/speakers/31841-contact-info-peerless-dealers.html

 

[bibin3210]

+1 ^^^ Already mentioned the same in that thread

Yes diyaudiocart (DAC) is owned by me and my brother(bijinmb). A small initiative by us to help the diyaudio community in India. We need your support, valuable suggestions and feedback to make it a success.

Thanks
Bibin

 

[murali_n]

Hi Bipin,

It will be much helpful if you can post some BS plans with cross over network details so that FMs can actually build some speakers out of the listed drivers.

N.Murali

 

[doors666]

some specs on the trafos will be good.

 

[spirovious]

Yes diyaudiocart (DAC) is owned by me and my brother(bijinmb). A small initiative by us to help the diyaudio community in India. We need your support, valuable suggestions and feedback to make it a success.

Thanks
Bibin

Congrats,I was not knowing it.

 

[captrajesh]

Yes diyaudiocart (DAC) is owned by me and my brother(bijinmb). A small initiative by us to help the diyaudio community in India. We need your support, valuable suggestions and feedback to make it a success.

Good to know. Wish you all the best. IMO some one has made a good suggestion already.

 

[sbg]

Yes diyaudiocart (DAC) is owned by me and my brother(bijinmb). A small initiative by us to help the diyaudio community in India. We need your support, valuable suggestions and feedback to make it a success.

Thanks
Bibin

I could make out the first day browsing your site ( DIY projects was the giveaway ).

Congrats!

 

[bibin3210]

some specs on the trafos will be good.

Will be adding that soon.....

 

[bibin3210]

Hi Bipin,

It will be much helpful if you can post some BS plans with cross over network details so that FMs can actually build some speakers out of the listed drivers.

N.Murali

Thanks Murali, We have a plan to introduce some speaker (BS) building kits. We will try to make it available soon.

Thanks,
Bibin

 

[GeorgeO]

Good luck Bibin, this site will provide a useful service to diyers here in India.

 

[anuragn]

Yes diyaudiocart (DAC) is owned by me and my brother(bijinmb). A small initiative by us to help the diyaudio community in India. We need your support, valuable suggestions and feedback to make it a success.

Thanks
Bibin

Excellent initiative Bibin! Hope you soon expand your portfolio with many more products.

 

[quad]

Yes diyaudiocart (DAC) is owned by me and my brother(bijinmb). A small initiative by us to help the diyaudio community in India. We need your support, valuable suggestions and feedback to make it a success.

Thanks
Bibin

Thanks for taking this up. Great initiative.

Pl see if you can add more tech info.
For example, passive crossover - can you put the values of the
inductors, so that someone can modify it or reuse the coils if we
want to tweak the crossover.

Thanks for offering hard to find small parts like Grill Guides