Welcome Guest! To enable all features please Login or Register.

Notification

Icon
Error

Login


2 Pages<12
Options
View
Go to last post Go to first unread
nezuram  
#21 Posted : Saturday, October 2, 2010 4:49:39 PM(UTC)
nezuram

Rank: Member

Groups: Member
Joined: 7/27/2010(UTC)
Posts: 13
Location: Philippines

thank you these are very valuable inputs to a beginner! hopefully everything will be up and running soon. i've yet to purchase an iron and soldering wire. any suggestions as to what best wattage of soldering iron, tip size, and wire solder that is best for this job?

multimeter will be from my uncle. unfortunately he will just be mailing it to me so thats about a week from now until i get it...

i will probably start with the ivy then solder the dac in place then go for the placid then the transformers as they are still incoming. will do the layout on a ply before i commence as you have suggested. thank you again Leonvb!
LeonvB  
#22 Posted : Sunday, October 3, 2010 9:42:18 AM(UTC)
LeonvB

Rank: Member

Groups: Member
Joined: 5/23/2010(UTC)
Posts: 708
Location: Netherlands

Thanks: 2 times
Was thanked: 48 time(s) in 45 post(s)
You'll have to look at what is available where you live. If possible I'd invest into a soldering station. The affordable ones are just a little bit more expensive than a good iron. Personally I've bought an ERSA RDS 80 station. But that's an expensive one and mainly because I use it quite a lot so a good station was on my shopping list anyway.
A solder with silver in it is IMO easier to use, so for a beginner that may be a good idea although those types are obviously also much more expensive. Don't use anything with more than 4% silver, as those types of solder are too expensive and are too weak mechanicly. Note: If you decide to get a leadfree solder, remember to get the corresponding tip also. It'll last much longer. It'll also help if you use steel wool to clean the tip instead of a wet sponge.
The kits are all wire through hole, so IMO the tips' size isn't that critical. I've used a thin 0.8mm tip for the opamps and the big chisel that came with the ERSA set for the Placids' heatsinks. A 1mm normal tip was used for everything else.
I would recommend getting a little solder wick to unsolder things, and a decent wire cutter to remove the excess wire.
nezuram  
#23 Posted : Tuesday, October 5, 2010 1:50:28 AM(UTC)
nezuram

Rank: Member

Groups: Member
Joined: 7/27/2010(UTC)
Posts: 13
Location: Philippines

thanks again for the replies!

and more good news, the kit i ordered is complete. excellent service guys! got the 9+9 transformers to complete my build. Brian was so kind to send it express. thank you again!!!

so i guess i could start as early as this weekend. this support forum rocks! :D
ared  
#24 Posted : Monday, October 18, 2010 12:18:40 PM(UTC)
ared

Rank: Member

Groups: Member
Joined: 10/18/2010(UTC)
Posts: 1
Location: Hun

Hello!

Total noob here also..

I would like to know if it's enough for a buffalo 2 minimal approach if I only get one placid, one non bipolar toroid transformer and one b2 kit to feed a naim nait 5i integrated amp using using a Hiface as the source?

Thanks in advance!
Rss Feed  Atom Feed
Users browsing this topic
GuestUser (13)
2 Pages<12
Forum Jump  
You cannot post new topics in this forum.
You cannot reply to topics in this forum.
You cannot delete your posts in this forum.
You cannot edit your posts in this forum.
You cannot create polls in this forum.
You cannot vote in polls in this forum.