Christmas Cookies?

[jrmintz]

Hi all,

I did some cooking over the holiday - cookies anyone?

Mmmm....

Hey, what's this?

Huh?

Where's the cookies?

Think I'll listen to some Christmas Carols with my new headphones....

:green: :thumb: :sam: :guinness:

Special thanks to NYDave, PRR, Jakob and everyone!

 

[Ethan]

The person coming into your studio looking for cookies is going to be uuuuuuuuuupset!

Nice job!

 

[cayocosta]

Very creative Seth. Very James Bond.

 

[NewYorkDave]

But... where are the cookies, man, where are the cookies? :shock:

 

[cayocosta]

The big question is: are you working on a matching 'stealth' headset made from tuna fish cans?

 

[cayocosta]

I hear the Japanese are working on a headphone amp that is inside an actual cookie. It's edible.

 

[jrmintz]

[quote author="NewYorkDave"]But... where are the cookies, man, where are the cookies? :shock:[/quote]

Behind the can.

The big question is: are you working on a matching 'stealth' headset made from tuna fish cans?

It's a great idea!

 

[cayocosta]

Seriously though, that should sound amazing. What's the story Seth?

 

[cayocosta]

Here's a new avatar for you.

http://home.earthlink.net/~cayocosta/bond.jpg

 

[jrmintz]

------------------------------------------------------------------------Seriously though, that should sound amazing. What's the story Seth?

My wife gave me a really nice pair of headphones for Christmas. The first thing I realized is that the little headphone amp in my CD player really sucks. I started looking around for design ideas and got many great suggestions - Headwize, Jakob and NYDave had several tube ideas that I'd still like to investigate when I have time. PRR also mentioned that some of the discrete op amps would be suitable for driving headphones and I realized I had everything I needed already here - except an enclosure. I didn't want to spend a bundle on a box, and I wanted something I could use in the living room without my wife having a fit if I left it there for a day or two. My eyes fell upon the cookie tin, and there you have it. Innocuous and it sounds great. I couldn't have done it without the always gracious help of everyone here.

:thumb: :thumb:

Here's a new avatar for you.

http://home.earthlink.net/~cayocosta/bond.jpg

:shock: But I like my kitty....

 

[daArry]

eheh, quality! :thumb:

 

[NewYorkDave]

I'm still working my way through the Christmas sweets... I'm eating a big ol' hunk of Rum Stollen right now.


Oh yeah, we were talking about headphone amps. Sorry...

 

[Consul]

Leave it to NYDave! From zero to food in 3.5 posts! :green:

That's a pretty clever device you have there, Seth. It's making me think about alternatives to standard cases.

 

[NewYorkDave]

Leave it to NYDave! From zero to food in 3.5 posts!

Surprised it took me that long? :wink:

alternatives to standard cases.

Building gadgets inside "found" enclosures can be fun. I once built a guitar amp inside an Altoid can. It actually sounded pretty decent--in fact, I used it on some demos I recorded last year.

 

[Consul]

Right now, I'm eyeing five cookie tins, that are long and narrow, like Pringles cans, only made of metal. Mic preamps, anyone? :green:

 

[jrmintz]

[quote author="Consul"]Right now, I'm eyeing five cookie tins, that are long and narrow, like Pringles cans, only made of metal. Mic preamps, anyone? :green:[/quote]

There you go!!

:green: :thumb: :guinness: :sam:

 

[Flatpicker]

That's cool, Seth! :thumb:

 

[Consul]

Hey, Seth! Remember those two mic preamp cards from the MCI desk you sent me? Those two plus a power supply just might fit into one of those cans. I think all I'd need are a set of jacks, pretty much.

 

[Gus]

I have built a prototype mosfet guitar overdrive of my own design in a coffee can and a Fuzz in a small soup can. The reason I did it was it was late and I did not have any project boxes. Funny thing people like then for the "cases"

When I walk thru stores I fid myself looking at all kinds of cool shaped stuff that might fit a circuit.

 

[NewYorkDave]

I almost forgot: one of my first DIY projects, many years ago, was a transistor fuzzbox built inside a cigar box! I used it with an ancient Webster-Chicago phonograph/PA amp. Along with a cheesy Harmony solidbody, that was my first rig.