Igor's Sontec help in Los Angeles?

Seditionary · Dec 3, 2012

Hi,

I ordered a Sontec 2 channel kit from Igor one year ago. I got it with some parts missing... but I can't figure out exactly what I'm missing... Igor said he'd give me a refund for the parts missing if I could figure out what they are.

Is there anyone in Los Angeles that has built one of these or is super savvy with electronics and knows how to read European part numbers? Trying to put in an order with Mouser or Digikey, but really needing some help here! I sent Mouser and Digikey the part numbers that Igor said I'm missing and they both got back saying they do not carry those parts. Have been trying to complete this project for a year, so any help would be really awesome.

Thanks in advance friends.

dandeurloo · Dec 3, 2012

Its probably the pots. You have to order those directly from the manufacture.

Harpo · Dec 3, 2012

Seditionary said:
... or is super savvy with electronics and knows how to read European part numbers?

Isn't reading a part of DIY ?
Shouldn't be that hard to read the BOM and the already given translation on pg.1 for EU parts ...
>> C2.5/2 MEANS PITCH 2.5MM, 2MM WIDTH
>> C-10-15/6 MEANS PITCH 10 OR 15MM, 6MM WIDTH
>> CPOL-EUE5-10.5 MEANS POLAR LYTHIC CAP EUROPEAN SYMBOL 5MM PITCH 10.5MM DIAMETER
>> R-EU_0204/7 MEANS R EUROPEAN SYMBOL 0.25WATT 7.5MM PITCH

Both Mouser and Digikey will most likely have all parts in question in stock. Reading the sontec 1 RU build thread would have given you the answers to your questions as well.

kambo · Dec 3, 2012

i am based in santa monica, unfortunately my switched mastering sontec is back home, along with many other goodies i built...
i am super busy at work here, not enough time to even build a simple p2p... what exactly u need ?
cheers
kam

pucho812 · Dec 3, 2012

have you started to build it. you will reach a point where all you have left is the missing pieces and can go from there.

Seditionary · Dec 3, 2012

I had ordered a full kit from Igor for about 500$ one year ago. I got PCB and just some of the components. He said he was going to send me the rest of the missing components, but I never received them. Just a couple months back, he said he'd refund me X2 for the components that are still missing for my trouble, which is really cool... but I'm just having a lot of trouble figure out what I am missing!

I soldered in almost every component I have. I used the Sontec 8 BOM to figure out where some pieces went on the board.

My board is Revision 1.7, which is different from the BOM online (1.6 maybe?). Igor says it is similar, but it seems to be different to me. I don't know what parts I'm missing. Igor sent me a list to send to Mouser or Digikey of what he hadn't sent me... Both Mouser and Digikey got back with the list saying that they didn't carry any of the line items.

If anyone in the LA area who has done more electronics work than me (I am a newbie really even though I've fixed up some gear that have obvious problems)... it would be very appreciated. Maybe if someone could look at my board and see what I'm still missing and help me decipher this BOM, it would just mean the world to me.

Thanks -- I've been trying to get this eq working for 1 full year now!