Re: Switching Regulator for Audio Amplifier

On a sunny day (Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:06:07 -0700 (PDT)) it happened Fred
<frederick.brown@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
<f514b381-ec46-4a08-adb9-ae7885122504@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

In these times, with markets crashing, I'd think trice about spending
dollars.
It does not make a lot of sense to build something if you can buy it
cheaper
with the same or better quality.

So, you want me to be a consumer rather than a producer?

Well, lemme put it this way, you can produce all you want,
but what if you cannot sell it?
That makes little economic sense.

There may be an educational aspect, then I would _still_ buy the Chinese amp,
as it has all parts and more for less money.
And play with those parts - now that is 'green'.

But there are many things that you can design that you cannot buy cheaper.
My last home project was a digital SWR power meter with LCD display.
Very cool :-)


Its actually a very scary thing that the bulk of our manufacturing has
all been outsourced to east asia, if you are economically aware.

Does not scare me at all :-)
It allows us to have many cool things, from DVD players to scooters,
for a low price, and the cheaper the more you can do with your money.


I have learned so much about our global economic situation, with the
world bank want to rule in totalitarian fashion a single world
government, that it is depressing me to death.

mm


Everywhere there are nay sayers. Don't do anything creative, Don't
do anything on your own initiave. Just do what you are told. Work
in service industry.

Well, do what you must do, do your thing.
Creativity comes in many ways, I did maintenance of complex systems for many
years, it can be as fulfilling as designing something.
Fulfilment is an inner experience.

Designing for a job can be extremely demanding.
'Service' can be extremely demanding.
Both can be fun too.
It is up to you.

Creativity includes not being stupid.
'do what you are told to to?' I dunno, what makes authority is you listening to it.


The service industry is basically all thats left in this county now.

Well, I dunno where you are, with that gmail address, but yes, service
industry always will be important.

See, if you want to design, you have to be better then the rest, cheaper too
perhaps, else it will never be a product that can be sold.
There is always the competition, so using a ridiculous big transformer
sort of makes your design void from that perspective.

I have an amp to build, and its gonna rock!


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