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Silence Your Guitar Amp: Variable Voltage Regulator
A variable voltage regulator lets a loud tube guitar amp keep more of its core feel while behaving better at home volumes.
Custom DDC: 1 Digital to Digital Converter; USB to I2S over HDMI; S/PDIF; AES
A DIY digital-to-digital converter build with USB input, improved clocks, and outputs including I2S over HDMI, S/PDIF, and AES.
Easy Naim Hi-Fi power amp upgrades
A straightforward set of component upgrades that can noticeably improve older Naim power amps and similar hi-fi amplifiers.
Homelab: 3 Turning laptops into mini-servers
An argument for turning old laptops into mini-servers instead of e-waste, with practical homelab examples.
Custom DDC (Hi-Fi)
A hi-fi oriented digital project focused on a custom digital-to-digital converter and its evolving feature set.
Custom DDC: 1 Digital to Digital Converter; USB to l2s over HDMI; S/PDIF; AES
28 February 2026
Digital to Digital Converter, this little DIY utility box provides a way to escape a number of digital issues impacting sound quality in hi-fi. It takes usb output from a main streaming system provides it's own sound card, high quality clocks and…
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Custom DDC: 2 Bluetooth & auto switching.
19 April 2026
Digital audio as used in Hi-Fi certainly often comes from a music streamer, yet the usefulness of Bluetooth cannot be understated. So, next step was to include a high fidelity bluetooth module, and automatic switching of it. I did have a stand…
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