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aashish kumar
aashish kumar

Seasonal Wellness: How Homeopathy Can Provide Effective Relief for Hay Fever, Allergies, and Common Cold Symptoms

As the seasons change, many people suffer from recurrent, debilitating symptoms like seasonal allergies, hay fever, and viral colds. Instead of resorting to suppressive antihistamines or decongestants, which can cause drowsiness or rebound effects, homeopathy offers a means to manage these recurring issues by strengthening the body's adaptive response. A homeopath seeks to find a remedy that matches the unique expression of the allergy—whether it's burning eyes, profuse watery discharge, or a persistent tickle in the throat—allowing for personalized relief that addresses the root sensitivity rather than just masking the symptoms for a few hours.


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Magnus Wickström
Magnus Wickström

Reissong A12 / A10 Classy Pao Ferro Wood plinth

Something I had been pondering for a long time, years actually, finally became reality this September. My A10, sounding gorgeous after my Skunkie schematics circuit update, to my eyes looked a little too blingy, with all shiny stainless steel. I wanted that serious botique-build look with wooden sides, like the super expensive japanese ones... A youtube video with a guy making a fixture for a common handheld planer, making it able to precision plane wood, kicked me off. Pao Ferro wood for making guitar fretboards, bought from Aliexpress, became the candidate.


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a1DuF9KfeOlhCD1aMYdwQmk1dLDQ5-8L/view?usp=sharing See build on picture below. I am mighty satisfied with the results. Best regards, Magnus


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aashish kumar
aashish kumar

Combating High Cholesterol: Understanding the Mechanism and Classes of Antihyperlipidemic Drugs

Antihyperlipidemic drugs represent a crucial class of pharmaceuticals designed to lower elevated levels of lipids and lipoproteins, such as Low-Density Lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol (the "bad" cholesterol) and triglycerides, in the bloodstream. By effectively managing these lipid levels, these medications play a vital role in the primary and secondary prevention of atherosclerosis and resulting cardiovascular diseases, including heart attack and stroke. The mechanism of action varies significantly across the different classes, with some targeting the liver's production of cholesterol, while others focus on reducing intestinal absorption or promoting the breakdown of circulating fats. Their widespread use underscores the global burden of hyperlipidemia as a major modifiable risk factor for serious heart health complications.


The most common and effective class is the HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors, commonly known as Statins (e.g., Atorvastatin, Rosuvastatin), which competitively inhibit the rate-limiting enzyme in cholesterol synthesis…

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Chris Allan
Chris Allan

Hi there

I'm Christine, I'm based in the UK and have built tube guitar amps and solid state hifi amps before.

It's about time I made a hifi tube amplifier.

Love Skunkie's youtube channel.

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Skunkie

DIY Champ

New Format!

WIX forced a change from their "Forum" to this "Groups" thing. Now 100% sure how this works but I hope it's seamless on your end! Kinda doubtful it will be but there was no option.

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spchristenspchristen
spchristen

Tube Recommendation

I built and enjoy Skunkie’s EL34 amp earlier in the year.


I had been using JJ EL34L tubes in another amp prior to using them in the Skunie amp. I have noticed noisy tubes on amp power up. I didn’t think much of it until recently I started hearing some distortion. Swapping the tubes in the amp, the issue followed the tube.


I was going to order another set of JJs but wanted to see what tubes others are running or prefer.


To be clear, the amp did not cause this problem, I have had the tubes for a while. I’ve also been known to leave amps running overnight. By accident of course.


The JJs are a good value so likely I’ll get another set regardless.

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Magnus Wickström
Magnus Wickström

Reissong A12 / A10 Remote volume control 2021

Hi everyone. I bought my 1st tube amplifier ever ( I born in 1963 ) in December 2020, a Reissong A10 directly from China- HiFi ( = A12 but 6N2 driver tubes ). After successfully rebuilding it according to Skunkie´s schematics, I decided to install remote volume control. I bought a remote volume control from Aliexpress, 100k resistance, just like the one in pict below.


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It is very crowded and cramped just behind the original volume pot, and the Aliexpress motorized remote pot is rather bulky, so there had to be some engineering work done to install it. I realize this build may not be for everyone, but possibly someone would like to try it out, and then I could give som hints on details of my own installation.

After quite some tinkering, it all worked, and it was really rewarding.


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Videos of mechanism in action at google drive:


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Skunkie
Skunkie
2 days ago

Very cool!!

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Greg Brophy
Greg Brophy

Ear834 Sound Issues

Hi,


It took a while, but I put together an EAR834 clone using a Hammond 369 Transformer and 3 electro-harmonix 7025 tubes. I have built one board from scratch, and I also bought a prebuilt one to test as well to see if I was doing something wrong.

I have an st-70 that I tried as an amplifier and a cheap chinese one and both give me the same results. The first track is the sound it makes when it first gets power. IT settles down after a minute. The second clip is the music at about 1/3 volume and it sounds terrible. The recordings are with the board straight from ebay with no real modifications. I also have one I built and they both sound the same. The only thing I can think of is maybe the solder connection to the rca jack is not the best. I am using…


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Skunkie
Skunkie
Oct 02

I see you installed both the 68K and 220K on the output area, I normally don't install the 68K ones but I don't think that is the problem. I have seen them supply 68K for the ones in the 220K position, are you sure those are correct? It sounds super distorted like the output is overloaded.

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12A Speakers?

I’m returning to tube stereo after a 10 year hiatus. Years ago I had a beautiful Cary 300B amp and matching Cary preamp, driving a beautiful set of Soliloquy 2a3 speakers.  Today my finances are far more restricted and so I have just purchased.Reisong 10A that I am going to apply all of Stephe’s modifications to in the coming weeks. What I’m struggling with is a matching set of speakers. Reading through the various posts I recall her saying you needed, I think, 91 DB sensitivity or better. Because cash is limited I have been looking for a kit to get more bang for my buck, but cannot find anything I can afford with that efficiency. Of the production speakers, the Klipsch immediately come to mind. Their RP-600M (old version) are on sale it appears for around $350 and would be at the top end of my budget, but …


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