Matthew Smith wrote: > Quoth Folderol at 2008-11-15 21:49... > >> Fascinating bit of kit. I'd be inclined to try to keep it as complete >> and original as possible. I doubt you'd have a problem with the >> capacitor. I know someone with a WW2 communications set that still has >> almost all it's 'dry' caps, and only half the electrolytics have been >> changed. >> > > I have to confess, I do feel an urge to restore it. > > I will certainly do preliminary tests (once I've got the thing spinning) > with and LED and a phototransistor, just to see what it sounds like, but > getting a proper setup with the lamp and selenium cell seems like the > Right Thing To Do. > You can get a combined infrared led/phototransistor in a 'reflective switch', which could be neater if you do it that way. I'm using the opb606 for another project, which costs under 1 UKP. andy _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
