[sdiy] Resisting UberDIY

[Ken Stone]

>Paul's 8-step recovery program from the UberDIY plague.

<SNIP>

>Instead of spending $300 on beers and smokes the next 2 months, decide to
focus on getting a
>great DIY setup.

Well, I don't drink, and I don't smoke, but if I did what you are suggesting
above, I'd simply have to exit the DIY hobby. For the first 10 years of my
DIY hobby, I simply couldn't do much because I neither had the funds or the
parts. At least now (many years later) I have a good collection of junk I
can salvage from. It also depends on the angle of your hobby. I really think
I would be bored to death just building MOTM kits (no criticism on the
quality) but I've been there and done that with other kits. I have a LOT
more fun adapting what junk I have to hand into synthesizers. That is where
the enjoyment is for me.

$20 for a DAC? No way. For under $20 I can buy a 6U rack full of high
quality parts. Component draws? Yes, though most of my "bulk" stuff is
stored in icecream container "draws" in a shelf system made out of card
racks. Very neat, very functional.

I have a whole pile of can type 741s just pleading for an application :) Too
bad I actually stoop to purchacing modern op-amps.

Ken 
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