I have never really liked public speaking and it is definitely not a weird thing: the most feared single thing in this world for most people is public speaking, death comes next.

As fate would have it, in order to continue with my career path, the head honchos of the company made Toastmaster as a requirement, we would not even be considered if we don’t take it. So here I go, the one thing that I know is beneficial but have been putting off for the past years has finally come back to haunt me.

So tonight was my second time at the Toastmaster and it wasn’t really that bad compared to the first one, participants were very encouraging and supporting so that definitely helped me becoming comfortable with something that I dread going. Tonight I made a short speech and I was pretty damn quick on my feet and my speech was able to get some great responses and then of course there was some positive feedbacks along with areas of possible improvements.

The program is six months and I just can’t wait to finish…it would be nice. Though I am beginning to not detest going as much now and know that I will probably miss the people once I am done but as of right now, I just can’t wait, HA.

Another thing that I did today that I have been putting off for three months is that I went back to the gym and DAMN it felt good. So good that I am not going to write about it, you will have to get back into something that you have been procrastinating for too long to know what I mean

Have a good one boys & girls.

I have attached a schematic I made up of the Taddeo PDA2. It has the
component values on it. It shows just one channel. It’s possible that this schematic is a trade secret of sorts, but who knows… its now here for all of you to see.

A word on the components:

Resistors:

R1 is 1500 ohms
- I have used both metal film & Carbon composite
- no need to use greater than 1/4W. I’ve used 1/8W & 1/10W
- use low tolerance. 1% or better. I’ve used 0.1%, too

R2 is 640 ohms
- I’d use metal film only here 1/4W or less
- the tighter the tolerance, the better 1% is the maximum I’d go with. 0.5% or 0.1% would be even better

Inductors:

L1 & L2 are both 18mH
- try to get 5% tolerance, but 10% will do
- these will be handling very low voltages, so small iron-core types are fine. No need for air-core designs unless you want to spend a lot of money

Capacitors:

C1 & C2 are both 1.8nF
- good luck finding this value
- try for 2% tolerance or less. 1% is good & you might still stand a chance of finding something. Caps supposedly come in even tighter tolerances, but good luck, especially with this unusual value
- Mica caps give a slightly brighter, more detailed sound, polyethylene or polypropylene will be a bit mellower. Tantalum may work, but will be bright. Don’t use cheap polyester caps. I’ve used both mica & Philips PE caps with good results

The schematic has the components laid out in their proper physical layout, too. The schematic in the patent is a bit more confusing.

This device goes inline between the CDP or DAC and the preamp or, if you use higher wattage rated resistors (1/4 or 1/2W), between the preamp & power amp. Note that this may benefit tuners, VHS & cassette tapes, but will do only harm to the sounds of vinyl.

Most of the parts for this unit are available from Digikey or Allied Electronics or can be sourced locally… I’ll be interested to see if anyone tries to build this unit as it! Let me know what you think.

Schematic: