[BillEpstein]

Not wanting to end my long weekend on a note of defeat, I rummaged around and found an Alpha 6 pole 2 position switch.
(Don't ask me  why I have some. I'm not Dylesizk, reayll).
This $1.51 each part from Mouser (BTW, the correct 2 pole, 6 pos is #10YX026) is way beefier than the $4 Radio Shack.
Crosstalk is gone.
No more fiddlin' with cables between CD and Fono.
Now all I have to do is attach the woodwork and create my special 2 box mahogany and ebony JH Signature Bugle fono and linestage.
Pics to follow.............

[erimille]

Not wanting to end my long weekend on a note of defeat, I rummaged around and found an Alpha 6 pole 2 position switch.
(Don't ask me  why I have some. I'm not Dylesizk, reayll).
This $1.51 each part from Mouser (BTW, the correct 2 pole, 6 pos is #10YX026) is way beefier than the $4 Radio Shack.
Crosstalk is gone.
No more fiddlin' with cables between CD and Fono.
Now all I have to do is attach the woodwork and create my special 2 box mahogany and ebony JH Signature Bugle fono and linestage.

Yep - don't skimp on the 2 pole switch.  For those following a similar path, I found the Grayhill 2 pole, 6 position rotary switch (digikey part # GH7104-ND) to work for me as well.  That said, I still think the switch is the weak part of the path.

FWIW, I also shielded the wires to minimize any interference. I found combining the phono and power supply into a single case separated with a copper plate (via Radio Shack) sounded no different than individual components. This little beast is extremely quiet and transparent.

A quick snapshot of this "input selector with integrated bugle phono-amp thingy" is ...



... and more details for the interested are at http://potlach.org/2004/08/preamp/

Pics to follow.............

yes please! and congrats!

--eric

[BillEpstein]

Checking out the Greyhills I notice there are single and 2 deck. is it just that there are 6 lugs per deck instead of 12? Advantage?
Worth 15 times as much as the Alpha?

[ohenry]

Bill,
Very nice work indeed.  In your web page regarding the construction, you stated that you were still looking for a nice brass knob.  Have you seen the knobs at this site? http://www.partsconnexion.com/

Thanks for the photos, Henry

[erimille]

Checking out the Greyhills I notice there are single and 2 deck. is it just that there are 6 lugs per deck instead of 12? Advantage?
Worth 15 times as much as the Alpha?

There have been various threads comparing multi verse single deck switches in the diyaudio.com forum. Err.. I'd cite some of these however the site seems down at the time.  odd.

Short version seems to be multiple decks help minimize crosstalk.

As for 15 times as much... not sure, but I guess it depends on how senitive the other gear in your system might be.  My amp is fairly unforgiving on the other gear I hook it up to so for me, yep it was worth it.

My point was simply get the best switch you can afford.

--eric

[erimille]

Bill,
Very nice work indeed.  In your web page regarding the construction, you stated that you were still looking for a nice brass knob.  Have you seen the knobs at this site? http://www.partsconnexion.com/

Thanks for the photos, Henry

Hi Ohenry,  thanks for the feedback!

Actually, I've got to update this page as there are several things out of date. Interestingly enough, I did indeed buy one of the brass partsconnexion.com knobs.  In short, it looks great and I love it. The selector positions are polished acrylic that transmit the LED of the bugle down the shaft. They gently light up the polished brass knob for a really cool look

--eric (sure hoping this message was indeed to me )