[sdiy] PAIA for Appreciation of Heathkits?

[Harry Bissell Jr]

I beg to differ...

(I was thinking)    (honest... I was... :^)

you get a design that is at least marginally
functional... but missing many of the components that
guarantee robust performace over a wide range of
component and environmental variations.

It will work with controlled supplies under
room temperature conditions but might fail to
satisfy in the big world.

PAiA (my experience, 2720 and "Phlanger"... is it
any wonder I hate BBDs ??? :^) had designs that could
be said to 'work' if you were willing (in some cases)
to be happy with marginal performance. 

That said... the prices reflected the performance.

The 2720 series LPF has to be the cheapest VC filter
in history... it works... but varies cutoff and not
frequency. iirc it was like a $10 kit at the time

H^) harry

--- Tom Arnold <xyzzy at sysabend.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Sep 10, 2006 at 02:36:03PM -0400, harry
> bissell wrote:
> > You get what you pay for, but with PAiA you pay
> less. If you want Heathkit
> > level I'd go with MOTM or Blacet.  PAiA is more
> EFM style.  Either ride 
> > gets you there...
> > one in more comfort and style...
> 
> I dont think its quite fair to say PAIA is EFM
> style.  You get a full kit, you
> get a *full* kit with excellent instructions and
> very few if any errors that
> have to be corrected...
> 
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