Just wanted to share my humble setup with you fellow Crackheads.
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the small aluminium puck in the back reveals my profession; cadastral surveyor 
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A vanilla Crack with Svetlana 6N13S and RCA Clear Top, Sennheiser HD6XX and some homemade cables.
Base is finished off with clear polycoating, no fancy colors, just wanted to preserve the natural color of the alder wood.
Though I'm not sure I would have done the same again.
The polycoating gave the wood a somewhat dull, office-like look.
-as you can see, it blends in very well with my govnerment office desk!
If I ever get a new base, I'll probably stain it to look more like
Tandberg radios of old (I got one of those after my grandfather, love it to bits but needs some restoring; my next project!)
-is it much of a hassle sanding off a polycoat to stain the wood?
Transformer bell finished with a clear coating, just wanted to preserve the look of raw metal.
Kind of wish I'd given the plate the same treatment...maybe, but I don't want to ruin the "distressed" aluminium look.
Could of course dismantle it and give the plate some love, but ...naaah.
The cables turned out okay.
They're braided 20 gauge stranded wire covered in cotton sleeving.
A bit unwieldy, I should probably have used some thinner wire. You live, you learn.
-or rather: You DIY, you learn.
I've got some other cables made from Mogami mic wire that I'll probably use more.
Next up: Speedball incoming!
Then: Film caps, hot rodding baby!
And then: Power Bypass Caps!
Maybe down the line: Choke and New pot/atenuator, if the need to tinker becomes unbearable.
Full disclosure:
I don't possess the hubris to call myself an audiophile; I couldn't describe lows/mids/highs to save my own life.
I just like tinkering with stuff, and the Crack is ...well crack to me in that regard!
