Play Mate digital record play counter and timer

Figuring out when a stylus or cartridge needs changing depends on many things. Condition of record, how well your system is set up and how may hours use it has had.

PlayMate counter timer
PlayMate counter timer

Recording needle time is a useful thing to do then, but precision of 10th of a second isn’t really necessary. So why did I create this fancy automatic digital play counter called the “Play Mate”? Continue reading “Play Mate digital record play counter and timer”

A DC PSX like power socket for Mission Cyrus One

My Mission Cyrus One amplifier does not have the DC Power socket that you find on the Cyrus Two for attachment of a PSX external power supply. It would be just above the logo next to the tape out socket, but here it is clearly missing.

Cyrus One sans DC Socket
Cyrus One sans DC Socket

The amplifiers are similar, so perhaps I could fit a socket to my Cyrus One? But is it a good idea? Continue reading “A DC PSX like power socket for Mission Cyrus One”