Get yer 1176 here!

Building your own high-end gear is always something I recommend here at Analog Industries, and I attempt to bring you the easier-to-build stuff when I come across it. In that light, this site may be of interest to you. One of the many 1176 clones available as DIY. This one, like the last one I pointed out, has some mods, and has departed from its Gyraf roots a bit.

There are two reasons I point this one in particular out: (a) the circuit boards are only $20, and (b) the web page has _very_ thorough descriptions of the why and wherefor of the process. Thus, while it is a relatively simple build as such things go, you can actually learn about what’s going on in the process, rather than just soldering components to a board. The expensive parts are the iron and the VU meter, as always. You’re looking at about a $400 to $500 cost-to-build here, depending on the components you go with, but of the 1176 projects I’ve come across, this one seems to be the best way to go.