A few people (such as GameSX member "matt") have mentioned the option of buying ready-made versions of some simple circuits rather than building them. I will probably be building my own, but if I change my mind (or if someone reading this doesn't have the time or skills), where are good places to buy simple pre-built circuits?
The type of circuits I am talking about are 3.58 MHz oscillators (for building RGB to NTSC encoders), adjustable attenuators (http://www.hut.fi/Misc/Electronics/circuits/speaker_to_line.html) (for converting speaker level audio to line level audio), and similar such things.
Any suggestions for sources?
Why would you want to buy a speaker level convertor kit when you can buy a high-quality adaptor in a production shell for $20-30? How cheap would you have to be to think that's too much money? =P
Pretty cheap. You'd be surprised. :)
Seriously though, when people say, "If you don't feel like making your own oscillator circuit (which is very easy), you can buy ready-made ones for $2-3," I start to think that it might not be such a bad idea.