I used trafos from Block, bought from rs-online. I use a 400VA from Block in my F6. Nicely made and works fine in the F6. I was going to get 200 or 250VA but the 300VAs where less expensive than the 250VA.
I also mounted the caps on a piece of wood for easy change if I have problems with the surplus caps and have to install smaller caps and pcbs.
If everything works fine I will bolt the cap brackets directly to the bottom plate .... If Im not to busy listening to music of course
I also mounted the caps on a piece of wood for easy change if I have problems with the surplus caps and have to install smaller caps and pcbs.
If everything works fine I will bolt the cap brackets directly to the bottom plate .... If Im not to busy listening to music of course
Sounds about right, i only managed to finish the last few details of my F6 after about a year in operation
Side question for the knowledgeable:
I was looking at the 6moons review of the production M2, and noticed a few things in the interior shots they posted that i got to wondering about:
- Considering several examples of the PT coupling to the edcors, i wonder why Mr. Pass chose not to place the PT further towards the front of the chassis. Also, is there a reason he is placing the diode bridges as far from the CRC board as possible, rather than between PT and CRC?
- It looks like the CRC board in many of the FW amps has a track for running 115/230V AC in the center of the board, with the PT primaries connected on the other side and space for thermistors. Also there are V+/-/gnd taps on either side of the board. It seems like a neat solution. I suppose one could do something similar with AC simply running the AC from the inlet between the caps (or under the base plate a la ZM), but has anyone implemented these features in a DIY-available CRC board?
(this is the photo im talking about btw:
http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/firstwatt11/open1.jpg)
Side question for the knowledgeable:
I was looking at the 6moons review of the production M2, and noticed a few things in the interior shots they posted that i got to wondering about:
- Considering several examples of the PT coupling to the edcors, i wonder why Mr. Pass chose not to place the PT further towards the front of the chassis. Also, is there a reason he is placing the diode bridges as far from the CRC board as possible, rather than between PT and CRC?
- It looks like the CRC board in many of the FW amps has a track for running 115/230V AC in the center of the board, with the PT primaries connected on the other side and space for thermistors. Also there are V+/-/gnd taps on either side of the board. It seems like a neat solution. I suppose one could do something similar with AC simply running the AC from the inlet between the caps (or under the base plate a la ZM), but has anyone implemented these features in a DIY-available CRC board?
(this is the photo im talking about btw:
http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/firstwatt11/open1.jpg)
don't do just everything as Papa is doing
Just because?
Mark, thanks that is what I was expecting. One of the reasons I asked was actually that I thought (based admittedly on total ignorance!) hanving ac so close to your dc source would be a bad idea.
What about the placement of the rectifiers? Is that just aesthetic?
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M2 Headphone Amp
M2 headphone build. After getting very impressed with the the performance of the M2 amp I decided to build a headphone amp too. Used an oversized 300va transformer with separate windings for the left and right channels. Added voltage regulators too. Biased current was set at 300mA with +/- 22V rails.
M2 headphone build. After getting very impressed with the the performance of the M2 amp I decided to build a headphone amp too. Used an oversized 300va transformer with separate windings for the left and right channels. Added voltage regulators too. Biased current was set at 300mA with +/- 22V rails.
M2 Headpone Pictures
The chassis has two compartments. The lower houses the transformer, bridge rectifiers, soft start modules and first filter capacitors. The upper compartment houses the amp boards, regulators, post regulators filter capacitors and headphone protection module.
The chassis has two compartments. The lower houses the transformer, bridge rectifiers, soft start modules and first filter capacitors. The upper compartment houses the amp boards, regulators, post regulators filter capacitors and headphone protection module.
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