Gb: F5 Pcb

[cviller]

Yes I do. You can see the instructions in my blog post.

[Renron]

Christian,
After a series of failures (self induced) I have a thriving healthy newborn F5.
No Smoking on this Flight. What a smooth flight it is. Wonderful full bass with true to life highs and no background noise at all. (even with my terrible cable management at this rental house) SWEET.

The boards are so nice looking it's a shame to cover them up with a grill cover.
Easy to work with once you understand the F5.

Word to the wise; GO SLOW with the adjustments of P1 & P2 on each board.
If you have a Variac (I do) start at 20% and adjust to zero DC offset check voltage on R11 &R12 (lower is better) then turn up the Variac to 40%. Ect.
Caution: be sure that the legs of the thremsistor don't ground out on the chassis or bolt of the Mosfets. Smoking is bad for their health.

Thank you Christian, thank you Steve Eddy.
I couldn't be happier with the F5 and it plays my 89Db sensitivity Seas Thor speakers just fine!

Ron

[jtktam]

Originally Posted by Renron

Christian,
After a series of failures (self induced) I have a thriving healthy newborn F5.
No Smoking on this Flight. What a smooth flight it is. Wonderful full bass with true to life highs and no background noise at all. (even with my terrible cable management at this rental house) SWEET.

The boards are so nice looking it's a shame to cover them up with a grill cover.
Easy to work with once you understand the F5.

Word to the wise; GO SLOW with the adjustments of P1 & P2 on each board.
If you have a Variac (I do) start at 20% and adjust to zero DC offset check voltage on R11 &R12 (lower is better) then turn up the Variac to 40%. Ect.
Caution: be sure that the legs of the thremsistor don't ground out on the chassis or bolt of the Mosfets. Smoking is bad for their health.

Thank you Christian, thank you Steve Eddy.
I couldn't be happier with the F5 and it plays my 89Db sensitivity Seas Thor speakers just fine!

Ron

Ron,

where you get that chassis? :-)

-joe

[Renron]

I made it myself and powder coated it in my garage. No paint on it anywhere!
My Wifee likes the blue lights at night...........me too.

Ron

[ichiban]

Originally Posted by Renron

I made it myself and powder coated it in my garage. No paint on it anywhere!
Ron

Where did you source the top cover from?

Congrats on your build, looks great!

[jtktam]

Originally Posted by Renron

I made it myself and powder coated it in my garage. No paint on it anywhere!
My Wifee likes the blue lights at night...........me too.

Ron

I would pay to get you to make me a pair of those

-joe

[Renron]

Originally Posted by ichiban

Where did you source the top cover from?

Congrats on your build, looks great!

Ichiban,
The top and bottom are of the same material, 1/16" perforated sheet aluminum with 1/16" holes. The top is Powder coated in "Mirror Chrome" and looks better than the pictures show.
It was sourced from a local supply shop called "Blue Collar Supply", most large cities have a surplus metal supply house somewhere. They had 2 foot X 4 foot sheets for ~$50 as I recall. I cut them on my table saw with a 60 tooth carbide 10" blade. Sanded the edges smooth then cleaned them with acetone, sealed them with Zinc Phosphate, cooked them for 20 minutes, then PC them.
If you want some of the Perf. aluminum shoot me a PM with the size you want and next time I'm down there (~25 miles away) I'll pick some up.

Jtktam,
LOL, thanks, I'll take that as a compliment.
I think it came out pretty good. Sound is way past awesome!

Ron

[sekess]

Renron -- pretty cool.

How'd you do the logo?

Steve

Originally Posted by Renron

Ichiban,
The top and bottom are of the same material, 1/16" perforated sheet aluminum with 1/16" holes. The top is Powder coated in "Mirror Chrome" and looks better than the pictures show.
It was sourced from a local supply shop called "Blue Collar Supply", most large cities have a surplus metal supply house somewhere. They had 2 foot X 4 foot sheets for ~$50 as I recall. I cut them on my table saw with a 60 tooth carbide 10" blade. Sanded the edges smooth then cleaned them with acetone, sealed them with Zinc Phosphate, cooked them for 20 minutes, then PC them.
If you want some of the Perf. aluminum shoot me a PM with the size you want and next time I'm down there (~25 miles away) I'll pick some up.

Jtktam,
LOL, thanks, I'll take that as a compliment.
I think it came out pretty good. Sound is way past awesome!

Ron

[labjr]

Nice job!

Funny how that cool blue logo is attracting all the attention. Shows how we think.

[Renron]

OOOOh, AAAAh, shiny thing LOL

That Logo is one of the things that sets mine apart from the other nice looking builds others have done here on DiyAudio.

I made the logo similar[I] to the one Papa uses but side lit it with LEDs.

I used Photo-shop to produce the logo and size it, reversed it (backward) printed it out, then layed it over a sheet of Plexiglas. (Perspex for our friends across the pond) Used a Dremel engraving tool that makes lots of small hammer marks and outlined the logo then filled it in. I cut 4 notches in the end (side) and installed 4 Flat faced LEDs. Then I covered the back (engraved side) with a piece of black ABS plastic so it looks black when the lights are off. Took the power right off of Cvillers boards, series resistor of course.

Thanks for all the nice comments.

Ron