Help Wanted Bride of zen parts

[colin.hepburn2]

Hi All
My First time in hear I am thinking of building the bride of Zen single stage pre amp my first go at this I would very much like some advise on Parts Selection regarding capacitors @ volume Pot

Questions

1, Can you suggest Good capacitors for C1, 3, 4, 101,102 can I use a higher voltage than the specified 100 volts if necessary pending on availability.0f the 100volt Transformer 300v 30+30volts as I have this one in my part box

2, what is the best value I can use for dual gang volume pot if I can’t find the recommended 5KOhms, that is easy to source something like the Alps or better pleas give pot value

I don’t have one of Mr Pass’s Amps as whet so a suggestion or two hear would be nice
Some thing around 30 Watts into a 6 Ohm load Cheap @ easy to build

Thank you for the help
Chaps
Regards
Colin

[till]

i used WIMA MKS and MKP for caps, instead of pot i made an aleh - p style relay volume control, description you find on the page linked with the www button below.

[Stabist]

I would choose Aleph3 - 30W/8R and 60W/4R ...

I also done sound comparison between Zen v4 and A5 (both diy projects) - I like Aleph's sound more ...

Instead of BoZ - why not decide for AlephL?

[arold19]

Stabist: why you prefer the Aleph 3 that the Aleph 30 ????

[colin.hepburn2]

Hi Stagiest
I am looking for easy to build Zen or Aleph the aleph3 is just a though at the moment I find it confused with all these versions of amp which ever one I choose will have to go no the back burner for now As starting easy with bride of Zen pre amp but still looking for good 1000uf 100volt caps for it

Just found these Caps can some one recomend the best one of these
http://uk.farnell.com/jsp/endecaSear...306241,3198583


Colin

[Stabist]

Originally posted by arold19
Stabist: why you prefer the Aleph 3 that the Aleph 30 ????

I never said I prefer A3 more than A30. I just said that if I would be again at my first Pass based project - I would choose for A3 today and not for Zen v4...
Power dissipation is very similar - so chassis must be pretty much the same - and that's expensive part. Trannie is the same for both - 400-500VA and ~2x18V secondaries ... OK, there is a slightest difference to buy few more transistors for A3 and few capacitors ... But I prefer Aleph sound more ...

OK regarding A30 - it's more like A5 if you ask me - so you need some more $$ to finish it up ...

[Stabist]

Originally posted by colin.hepburn2
Hi Stagiest
I am looking for easy to build Zen or Aleph the aleph3 is just a though at the moment I find it confused with all these versions of amp which ever one I choose will have to go no the back burner for now As starting easy with bride of Zen pre amp but still looking for good 1000uf 100volt caps for it

Just found these Caps can some one recomend the best one of these
http://uk.farnell.com/jsp/endecaSear...306241,3198583


Colin

Look - I have BoZ and AlephL right now here with me - BoZ was first preamp ever build by me ... What I like more with AL - those input gain settings - great stuff. I had problems with BoZ - because my CDP has quite high output ... In AL case it's quite simple - you just rearange switches and
I also like the "matching" between A5 and AL more than with A5/BoZ combination ...
And again - trannie specs are same in both cases ... You need chassis on both cases; if you decide so make a PCB - it's similar sized in both cases ... I don't think AL costs much much more ...

[Jaac]

iám using the 058 49102 caps from bc also bought by farnell. i use them in mine aleph pre

gr jaac