I've been eyeing up an Amp Camp amp and the Starving Student preamp. Is it possible to build those into one chassis (using two boards} and have an integrated amp? It seems to me that you could do away with one of the power supplies at least, and perhaps one or two other redundancies if any.
Is this practical assuming that one can find a chassis (or build one) into which they both will fit?
Is this practical assuming that one can find a chassis (or build one) into which they both will fit?
It is probably cheaper to just use the external power supply "bricks" that are sold with the kits. Transformer, shipping, and power supply capacitors can get expensive.
I personally would build them separately just to have the flexibility of using a different preamp. I have never heard either of these but it seems that introducing the relatively high distortion signature of the tube preamp sort of defeats the purpose of the class A amp. I'm not disrespecting tube amps, just encouraging the flexibility to explore both amps separately and with different combinations.
I personally would build them separately just to have the flexibility of using a different preamp. I have never heard either of these but it seems that introducing the relatively high distortion signature of the tube preamp sort of defeats the purpose of the class A amp. I'm not disrespecting tube amps, just encouraging the flexibility to explore both amps separately and with different combinations.
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