New home for AKSA 55

ultrachrome · 11th March 2004, 05:26 PM

Finally put my AKSA 55 all back together in what should be its final home. Still have a few details to finish but at least I can finally listen to it. I am really pleased with its sound quality with MB20s.

ultrachrome · 11th March 2004, 05:28 PM

business end of things.

ultrachrome · 11th March 2004, 05:29 PM

The guts.

peranders · 11th March 2004, 06:31 PM

Nice work!

Raka · 11th March 2004, 06:37 PM

Two things:

Looks original and beautiful, nice work !!
What are the AKSA's , a kit?

ultrachrome · 11th March 2004, 07:07 PM

Thank you very much. I'm very pleased with the way it turned out. It's inspired by an old Audio Research pre-amp, I think, that I saw in a recent Absolute Sound.

AKSA or Aspen Kit Set Amplifier (took me a year to figure that out) are designed by Hugh Dean who posts here fairly regularly.

It's my first amp. I chose it because the kit came complete. Shopping for parts was holding me back from building a couple of other designs.

AKSA · 11th March 2004, 08:15 PM

Nice work, Ultrachrome! Thanks for posting pics; very elegant layout, with due regard for good wiring practice, particularly the short input leads to each module and the use of the heatsink as shield between AC supply and amp modules.

It will take a good week to fully bed in; the caps all take time.

Raka, the kit is from Australia, and includes heatsink, power supply pcb, caps, and fast diodes. It does not include toroids, however, which are VERY heavy and normally available locally.

The circuit is a highly refined, tweaked classic, specifically voiced for large orchestral music where layering and TIM are traditionally the biggest issues.

Cheers,

Hugh

ultrachrome · 11th March 2004, 08:29 PM

It's pretty well run in already. It lived in this contraption for about 6 months.

Raka · 11th March 2004, 09:33 PM

Nice shot of the inside, it's seen very well the grounding of the amp. I like it.
I only can buy the complete kit, right? I mean that just the PCB or the scheme can't be bought separately, can they?

AKSA · 12th March 2004, 12:46 AM

Yes Raka,

You are quite right. The kit is sold as such!

Cheers,

Hugh

11th March 2004, 06:31 PM	#4
peranders Electrons are yellow and more is better! diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Göteborg, Sweden Blog Entries: 4	Nice work! __________________ /Per-Anders (my first name) or P-A as my friends call me

11th March 2004, 06:37 PM	#5
Raka diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Close to Oistrakh	Beautiful Two things: Looks original and beautiful, nice work !! What are the AKSA's , a kit? __________________ What is beyond the speaker?

11th March 2004, 08:15 PM	#7
AKSA diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Melbourne, Australia	Nice work, Ultrachrome! Thanks for posting pics; very elegant layout, with due regard for good wiring practice, particularly the short input leads to each module and the use of the heatsink as shield between AC supply and amp modules. It will take a good week to fully bed in; the caps all take time. Raka, the kit is from Australia, and includes heatsink, power supply pcb, caps, and fast diodes. It does not include toroids, however, which are VERY heavy and normally available locally. The circuit is a highly refined, tweaked classic, specifically voiced for large orchestral music where layering and TIM are traditionally the biggest issues. Cheers, Hugh __________________ Aspen Amplifiers P/L (Australia) www.aksaonline.com

11th March 2004, 09:33 PM	#9
Raka diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Close to Oistrakh	Nice shot of the inside, it's seen very well the grounding of the amp. I like it. I only can buy the complete kit, right? I mean that just the PCB or the scheme can't be bought separately, can they? __________________ What is beyond the speaker?

12th March 2004, 12:46 AM	#10
AKSA diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Melbourne, Australia	Yes Raka, You are quite right. The kit is sold as such! Cheers, Hugh __________________ Aspen Amplifiers P/L (Australia) www.aksaonline.com


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11th March 2004, 07:07 PM	#6
ultrachrome diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Puget Sound	Thank you very much. I'm very pleased with the way it turned out. It's inspired by an old Audio Research pre-amp, I think, that I saw in a recent Absolute Sound. AKSA or Aspen Kit Set Amplifier (took me a year to figure that out) are designed by Hugh Dean who posts here fairly regularly. It's my first amp. I chose it because the kit came complete. Shopping for parts was holding me back from building a couple of other designs.

11th March 2004, 08:29 PM	#8
ultrachrome diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Puget Sound	It's pretty well run in already. It lived in this contraption for about 6 months.

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