Post your Solid State pics here.

[mikesnowdon]

My lightly modified Cambridge Audio Azur 340A SE

Now dual mono Naim poweramps with dual Avondale audio minicap6 PSU's. 2 x 225VA trafos. Dual mono SKA audio SKpre class-A preamps running on TeddyReg's. Relay input switching from Dantimax.dk, Alps motorpot. Everything works off the original Cambridge audio front panel pcb so I have the full function of the front panel buttons and remote. No tone or balance any more though....



Its still not completely finished but Ive had it running. Sounds v nice and should be even better with a few more small tweaks. Thinking of adding a pair of separate transformers and filter caps for the preamp section. They currently piggyback off the main amp supplies.

EDIT: Apart from the case and front panel control PCB I have re-used the AC main's inlet and switch (left rear corner of photo), and re-cycled the original output relay. This connects to the front panel PCB and gives me a muted 3 second delay on switch on to allow the amps to settle. So no pops or thumps when I switch on. And I have full remote function with the original remote.

I'll be filling in the unused holes for the balance/tone-control's and headphone/ipod sockets. Then I'll be respraying in automotive high gloss metallic paint. Probably in black. I hope to have the front panel professionally engraved at some point to identify the input buttons and power switch.

[AndrewT]

Hi Mike,
very well laid out, obviously very well planned.
It looks factory assembled. A credit to the DIY enthusiast.

[mikesnowdon]

Thanks for the kind words

[mikesnowdon]

Another pic from the other side...

I need to build a more robust PSU for the input-switching/control circuitry, this will mount on the side panel on the left so needs to be as low profile as possible. Also considering adding another smallish trafo and psu (30-40VA) for the preamps. I would need to squeeze it in the space in the rear near the AC inlet (front right corner of photo).

Need to think it over a bit first.

[Jason]

Now that we have a gallery, I imaging the best way to get the benefits of both threaded discussion and ease of browsing is to post images to the gallery and then link to the gallery pictures from within this thread. As time allows I'll write an importer script to pull all the images out of this thread, put them in the gallery (marked as uploaded by each member), and replace the links in the thread with links to the gallery images. Might be biting off more than I can chew but that would be the ideal solution right?

Let me know what you think!

[jleaman]

Originally Posted by Jason

Now that we have a gallery, I imaging the best way to get the benefits of both threaded discussion and ease of browsing is to post images to the gallery and then link to the gallery pictures from within this thread. As time allows I'll write an importer script to pull all the images out of this thread, put them in the gallery (marked as uploaded by each member), and replace the links in the thread with links to the gallery images. Might be biting off more than I can chew but that would be the ideal solution right?

Let me know what you think!

Jason,

are we able to use the img feature from the gallery into posts ? will this eat up more bandwidth ?

Jase

[AndrewT]

Hi,the little pics should remain in the thread.
The big images could usefully be downloaded on demand.
The thread can contain a short description.
I think all discussion should have a discussion thread link.

[Jason]

Originally Posted by jleaman

Jason,

are we able to use the img feature from the gallery into posts ? will this eat up more bandwidth ?

Jase

Yes, you can use the IMG feature from the gallery to put images into posts. In fact when you're viewing an image in the gallery there are BBCode links already preformatted for you so you can just click, copy, and paste (see attachment). Pretty cool!

Originally Posted by AndrewT

The thread can contain a short description. I think all discussion should have a discussion thread link.

Do you mean This (real) "thread" or the "comments" that you can post to a picture? When you say "all discussion should have a discussion thread link" can you give some more detail?

[AndrewT]

I commented on a wiring error posted in the pics thread.
It became a discussion on wiring up the Safety Earth. That comment of mine and the discussion that followed should not have been the the pics thread.
Each pic could usefully have a short description so that we builders can see what we are looking at.

All discussion on the project should NOT be in the pics thread.

[Jason]

Yep, gotcha! All gallery images of pictures that are related to projects should have a link from the pic to the project.

One the things that will emerge from our information reshuffle over the next few months will be the labeling of projects with a unique tag so it's easy to link articles, threads, images, and other information on a single project all together. Baby steps...