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baggins · 19th March 2013, 12:52 AM

I found that I enjoyed listening to music in the garden more than in the living room, I hasten to add I can play at any volume ,in the garden that is! There are no neighbours near enough to be bothered by my excesses.To that end I bought a load of 8" bass/mid for a snip on ebay and along with some tweeters coupled them up in a pair of column cabinets to hang on the wall. I decided that due to the fact that I could only use rudimentary and very un-scientific crossovers .I would drive them Via some sort of Graphic Equalizer. It was then I came up with the Idea of putting one of the new breed of Class d chip amps inside a G.E. to make up an integrated amp. I also realised that If I bought a 24V @5 amp printer PSU I would not have to mess around with transformers etc. I actually also fitted the tuner section of one of those little red tuner amps you see advertised for boats and bikes.(the amp chips were blown) They have a PLL tuner chip and given enough aerial signal they perform adequately for this application. I have therefore made a cheap and cheerful Lo-Cost but powerful receiver with the ability to adjust for the speakers main deficiencies. Maybe not Hi-Fi but fantastic stage imaging without all those room reflections. Queen live @ Wembley is breathtaking, It's like Freddie's standing in front of the wall. I tend to like live rock concert recordings like Leeds,and Get your Ya Ya's etc and they really suit this open air reproduction.

Here's a couple of Photo's of the finished receiver.

derwhalfisch · 19th March 2013, 12:17 PM

Music truly is haunting in 2pi, eh

i have a bach I can holiday at, at any time and even snow won't drive me back inside the house when my gear is outside (under tent awnings)

baggins · 19th March 2013, 02:03 PM

Is a bach a kind of log cabin ?

SSDIY · 24th March 2013, 12:41 AM

My recent built, Erno Borbely's New Frontier Balanced Pre-amp:

derwhalfisch · 24th March 2013, 12:59 AM

Baggins - almost ;P

MarcelvdG · 26th March 2013, 07:11 PM

This is my former preamplifier, I used it from about 1994 to 2002.

pinnocchio · 26th March 2013, 07:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MarcelvdG

This is my former preamplifier, I used it from about 1994 to 2002.

This is original to say the least!

Ciao!
Do

mhouston · 26th March 2013, 09:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MarcelvdG

This is my former preamplifier, I used it from about 1994 to 2002.

First time I've seen that.

MarcelvdG · 26th March 2013, 10:41 PM

This is the accompanying main amplifier. I built it a couple of months before the preamplifier and I still use it today. Because of the heavier components (transformer, heatsink) I couldn't build it into a tin can (not even a large pickle can), so I used a more regular enclosure. It is a 2 times 20 W (in 8 ohm) class AB amplifier with class AB control loop.

jacco vermeulen · 26th March 2013, 10:42 PM

Apparently, Mr van de Gevel favors Canned sound with a twist (and a loop).

19th March 2013, 12:52 AM	#2881
baggins diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: haverfordwest,pembrokeshire	garden amp I found that I enjoyed listening to music in the garden more than in the living room, I hasten to add I can play at any volume ,in the garden that is! There are no neighbours near enough to be bothered by my excesses.To that end I bought a load of 8" bass/mid for a snip on ebay and along with some tweeters coupled them up in a pair of column cabinets to hang on the wall. I decided that due to the fact that I could only use rudimentary and very un-scientific crossovers .I would drive them Via some sort of Graphic Equalizer. It was then I came up with the Idea of putting one of the new breed of Class d chip amps inside a G.E. to make up an integrated amp. I also realised that If I bought a 24V @5 amp printer PSU I would not have to mess around with transformers etc. I actually also fitted the tuner section of one of those little red tuner amps you see advertised for boats and bikes.(the amp chips were blown) They have a PLL tuner chip and given enough aerial signal they perform adequately for this application. I have therefore made a cheap and cheerful Lo-Cost but powerful receiver with the ability to adjust for the speakers main deficiencies. Maybe not Hi-Fi but fantastic stage imaging without all those room reflections. Queen live @ Wembley is breathtaking, It's like Freddie's standing in front of the wall. I tend to like live rock concert recordings like Leeds,and Get your Ya Ya's etc and they really suit this open air reproduction. Here's a couple of Photo's of the finished receiver. __________________ heretics are sometimes right

19th March 2013, 02:03 PM	#2883
baggins diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: haverfordwest,pembrokeshire	Is a bach a kind of log cabin ? __________________ heretics are sometimes right

26th March 2013, 10:42 PM	#2890
jacco vermeulen diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: At the sea front, Rotterdam or Curaçao	Apparently, Mr van de Gevel favors Canned sound with a twist (and a loop). __________________ Not so much,.......if it says "ZM" in the corner.

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19th March 2013, 12:17 PM	#2882
derwhalfisch diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2008	Music truly is haunting in 2pi, eh i have a bach I can holiday at, at any time and even snow won't drive me back inside the house when my gear is outside (under tent awnings)

24th March 2013, 12:59 AM	#2885
derwhalfisch diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2008	Baggins - almost ;P