My original SSE build was without them figuring eliminating a connector was a good thing. I also didn't quite trust the little screw-downs.
Now that I have removed the wires from the board for the move to the new chassis and ruined more than one eyelet, I'm re-thinking. I like to tinker.
It's also a PITA to get tinned 18ga. into the smallish eyelets.
Opinions?
Now that I have removed the wires from the board for the move to the new chassis and ruined more than one eyelet, I'm re-thinking. I like to tinker.
It's also a PITA to get tinned 18ga. into the smallish eyelets.
Opinions?
The terminals make it all a bit too fiddly for me: while the principle is very good (you can easily reconfigure the amp), the time taken just to get two wires to stay put in the terminal holes while I screw them in tight is just too much. And it doesn't really work well, until the terminal casing itself gives way...
The holes should be wider.
The turrets seems a good idea.
The holes should be wider.
The turrets seems a good idea.
These Euro style terminal blocks are idiot proof:
http://apexjr.com/images/EUROTERMINALBLOCK1.jpg
http://apexjr.com/images/EUROTERMINALBLOCK1.jpg
The original TSE board does not use the terminal strips. Many a board has been ruined by a user soldering or unsoldering a transformer wire. Response to the terminal strips has been favorable and I use them in all my projects to make things easier to build and take apart.
There have been no issues, with one exception. I would not use them in the final build of a guitar amp that will spend most of its life sitting on top of the speaker cabinet, especially if it is a bass guitar amp. The constant vibration will cause the screws to loosen over the years.
There have been no issues, with one exception. I would not use them in the final build of a guitar amp that will spend most of its life sitting on top of the speaker cabinet, especially if it is a bass guitar amp. The constant vibration will cause the screws to loosen over the years.
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