SOHA v2 cost

dye1337 · 28th December 2010, 03:42 AM

Okay, I had to make a new thread because I didn't see any answering this. I had seen people say to make the SOHA v2 cost about 50 usd. I can't for the life of me find it in parts for less than 132 not including a case. Can someone please tell me if I'm missing something here?

Thanks! And, if it is that expensive, the YAHA is supposed to be a lot cheaper, is it really as cheap as others have said (in a similar case) or not?

I wanna go into DIY audio but this whole say it's one price but cannot find it for that price thing is getting annoying. Thanks for any help!

VictoriaGuy · 28th December 2010, 04:13 AM

I'm not familiar with the SOHA, but I've seen the same problem with cost estimates on other projects.
Thoughts:
Does the estimate refer to a breadboarded amp or a cased, finished product?
Some folks have a well-stocked 'junk box' and 'spares box'.
Also, if you can diy the case/knobs it reduces the cost.

John

dye1337 · 28th December 2010, 04:18 AM

i was gonna diy the case/knobs and I STILL couldn't find them for the costs I had seen. the starving student hybrid and the soha, i both investigated for a good amount of time and neither were as cheap as they were supposed to be

aardvarkash10 · 28th December 2010, 04:31 AM

concur.

Cost depends hugely on what you have in your stash already. transformers and tubes especially are going to deal to the bottom line. A half-way decent looking case is $100 either in cash or time - there is no way around that.

Take the parts cost for the circuit and multiply it by around 3 to get the project cost. This disregards the cost of reasonable test equipment.

If you got into DIY to save money, you rang the wrong bell.

VictoriaGuy · 28th December 2010, 04:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aardvarkash10

If you got into DIY to save money, you rang the wrong bell.

dye1337 · 28th December 2010, 05:07 AM

not in it to really save money, just want to see things that are accurately portrayed. I've found the soha for about 140USD just I can't understand where they got the 50 from and that was the question. I'm on a tight budget now, saw what appeared to be a killer amp, and looked into it and that's what I found. Am I wrong?

aardvarkash10 · 05:52 AM

no you are not wrong. And if you are feeling gipped, try living in the southern hemisphere...

You need to learn the fine arts of delayed gratification and hoarding. A subtle combination of the two will lower your costs by 50%.

Of course, it extends your time lines by 4000% and your floor space requirements logrythmicly.

regal · 28th December 2010, 07:46 AM

Cost me about $200 for a pretty basic build including a pair of Amperex 8416 tubes. And Ky40 coupling caps.
Good amp but thinking about selling as I have too many headphone amps

Stixx · 28th December 2010, 08:26 AM

Quote:

as I have too many headphone amps

...sounds familiar to me

And to the thread originator: where'd you get that 50$ number from...?
Nowhere never can you build a SOHA II for that money... see regal. My SOHA I did cost me more to build.

dye1337 · 28th December 2010, 03:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stixx

...sounds familiar to me

And to the thread originator: where'd you get that 50$ number from...?
Nowhere never can you build a SOHA II for that money... see regal. My SOHA I did cost me more to build.

Of course I cannot find the thread now, but it's one as a large roundup of various amplifiers that included cost. I have seen people even say 70 dollars to make one, which would be fine, but I still can't find parts that cheap. Oh well, no SOHA for this starving student

28th December 2010, 03:42 AM	#1
dye1337 diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2010	SOHA v2 cost Okay, I had to make a new thread because I didn't see any answering this. I had seen people say to make the SOHA v2 cost about 50 usd. I can't for the life of me find it in parts for less than 132 not including a case. Can someone please tell me if I'm missing something here? Thanks! And, if it is that expensive, the YAHA is supposed to be a lot cheaper, is it really as cheap as others have said (in a similar case) or not? I wanna go into DIY audio but this whole say it's one price but cannot find it for that price thing is getting annoying. Thanks for any help!

28th December 2010, 04:31 AM	#4
aardvarkash10 diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Auckland, NZ	concur. Cost depends hugely on what you have in your stash already. transformers and tubes especially are going to deal to the bottom line. A half-way decent looking case is $100 either in cash or time - there is no way around that. Take the parts cost for the circuit and multiply it by around 3 to get the project cost. This disregards the cost of reasonable test equipment. If you got into DIY to save money, you rang the wrong bell. __________________ "Folks, you can't prove truthiness with information. You prove truthiness with more truthiness. In a process known as truthinessiness." - Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report

28th December 2010, 05:49 AM	#7
aardvarkash10 diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Auckland, NZ	no you are not wrong. And if you are feeling gipped, try living in the southern hemisphere... You need to learn the fine arts of delayed gratification and hoarding. A subtle combination of the two will lower your costs by 50%. Of course, it extends your time lines by 4000% and your floor space requirements logrythmicly. __________________ "Folks, you can't prove truthiness with information. You prove truthiness with more truthiness. In a process known as truthinessiness." - Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report Last edited by aardvarkash10; 28th December 2010 at 05:52 AM.

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28th December 2010, 04:13 AM	#2
VictoriaGuy diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Victoria, BC	I'm not familiar with the SOHA, but I've seen the same problem with cost estimates on other projects. Thoughts: Does the estimate refer to a breadboarded amp or a cased, finished product? Some folks have a well-stocked 'junk box' and 'spares box'. Also, if you can diy the case/knobs it reduces the cost. John

28th December 2010, 04:18 AM	#3
dye1337 diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2010	i was gonna diy the case/knobs and I STILL couldn't find them for the costs I had seen. the starving student hybrid and the soha, i both investigated for a good amount of time and neither were as cheap as they were supposed to be

28th December 2010, 05:07 AM	#6
dye1337 diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2010	not in it to really save money, just want to see things that are accurately portrayed. I've found the soha for about 140USD just I can't understand where they got the 50 from and that was the question. I'm on a tight budget now, saw what appeared to be a killer amp, and looked into it and that's what I found. Am I wrong?

28th December 2010, 07:46 AM	#8
regal diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: MD	Cost me about $200 for a pretty basic build including a pair of Amperex 8416 tubes. And Ky40 coupling caps. Good amp but thinking about selling as I have too many headphone amps

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