Agree, slim amps are .... slim!
I am just in the process of remaking my Stealth, adding a second line input and an iPod docking connector. The chassis is the Hammond 2" standard steel box. Painted everything black (transformer bell ends) to make it more "stealthish".
I haven't started yet but have parts for a Luxman clone with 50CA10 and really want to make it really really slim, preferrable around 1". I have opportunities to work with sheet metal at my work.
I am just in the process of remaking my Stealth, adding a second line input and an iPod docking connector. The chassis is the Hammond 2" standard steel box. Painted everything black (transformer bell ends) to make it more "stealthish".
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I haven't started yet but have parts for a Luxman clone with 50CA10 and really want to make it really really slim, preferrable around 1". I have opportunities to work with sheet metal at my work.
I was looking around for solid matallic (aluminium) knobs but found only "hybrids" (plastic/alu). Then accidently I made a purchase from AES and looked at the knobs at the AES website and found exactly what I was looking for.They are names P-K311 and P-K313.
In a preamp I am slowly building I have installed LEDS in the recesses behind the knobs. Looks rather nice when it's dark.
Top plate and sides are copper.
In a preamp I am slowly building I have installed LEDS in the recesses behind the knobs. Looks rather nice when it's dark.
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Top plate and sides are copper.
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Yepp, I did the woodwork, which was very simple (done). Cut out the frontplate from a bigger chunk of oak on our not-so-accurate machines at work, then managed to get an acceptable surface, drilled the holes and coutersank them. The 45 degrees bevelled egde was done with my router.
Finally several layers of a special oil.
Finally several layers of a special oil.
Put one of these in the front and you're all set.
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Got the Stealth design from Mapletree Audio Design. It's a very conservative design with a pentode input tube and a 12SC7 splitter/driver with 12A6 as output tubes. The tubes were supposed to be all metal canned, but the metal 12A6 did beahve a bit strange so I swapped them with glass tubes (12A6-GT). They are still black.
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yeah that was my idea to make it slim as possible.
The amp you posted...Ooohw yes thats so sexy !
Wow thats pretty unique design ! love it !
Buttons are vandalism proof ones. Still cheap ones but they are nice !
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Compactron Triple Triode for input stage and LTP, Compactron Sweep Tubes hooked up as triodes, so a Complete Compact Compactron Triod Amp...... with a nixie tube displaying the tube selected for the amp meter..... select 1-4, 0 or nothing also. I was lazy and did not want to have to engrave or put a decal on for the switch position , thought it might look tacky..
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EL34 single ended parallel ultra linear
EL34 single ended parallel ultra linear 15 Watts per channel < .1 % THD at 15 Watts 1 KHz. Built from scratch at my shop. The ghoul here was to build an all tube amplifier with as good of specs as possible, using modern components but keeping to a traditional design scheme. I spent 9 months designing and building this amplifier and it was worth every bit of the time spent. This amplifier running a pair of the small Advent speakers sounds incredible. The dynamic range is like nothing else I have ever hired. But then I built the amp... so not trying to be partial. This amplifier will not win any beauty contests, but it sure is perty to me. Bernie
EL34 single ended parallel ultra linear 15 Watts per channel < .1 % THD at 15 Watts 1 KHz. Built from scratch at my shop. The ghoul here was to build an all tube amplifier with as good of specs as possible, using modern components but keeping to a traditional design scheme. I spent 9 months designing and building this amplifier and it was worth every bit of the time spent. This amplifier running a pair of the small Advent speakers sounds incredible. The dynamic range is like nothing else I have ever hired. But then I built the amp... so not trying to be partial. This amplifier will not win any beauty contests, but it sure is perty to me. Bernie
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My future 6c33SET. Long way ahead
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Can you post a finished and final schematic. I have a quad match of Mullard EL34s new issue. This amp could be the one to build.
I have never had an issue with shielded transformers.
The transformers are double shielded and are not causing any interaction.
It sure looks nice becuase it looks so un-cluttered. What input tube did you use?