The VeraFi Audio A40 Amp

[bonjonno]

All black

 

[poseidonsvoice]

Hard for me to choose. Frankly like them all since they are all Alpha Nirvana at heart!

Best,
Anand.

 

[xrk971]

Maybe we offer as drop down menu selectable choices for the corner handles and everything else black.

 

[xrk971]

We have a matching preamp to go with the A40 under development.

 

[Surf21]

Black with bronze/copper corner/rails is looking ver sharp!!

 

[xrk971]

The new A40 chassis (350mm deep) just got completed and is being shipped to me. It’s looking really nice.

 

[von Ah]

Looks great! I’d encourage lower contrast (darker) screws for the final product, but that would just be my preference.

 

[bonjonno]

same reaction as von Ah. The screws should be black to match the case.

 

[poseidonsvoice]

Looks great! I’d encourage lower contrast (darker) screws for the final product, but that would just be my preference.

Agreed, I’d go for a ‘stealth’ look.

Best,
Anand.

 

[xrk971]

I should have mentioned that the silver screws were what the shop had on hand for test fit. Production will use all black of course.

Like this:

 

[AKSA]

Bloody wonderful...........

HD

 

[xrk971]

The new chassis arrived. 350mm deep heatsink. It is massive and heavy (29lbs of anodized aluminum). All walls are at least 5mm aluminum. I like the custom trafo L brackets. All hard mounting points for standoffs and MOSFETs etc are in place. All the crew holes align and fit perfectly. The lid fits perfectly with no gap and is square. Wonderful CNC machine work quality.

 

[maty tinman]

Have you thought about RF/EMI filtering of the power supply?

 

[xrk971]

We have a Schaffner EMI filter between the IEC mains and PSU board. Internally, the amp is all linear so the main noise we deal with is 60Hz mains hum radiated from toroidal trafos. Setting them vertically and keeping distances and playing with alignment and orientation while observing B field with a magnetometer helps. Final proof is uV rms measurement of amp output noise.

 

[ra7]

Who did the chassis? It is most excellent!

 

[poseidonsvoice]

Actually X can run a business selling chassis…hint, hint, wink, wink.

Best,
Anand.

 

[xrk971]

I designed the chassis and Darko M., a super talented mechanical engineer put it into CAD. We have an excellent CNC fab house. I am lucky to be able to think up these things and have them become reality.

I will take the chassis biz suggestion into consideration.

 

[uncola]

The enclosure looks even better in the deep size! just emailed you and asked to be put on an email list so I don't miss out on the first batch.

 

[DrRasta]

It may just be me, but the outputs appear to be reversed. The left one is labelled right & the right is labelled left.

 

[xrk971]

Outputs are on the back of the amp hence reversed.