Hello everyone
I have had a Tubes4HiFi PH16 phono preamp kit sitting on my shelf half finished for about 2 years now and recently decided to dust it off and get it finished and operational. I just moved from my little 1 bedroom apartment to a 2500 sq ft house that I have all to myself so I have lots of room for protects now. I got my upstairs workshop started the other night and thought this would be a great little project to finish up.
Apparently I lost all the documentation that came with the kit somewhere along the way, probably during my recent move. I got in touch with Dan over at Tubes4hifi.com and he sent me a pile of amazing documentation that I'm pretty sure I never got in the first place. The instructions answered all the questions I had when I stopped working on this about 2 years ago. I'm aware the tube sockets are on the wrong side, I gotta fix that mistake.
The fancy chassis was designed with CAD software at work and then sent out to be laser cut, the top and bottom plates can be flipped around to change the orientation of the components inside. I'm currently not satisfied with how tightly the boards are squished together so I think I'm going to make an some templates and drill new holes.
When I originally designed this chassis I left lots of room inside in case I wanted to turn it into a full blown pre-amp in the future. I noticed Tubes4hifi has released the SP20 pre-amp that's based on the CAT SL1 and I might pickup one of those boards assuming it will fit inside.
I'll update this more when I'm a bit further along, I'm going to try and get some more work done this weekend.
I have had a Tubes4HiFi PH16 phono preamp kit sitting on my shelf half finished for about 2 years now and recently decided to dust it off and get it finished and operational. I just moved from my little 1 bedroom apartment to a 2500 sq ft house that I have all to myself so I have lots of room for protects now. I got my upstairs workshop started the other night and thought this would be a great little project to finish up.
Apparently I lost all the documentation that came with the kit somewhere along the way, probably during my recent move. I got in touch with Dan over at Tubes4hifi.com and he sent me a pile of amazing documentation that I'm pretty sure I never got in the first place. The instructions answered all the questions I had when I stopped working on this about 2 years ago. I'm aware the tube sockets are on the wrong side, I gotta fix that mistake.
The fancy chassis was designed with CAD software at work and then sent out to be laser cut, the top and bottom plates can be flipped around to change the orientation of the components inside. I'm currently not satisfied with how tightly the boards are squished together so I think I'm going to make an some templates and drill new holes.
When I originally designed this chassis I left lots of room inside in case I wanted to turn it into a full blown pre-amp in the future. I noticed Tubes4hifi has released the SP20 pre-amp that's based on the CAT SL1 and I might pickup one of those boards assuming it will fit inside.
I'll update this more when I'm a bit further along, I'm going to try and get some more work done this weekend.
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Hi @brandon3212276
I'm thinking about building a PH16. How has your project progressed? How hard is the build and what is the sound like?
It seems that this is one of the better kits around and the feedback I've seen is that it has a rich sound and is highly rated.
Thanks
Dave
I'm thinking about building a PH16. How has your project progressed? How hard is the build and what is the sound like?
It seems that this is one of the better kits around and the feedback I've seen is that it has a rich sound and is highly rated.
Thanks
Dave
Enjoy larger new home. My doubth is the cat. Is it your iron solder assistant? Is it audiophile too 😳🤔?