This is a regular chipamp.com based lm3875 amplifier, featuring a 300VA trafo and an Alps 10k log pot.
The case is made of thermally modified aspen and treated with parafin oil. The knob is scratch built from aluminium tube, it has a tiny red led in the front and is polished with car wax. There's a ball bearing in the shaft to ensure a smooth operation.
I guess everyone knows that these kind of amps sound pretty nice, so there's no point in telling, that this amp too sounds pretty nice.
Here's some pictures.
Inside:
The knob:
From the back (sorry about the lousy quality):
Full frontal:
Corner detail:
The case is made of thermally modified aspen and treated with parafin oil. The knob is scratch built from aluminium tube, it has a tiny red led in the front and is polished with car wax. There's a ball bearing in the shaft to ensure a smooth operation.
I guess everyone knows that these kind of amps sound pretty nice, so there's no point in telling, that this amp too sounds pretty nice.
Here's some pictures.
Inside:
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The knob:
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From the back (sorry about the lousy quality):
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Full frontal:
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Corner detail:
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waltson said:
Who needs a switch? How frequenty are you changing sources anyway? And you wouldn't want to bury something that looks like that inside a shelf where it would be difficult to get to the rear panel. So why not just do your source switching manually? Just use those extra RCAs as hitching posts for the unused cables. I mean, can't be whole lot more invonvenient than getting up to change the volume.
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Steve Eddy said:
Who needs a switch? How frequenty are you changing sources anyway? And you wouldn't want to bury something that looks like that inside a shelf where it would be difficult to get to the rear panel. So why not just do your source switching manually? Just use those extra RCAs as hitching posts for the unused cables. I mean, can't be whole lot more invonvenient than getting up to change the volume.
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Not sure about this guy but I change sources at least twice a day. That would wear out my nice cables pretty quick.
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Wow, what a nice and simple idea to make a pretty enclosure.
No more IKEA spoon boxes! And I think I´ll put an acrylic plate on top
Thanks for sharing, Waltson.
Cheers
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No more IKEA spoon boxes! And I think I´ll put an acrylic plate on top
Thanks for sharing, Waltson.
Cheers
Steve Eddy said:
Thermal modification:
http://www.jartek.fi/eng/thermoprosessi.html
Aspen:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspen
HTH
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