Cool 
you are the first lucky one who got an official XA252 board
you are the first lucky one who got an official XA252 board 
I thought so too for a long time, until one day I realized that there are so many cool things to build... Now I'm building the M25 R.2, the Scryer will follow and when the XA252 comes, then I'll have enough experience to not build a torch from it. But that only applies to me of course 😀
I have bought many parts for many projects while waiting. This is all part of the fun of exploration and driving my significant other up the creek.
It has been worth waiting for - I have been the delay not Aleksandar - I have been listening to the BAX252 for a couple of hours now.
Softone 4 phono - Iron Pumpkin - BAX252 - Tannoys
It does not disappoint. All that you expect from a Mighty ZM project plus some. Its a foot tapper and a keeper
Softone 4 phono - Iron Pumpkin - BAX252 - Tannoys
It does not disappoint. All that you expect from a Mighty ZM project plus some. Its a foot tapper and a keeper
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Lucky you! Cool
And there are plenty of caps... wow.Could you tell something about the funny inductors?
My IXYS are waiting too... so contacted his Mightiness
ERSE Super Q 2.2mH 16 AWG 500W Inductor
NP put me on to these 15-20 years ago - mine are probably 14 AWG
You will enjoy this amp 😇
NP put me on to these 15-20 years ago - mine are probably 14 AWG
You will enjoy this amp 😇
Thanks Bob
My version will be no SIT (but if the THF51s are fine... who knows), but I´m sure I will 🙂And I will be spoiled for choice, have 4 amps in the pipeline, what an autumn (and winter...) this will be 😍
His Mightiness wrote somewhere this amp will have "a shitload of watts", so which VA has your donut?
if going Full Monty, meaning 35Vdc rails and 1A8 of Iq, dissipation is 126W per channel
case (sized as) Modushop 5U/500
common Donut 600VA or - better - two of 300VA
regarding power ....... nothing wrong having 60+Watt amp declared as 25W
Papa's cheating all the time; reason why you can't see PMPO Watts declaration on his amps is simple - not enough plate area for so much zeros
case (sized as) Modushop 5U/500
common Donut 600VA or - better - two of 300VA
regarding power ....... nothing wrong having 60+Watt amp declared as 25W
Papa's cheating all the time; reason why you can't see PMPO Watts declaration on his amps is simple - not enough plate area for so much zeros
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My version is no SIT alsoThanks Bob
And I will be spoiled for choice, have 4 amps in the pipeline, what an autumn (and winter...) this will be 😍
His Mightiness wrote somewhere this amp will have "a shitload of watts", so which VA has your donut?
The transformer is
https://www.antekinc.com/an-10425-1000va-25v-transformer/
It is what I had on hand.
The heat sinks are the ones used in the 5U case - I would not go smaller 😈
Many thanks! 5U500...wow, it's a big fish 😵
For monoblock 4U400?
yes 4U/400 computes , but there is always a problem how to arrange two output parts on two (on different sides) heatsinks - one OS part goes with pcb, second must be moved to adjacent heatsink, using wires and always taking gate resistor to part itself ( heatshrinked with wire)
with some amps that is proven and working, it'll do even here, but I can't guarantee because I didn't tried it, so can't say firmly that there will not be some oscillations
that's exact reason why I asked last year guyz from Modu about monoblock chassis ...... but unfortunately there is no 5U/500deep one
as always, there is no free lunch
but, if you really want (this) 60W+ strong 25W amp, you can skimp only if you're able to draw custom corners by your self
Oh my.. I have spent the last few months trying to learn speaker design, and with my sights set now on amplification I feel if possible even more overwhelmed than I did with speakers. I think maybe... I will just copy the designs of the smarter people on this site.
Even with this though, I find myself feeling that I'm reading a foreign language as I scroll through this! I think I would probably like to build Mr. ZM's XA252, but I do not understand what the difference between SIT and SET is? Can anyone kindly point me to a resource I can use to quickly educate myself on these matters? I have no ambitions of designing my own amplifiers, but a basic understanding seems advisable before embarking even on replicating someone else's design. Thank you.
Even with this though, I find myself feeling that I'm reading a foreign language as I scroll through this! I think I would probably like to build Mr. ZM's XA252, but I do not understand what the difference between SIT and SET is? Can anyone kindly point me to a resource I can use to quickly educate myself on these matters? I have no ambitions of designing my own amplifiers, but a basic understanding seems advisable before embarking even on replicating someone else's design. Thank you.
hahaha that's fun! I was interested in the balanced version. So am guessing could do balanced for SET or SIT?