No offence taken! 😎
Yes, that is what is being discussed there. It's going to be tricky to do. You will be more sure of your results and the long life of the amp if you use a good input cap.
Yes, that is what is being discussed there. It's going to be tricky to do. You will be more sure of your results and the long life of the amp if you use a good input cap.
vt4c said:
Thanks vt4c, and thanks for the pictures, it will help me to build my own.. My Charlize will arrive in two days, and I look forward to mess with it 🙂 It's gonna be hooked up with a modded Squeezebox and some 95dB (C17-III) speakers from Troels Gravesen, he makes some really nice designs -if anybody should be interested:
http://www.troelsgravesen.dk/Diy_Loudspeaker_Projects.htm
I already got a smps skynet 8080 power supply -do I need anything between the smps and the amp? (sorry this question has probably been in the thread but I am a little confused)
Start with nothing, listen, and then add caps and listen again. When you get to say 4K7 or above, add bypass caps, say 100 nF polypropylene types. There really is no substitution for finding the best arrangement for your ears. 😉
I've changed my project based on Charlize due to all the tips i've found on the web.
My final setup is:
1. Charlize with air core inductors
http://www.diyparadise.com
2. SMPS Skynet 8080 as PSU
http://cgi.ebay.it/SMPS-8080-Power-...ryZ36323QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
3. CAPS: 2x4.700 Uf/63 ELNA with 100pf bypass Caps and 1x6K8 5W as discharge resistor
3. Mundorf Mcap 2.2 uf as input capacitors
http://www.lautsprechershop.de/hifi/cond_mun_en.htm
4. Stepped Attenuator 10K
http://www.diyfidelity.com.au/produ...id=32&osCsid=33c8464b83c6170c9f447f5df044bdd4
5. Case Galaxy from hifi2000
http://www.hifi2000.it/default.asp?id=16&mnu=16
6. A couple of gold plated RCA
7. A couple of gold plated Speakers socks
8. CAT 7 Cable for wiring signal path
9. OFC cable to wire Charlize to speakers socks
hope it helps 😉
Any comment or opinion is well accepted
byez
Fabio
My final setup is:
1. Charlize with air core inductors
http://www.diyparadise.com
2. SMPS Skynet 8080 as PSU
http://cgi.ebay.it/SMPS-8080-Power-...ryZ36323QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
3. CAPS: 2x4.700 Uf/63 ELNA with 100pf bypass Caps and 1x6K8 5W as discharge resistor
3. Mundorf Mcap 2.2 uf as input capacitors
http://www.lautsprechershop.de/hifi/cond_mun_en.htm
4. Stepped Attenuator 10K
http://www.diyfidelity.com.au/produ...id=32&osCsid=33c8464b83c6170c9f447f5df044bdd4
5. Case Galaxy from hifi2000
http://www.hifi2000.it/default.asp?id=16&mnu=16
6. A couple of gold plated RCA
7. A couple of gold plated Speakers socks
8. CAT 7 Cable for wiring signal path
9. OFC cable to wire Charlize to speakers socks
hope it helps 😉
Any comment or opinion is well accepted
byez
Fabio
Nuuk said:
What comes before the volume control?
CD player ->Signal Cable->Rca->Stepped Attenuator->Charlize
Why?
Because, if you want to use a NOS DAC in the future, a better option for the stepped attenuator would be 25K.
Nuuk said:Because, if you want to use a NOS DAC in the future, a better option for the stepped attenuator would be 25K.
Actually i've bought a NOS DAC, the DAC AH.
Are you meaning that my configuration is not suitable for that?
This is a very bad news....
The NOS DACs like to work into a higher impedance than 10K. At least 20K is recommended, hence a 25K attenuator is the one to go for. 😉
Nuuk said:
Great!!!
I contacted diyfidelity and they told me that the goods will be posted tomorrow, i've had the time to switch 10K to 25K!!!!
Yessss!!!!
😎
I just finished my first poo by myself!!🙂
I bought my first one from a guy already completed so this was the first amp ive made myself.Have to say it was quite easy 😀
I dont have a cap between the PS and charlize with the new one. There was a massive 10000uf cap on the other one. As noted by others a big difference with bass.. Amazing the way one little change of a cap can imapct the sound so much..
Im using the two charlizes biamped with my just arrived ming da mc3 preamp...Im really chuffed with the sound🙂
I bought my first one from a guy already completed so this was the first amp ive made myself.Have to say it was quite easy 😀
I dont have a cap between the PS and charlize with the new one. There was a massive 10000uf cap on the other one. As noted by others a big difference with bass.. Amazing the way one little change of a cap can imapct the sound so much..
Im using the two charlizes biamped with my just arrived ming da mc3 preamp...Im really chuffed with the sound🙂