I love the cases but am having a heck of a time converting the currency.. What currency is it..?
Dear Garage,
The currency is euro's. As of today 100usd equates roughly 75 euro's. So basically add 1/3 to the prices to get your USD estimate.
Customers outside the EU are exempt of the 21% sales tax by the way!
Best regards,
Richard Krol
Hexateq Audio Visual
The currency is euro's. As of today 100usd equates roughly 75 euro's. So basically add 1/3 to the prices to get your USD estimate.
Customers outside the EU are exempt of the 21% sales tax by the way!
Best regards,
Richard Krol
Hexateq Audio Visual
Amplifier enclosures for Class A/AB designs
Richard,
Is there a possibility of using external heatsinks with your enclosure design? I see that your enclosures would be fine for Class D designs that don't require much heatsinking but how about Class A/AB?
Thanks,
Anand.
Richard,
Is there a possibility of using external heatsinks with your enclosure design? I see that your enclosures would be fine for Class D designs that don't require much heatsinking but how about Class A/AB?
Thanks,
Anand.
Dear Anand,
Thank you for your interest. Unfortunately we don't offer add-on heatsinks for our enclosures. It would be possible however to mount heatsinks on the inside.
One of our customers, Vikash - who is a moderator here on the forum - actually did precisely that. Check out the image below for a sample setup. I'm pretty sure he's willing to provide you with some feedback on the ins and outs.
Best regards,
Richard Krol
Hexateq Audio Visual
Thank you for your interest. Unfortunately we don't offer add-on heatsinks for our enclosures. It would be possible however to mount heatsinks on the inside.
One of our customers, Vikash - who is a moderator here on the forum - actually did precisely that. Check out the image below for a sample setup. I'm pretty sure he's willing to provide you with some feedback on the ins and outs.
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Best regards,
Richard Krol
Hexateq Audio Visual
Thanks. That looks like Greg Ball's SKA amp design (precisely the same design I am working on). I could mount the heatsinks near the edges of the amp and the toroidals + power supply at the front of the enclosure. What are the inside panel dimensions of your (stereo enclosure) bottom panel and rear panel? What is the thickness of these panels?
BTW, the enclosures are beautiful.
Best,
Anand.
BTW, the enclosures are beautiful.
Best,
Anand.
Hi Anand,
Many posts on the subject here: http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=1121362#post1121362
My chassis is still a work in progress, but the layout is similar to that pictured above.
I used some alu plate to mount the toroids onto which then slides inside the front panel. And a false bottom plate on which I mounted all the components/heatsinks so that a) I don't have to drill holes on the bottom of the chassis and b) there's a gap should I want to add some fans underneath the heatsinks later on.
YMMV.
I can post all the design template files I've created (Coreldraw format) for the Hexateq chassis. They may be if use if you're going down the same route.
V
Many posts on the subject here: http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=1121362#post1121362
My chassis is still a work in progress, but the layout is similar to that pictured above.
I used some alu plate to mount the toroids onto which then slides inside the front panel. And a false bottom plate on which I mounted all the components/heatsinks so that a) I don't have to drill holes on the bottom of the chassis and b) there's a gap should I want to add some fans underneath the heatsinks later on.
YMMV.
I can post all the design template files I've created (Coreldraw format) for the Hexateq chassis. They may be if use if you're going down the same route.
V
Thanks Vikash for chipping in 🙂
Anand, the bottom panel is 3mm thick aluminium. The rear panel is an extrusion profile with a total thickness of 20mm. De actual part of the panel where the connectors are mounted is 2.5mm so that XLR's are nice and flush with the back.
Best regards,
Richard Krol
Anand, the bottom panel is 3mm thick aluminium. The rear panel is an extrusion profile with a total thickness of 20mm. De actual part of the panel where the connectors are mounted is 2.5mm so that XLR's are nice and flush with the back.
Best regards,
Richard Krol
This is better 😉
Rgds,
Richard Krol
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Rgds,
Richard Krol
Richard & Vikash,
Thanks. I went and looked at the other thread Vikash linked me to. Vikash, if you don't mind you can send the CAD drawings (if possible as a JPEG or BMP file) to:
nycavsr2000(at)yahoo(dot)com
The enclosure you've shown me should be plenty for a dual mono GB150D (just two channels not four!). I trust that heatsink should be more than enough for one channel running in Class AB. I'm planning on using 300VA Plitron transformers for each channel.
Thanks,
Anand.
Thanks. I went and looked at the other thread Vikash linked me to. Vikash, if you don't mind you can send the CAD drawings (if possible as a JPEG or BMP file) to:
nycavsr2000(at)yahoo(dot)com
The enclosure you've shown me should be plenty for a dual mono GB150D (just two channels not four!). I trust that heatsink should be more than enough for one channel running in Class AB. I'm planning on using 300VA Plitron transformers for each channel.
Thanks,
Anand.
I've just completed one of the amps today. Here's some pics:
V
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V
Whats shipping like for these to the states? I'm very interested but last time I looked at shipping a chassis over seas they were in HK and the guy was charging something like 180 bucks for shipping (usd).
Hi Doug,
For a single stereo enclosure to the USA you'd have to add 53 euro for shipping & 32 euro for a single mono enclosure.
Best regards,
Richard Krol
Hexateq Audio Visual
For a single stereo enclosure to the USA you'd have to add 53 euro for shipping & 32 euro for a single mono enclosure.
Best regards,
Richard Krol
Hexateq Audio Visual
Well thats certainly not unreasonable. Still not sure I can lay down 400 bucks on one. But I'm thinking about it.
Guys,
Just want to let everyone that these enclosures are beautiful. I bought both versions (four mono and two stereo).
Richard is one of the best folks I have done business with. Top notch when is comes to professionalism, attention to detail and responsivess. There were times that he would respond after midnight to many of my questions/concerns. I would highly recommend these enclosures (not cheap for the DIYers but they are sweet). They rival many of the higher end commercial offerings.
I'll post some follow up pics as I complete my amp projects.
Regards,
Marty
🙂
Just want to let everyone that these enclosures are beautiful. I bought both versions (four mono and two stereo).
Richard is one of the best folks I have done business with. Top notch when is comes to professionalism, attention to detail and responsivess. There were times that he would respond after midnight to many of my questions/concerns. I would highly recommend these enclosures (not cheap for the DIYers but they are sweet). They rival many of the higher end commercial offerings.
I'll post some follow up pics as I complete my amp projects.
Regards,
Marty
🙂
I gather from your nick there's 50/50 chance that your name is Stefan, so hi!
I'm currently out of stock on the short corners and I will need to extrude another 1000Kgs of these. Since there's a lot of work on these after they have been extruded (CNC cutting, polishing, blasting, anodising etc.) that is gonna take up some time. Especially since the summer holidays are coming up.
Hopefully I'll have these back in stock after the summer but I can't promise..
The extended corner do look pretty astonishing though (that was my original design) but I also decided to cut it down so that we can offer two versions.
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Richard Krol
Hexateq Audio Visual
I'm currently out of stock on the short corners and I will need to extrude another 1000Kgs of these. Since there's a lot of work on these after they have been extruded (CNC cutting, polishing, blasting, anodising etc.) that is gonna take up some time. Especially since the summer holidays are coming up.
Hopefully I'll have these back in stock after the summer but I can't promise..
The extended corner do look pretty astonishing though (that was my original design) but I also decided to cut it down so that we can offer two versions.
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Richard Krol
Hexateq Audio Visual
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