my gainclone is complete!

[cowanrg]

18W seems a little bit underpowered though 🙁

i thought the chip was rated at 56W?

 

[SkinnyBoy]

18W seems a little bit underpowered though 🙁

i thought the chip was rated at 56W?

It is...
But, if you want a cooler amp, you use lower rails, and therefore get less power.. 🙂

 

[cowanrg]

but if i could just cool it, i could get MORE out of it right?

 

[roddyama]

but if i could just cool it, i could get MORE out of it right?

How about water cooling. 😀 Doh, shutup Rodd

 

[Rotellian]

Amp in a cardboard box! Without doubt the coolest thing ive seen all year. And here i was worrying about suitable enclosures when i all i need is a shoebox. I love it. 😎

 

[moses]

They do make those gigantic altoids tins - like 6 or 8 times the size of a normal one. But I still don't think you could fix the tranny in one tho.

 

[ronc]

I am so poor i cant afford a cardboard box!


http://community.webtv.net/roncla/Yameanthisaintneat


ron

 

[autoexec]

i actually quite like the look of that cardboard box
looked better than the old comp. psu box i built mine into

 

[GrahamnDodder]

Peter has been dethroned.

Seriously, I laughed out loud. I love it.

But to really pull it off, you'll need that amp to be driving a pair of $50,000.00+ JMLab Grand Utopias:

http://www.uptownaudio.com/jmlab/utopia.htm

It's probably sound great, too. But I'd be scared shitless about DC offset!

You absolutely embody the spirit of this DIY Audio community. We are all the better for your bootstrapped concoction.

(clink!) Here's to the "CGC!"

GnD

 

[cowanrg]

haha. thanks

i need a better digital camera and some more time to show some of the crap ive been working on in the basement lately. my 3-channel is up and running. im quite proud of it, but its sound just isnt working out well lately.

i really want to get some pictures of my "ultimate" pre-amp project. i have a friend who has a nice canon digital i could borrow i guess...

i just need more time. i have the alephs still to complete and the battery pre-amp to finish too.

 

[giambi77]

Awesome job - I love the cardboard 😉

Putting up the parts list was very helpful, but could you expand on it, including what specific part numbers/stores/prices that you used? Also, could you list resources (sites/threads) that you found helpful? I am looking into making my first gainclone, and yours seems to be a good starting point 🙂

I looked on www.allelectronics.com, and only found one Transformer for $15. It said that it was "12V", while you state somewhere that you have 24-0-24V. I am pretty new to the electronics stuff, and maybe I'm missing something, but how do you double the voltage? I know there are 2 transformers, but isn't it just one per channel? Sorry for the noob-ish question!

Thanks again for any information you can provide, and keep up the creative work!

 

[soundNERD]

I never thought that a cardboard box, complete with packaging tape and lables, and a roll of electrical tape could get that far. I was wrong! Soon, im gonna look at some high-end audio store and see some $5000 amp in a cardboard box with electrical tape wrapped around it.

The only thing is you are putting high powered chips into a piece of paper, basically screaming out Fire Hazard.

Nice amp!

 

[giambi77]

I have read many other posts/sites about the GainClone, but I would still find it helpful if you could list where you got the parts!

Thanks.