Papa's Koan (M)2

[Michael Rothacher]

Really spectacular. 🙂

 

[Zen Mod]

tnx Mr. MR

 

[Tape Echo]

Zen Mod, I see from the first picture here that you're also a big fan of the film "The Quiet Earth". I love that soundtrack 🙂

http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/pass-labs/186554-babysitter-papas-koan.html#post2530010

 

[Zen Mod]

that's Papa's Cave , some 7K miles away from mine

I even wrote - Paparoom , place for Papamps and Papaspks 😉

 

[CeeVee]

...Is that a Sony SIT amp in background ZM ?

...with your babysitter ?

 

[Zen Mod]

nope

just venerable ReVox A76

I had Sony TA-5650 on major overhaul , several months ago

if you ask me - major PITA of work , not worthy by sonics

but I had other reasons ( Pa of my good friend )

 

[Zen Mod]

Cost

location circumstances :

- case - cost me ~120E for front , top , bottom , back plate - finished; had 'sinks for few years ; they were probably ~50E ; screws , work blahblah ; didn't wanted to anodize 'sinks in black , but that would cost around 30E
on par with FiFi2000 Italian case , but this one is highly unique , so not expensive

-small itsiebitsies on back of case - dunno - had them for years ; I like Old School parts , not fancy drek ; maybe 30E for everything

-Donuts - 65E for rewinding secs ; I have them for years ; pair of new (custom made) 300VA in same place is around 120E

-pair of greatest conspiracy level pcbs - around 50E ; just one pair made , so cost is high

- parts on pcb - go figure ; dunno - maybe 50E for everything , or even less

-caps - stash from not so recent GB on Baby DiyA - say 30-35E for 8pcs of 33mF/25V Pans

-bridges - naah , peanuts

-fat wire - superduperfinelitz speaker wire ; old stock from local cable making company ; dunno - for meter or two per amp , I don't care

-signal wires - few decimeters of Belden network cable screen wire - 0.1mm dia silvered copper

so - amp is cheap , pleasure is priceless

though - it's end of year , time to pay what I need to my resident spy at PL ( and occasionally FW Facility) , so dilemma is - do I need to include that expense in amp's price ?




😀

 

[iko]

Outstanding! 🙂

 

[Tape Echo]

Thanks for posting your build, Zen! As a fan of air motion transformer mids and highs, I'm wondering due to SixMoon's M2 review (stating the F5 as being more crystalline) that I'd prefer the M2. On the first-generation ADAM Audio columns I once had, a Nakamichi PA7 was a touch too crystalline in the highs.

 

[Zen Mod]

as I said numerous times - F5 is ..... well - F5 , while I simply fell in love with M2 .
Sole Papa's amp which I simply must build as is , without Babelfishing .

However , yesterday I (sorta) finished mate for M2 :

AVC & Input Selector for Papa’s Koan M2 ; temporary case ? | Zen Mod Blog

 

[buzzforb]

Me want!

 

[PKI]

So 2014 is the year of xformers?(again) 🙂

 

[Zen Mod]

yup

ya can call me Choky

(sometimes)

will bring some ancient Telefunkens for DL103 , hopefully , soon

 

[PKI]

Choky (right? 🙂, always wanted to ask, what TT do you have? (it is kinda off topic, but it is your thread 🙂

 

[Zen Mod]

EMT930 ; had two , but traded one for my jewels - RCA spks
sold Garrard 401 in attack of madness ....... but , who cares
still have Lenco L75 and Technics SL1210 (probably will bring that one , to accompany M2 and rest)

hey - but Jaccolina is having Thorens !
so - I'm Pussycat , comparing to my Big Dutchie

 

[PKI]

Lenco L75, thats where I am being jealous not being close to Europe 🙂

 

[Zen Mod]

edited my previous post ;

you have Rec-o-cut there

easy to make killer table

 

[PKI]

I need to check them, Coz my Thorens TD320 is kinda boring 🙂

 

[Zen Mod]

it is

had 318 , it was boring

lively as road kill

find decent rec-o-cut , make sturdy plinth , buy ..... naah - don't buy , but make RS-A1

and world is your oyster

😉

 

[buzzforb]

🙂 I do love transformers