Build separate power supply, either in separate chassis or inside same chassis but make extra holes for Neutrik Power Con. then you can switch different FW line up using just 1 power supply
so there will be no more question which one to build, just build them ALLLLL 😉
AJ (donated to my friend), M2 & J2 are my finished ones which sit on each side on monoblock chassis. F7 & F2 are on my waiting list but i need to build another 2 chassis for both of them.
Separate Power Supply should be a default item owned by anyone who claims to be FW maniac fans
so there will be no more question which one to build, just build them ALLLLL 😉
AJ (donated to my friend), M2 & J2 are my finished ones which sit on each side on monoblock chassis. F7 & F2 are on my waiting list but i need to build another 2 chassis for both of them.
Separate Power Supply should be a default item owned by anyone who claims to be FW maniac fans
Can't comment on the other 2, but I love my f6, sounds great, versatile, and a strong 25 watts. I would like to try 2picodumbs recipe.
Thanks that people are still giving their thoughts. I built the Aleph J and its been fantastic.
Patiently waiting for the next VFET kit to drop and that will be scooped up fast for the future.
I'm working on a DHT 4P1L preamp, 19dB of gain with Ale Mogliaa gyrator boards as a load. Plan is to build out an F4 on 4U/400 heatsinks and swap them in to the Aleph J case.
Patiently waiting for the next VFET kit to drop and that will be scooped up fast for the future.
I'm working on a DHT 4P1L preamp, 19dB of gain with Ale Mogliaa gyrator boards as a load. Plan is to build out an F4 on 4U/400 heatsinks and swap them in to the Aleph J case.
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Very good plan. I'm using Ale's 01a pre and it's awesome with F4. Clean, detailed, with all the muscles transparently provided by F4.
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I've built both the F5 and Aleph J, I gotta say I have been really liking the Aleph, and prefer it to the F5 (F5 is still a great amp)
I'd say you made the right choice building the Aleph
I'd say you made the right choice building the Aleph
I built BA3 after F5, I believe which was my first Pass clone. I described it as a more "mature" amp than the F5. F5 is great, and part of that (besides the devil being in the details) is it simplicity. No caps in the signal path and all that.
The BA3 appears to be more complex, a little closer to some of the circuits of First Watts big brother Pass Labs amps.....but less complex. Single ended, not balanced, (although can be built that way) no super symmetry secrets, but the genetics are similar.
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