Salas DCG3 preamp (line & headphone)

Great looking build. Do you have any pictures of internals of the main pre-amp? chassis? I am planning a balanced build and am curious how you've laid it out.

Also, it looks like Toroidy offers 120v compatible transformers now?

Hi @stew1234. See post #5310. I haven't received the Ubib regulators yet (group buy should ship soon), so I haven't gotten much further on this build. The layout will be close to what is shown in post 5310, but since the UBibs won't need the rectifier diodes, I'm going to mount the UBib boards a little closer to the center of the chassis so the attenuator boards will overlap the unpopulated ends of the UBibs a bit. This will give me a bit more room between the UBibs and the vertically mounted DCG3 boards to eliminate interference with the taller components. It's going to be a pretty tight fit, though.

Toroidy will do anything you want as a custom, but it's not inexpensive when you include shipping to the US. This one was about 250 euros shipped.

Jay
 
Nick nothing special it is a socket dip 14 , that I cut in half..
Τhis idea is Savvas member idea....
 

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Normal headers can also be useful especially if you want to quick swap parts. An extra pcb is used in this case. The example shown is from my DCB1. I use double headers for high current connections (current setting resistors)
The dip socket Nikos shows has a tight grip but if you do a lot of swaps that could be inconvenient and in this case you could do the pcb/headers trick. On the other hand if you need one of two swaps or just want the part socketed would do the job just fine
 

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C3 C4 are straight filters so it's alright, C5 is determining the reaction time of the servo op-amp and 180nF will make it bit slower so you may experience bit more offset than usual.
In other words the capacitors you now got are usable, they will not throw the design out of stability. They can differentiate a bit its bass behavior the most.
 
While i am "patiently" waiting on Teabug for the groupbuy goodies, i started with the case design.

I have always been a big fan of Luxman amp design, so i thought i would make a Luxman ish case.

It will be a tight fit with the balanced DCG3 as i will also put a dam 1941 in the same case with some Ian canada stuff, 4 R-core transformers and 8 Ultrabibs and some other peripherals.

Regards,
John
 

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Thank you Salas,

I use cad for mechanical engineering stuff and for cnc machining.

It is nice to be able to see how the end product is gong to look like.

If only the making of the case was as easy as the designing of the case.😀

regards,
John
 
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