Source to find Amplifier cabinets

[ManUtd]

Were to find good cheap amplifier cabinets?

Do not want to spend a lot of time making an amateur looking cabinet.Simply do not have the interest in this,but in building
the amp itself.

ManUtd.

 

[joensd]

Hi,
what would you like to spend?
Good looking and nicely machined cabinets are generally not cheap.
You can get a nice 19"-2HE cabinet with integrated heatsinks for about 140€. Have a look here.

This just an example.
It´s definitely no the cheapest cause of the integrated heatsinks.

Cheers
Jens

PS.: Do a search here in the forums. There have been many more suggestions about that topic.

 

[UrSv]

http://www.thlaudio.com/casebpwrE.htm

 

[cowanrg]

http://www.par-metal.com/

check them out. they can custom make to your size.

 

[GUILHERME]

www.audiokit.it

 

[king30]

http://www.welbornelabs.com/woodchassis.htm

 

[ManUtd]

Great Answers from all of You!! Thanks,

Anyone with experience with some of these?
Pictures of some Examples?

Reg,
ManUtd.

 

[joensd]

Mine is here in post6.
I can do more photographs if you´re interested.
Monacor sells exactly the same 19"-case and I think they´re all produced by fischer-elektronik in germany.

Cheers
Jens

 

[bigparsnip]

I found something a little different recently (although I don't think you can buy one qite yet, and I wouldn't say that it was cheep) and that should be enough to cool even the bigest alphes. It is in fact supposed to be a totaly passive computer case (dissipating heat from CPU, GPU, PSU and optionaly the northbridge) so it has quite big heatsinks on it. The only small problem I can see with using a couple of these for some moster mono-blocks is that the are likely to cost around 700 euros, each. Ouch

http://www.nordichardware.com/reviews/cooling/2003/ZalmanTNN500A/

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[purplepeople]

I've always like enclosures with integrated heat sinks, but they are usually not cheap.

http://www.lawtronics.co.uk/heatsink.html

🙂ensen.

 

[GUILHERME]

This one probably got what you're looking for:

http://www.diyparadiso.com/price/housing.htm

 

[joensd]

By conicindence I recently checked prices with diyparadiso.

Model C cabinet:
no cooling plate 69€
with one plate 89€
two plates 119€

Model E :
0 89€
1 119€
2 139€

Not really cheap IMO but of course it also depends on quality in general and not only the cooling effectivity.

 

[name773]

inexpensive
here

 

[GUILHERME]

Not really cheap IMO but of course it also depends on quality in general and not only the cooling effectivity.

😕 Not much different from your first suggestion.

 

[joensd]

Every finished cabinet will either be not good in quality or expensive. The salesman might be stupid of course but that´s another thing.
My first suggestion is actually quite an OK compromise as it is a rocksteady and heavy thing with two big heatsinks and nice holes in top and bottom cover.

To be honest : I wouldn´t buy it again cause for 100€ you get two (much better) heatsinks and can assemble the rest yourself.
So for around 140€ you get more of course but that depends on if you wanna take the challenge.

I think it´s worth it (not only moneywise)

Cheers
Jens

 

[GUILHERME]

Jens,

I never bought anything from diyparadiso so can't comment on the quality.

I did get one of the galaxy models from the other site (audiokit) and found it to be very nice at a fair price, but it was a different kind of project with no need for heatsink.


Guilherme.