Babelfish M25, SissySIT - general building tips and tricks

Thought I would share a few pictures

My Sissy SIT closed up but not yet finished - needs anodized or painted, not sure yet




The trigger to start the amp



Back panel



Internal rail leds for my peace of mind




and because i had to be around to watch the multimeters while I cooked the amp for many hours today - offset stabilizes after about 45 min

Norwood daughter board for the M2X



Muses volume control for the B1 nutube pre



Candy anyone? :D



..dB
 
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The custom work of "Bablefish" on your front plate is stunning. Seriously, nice work. Soon to order chassis from DiyStore for mine, and begin countdown for cinemag transformers. I don't remember, did you use high Nickel versions?

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The custom work of "Bablefish" on your front plate is stunning. Russellc

thanks - took many hours of contemplation and then last night I added the squid to balance the left dominance of the panel ;)

I didn't know that there was a difference when I ordered and have the 50% nickel - decided to use them and see how it sounded ... I have no urge to replace with the HPC

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gremlins indeed - I have looked ( and looked .... ) replaced the VR1 and the opto but not not the current sensing chip = everything seems to work aside from being able to reduce the current - I can increase it mooocho but stopped at 3A because I was just testing to see if it adjusted. I have all the critical resistors on sockets so that I can change out values to get it in operating zone

BUT it works and sounds fantastic even if it runs a little hot

If I was sure that it was a mistake on the board, I would buy another set but I have a sneaky feeling it is the VGS of the SIT ( or FET ). I appreciate your willingness to think about it , I know there is much to do ( always ) especially with those crazy new boxes you scrounged up :D

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it can't be Vgs of SITs

if you tried increasing value of R18 and R19 (even if I can't figure reason why )

if you tried decreasing value of R15

if you tried decreasing value of R16 and R17 .............

I hope you didn't mount Rs (which is strictly for Babelfish M25) ( I can't see them on pics , but better to ask)

if you don't have too much protection diodes

if you read a note about ZD1 and obeyed

if you have steady 5V feeding Halls .......

then I'm in need of new (spare) towel , to preserve my calm