Poseidon's Voice Lazarus

My personal rendition of Dave Slagle and John Chapman's dual balanced/single ended version of the Bent Audio TAP-X

Front View	Rear View	Closeup of Inputs. Connex RCA's. Furutech XLR's.	Closeup of Rear Emblem
Closeup of Outputs. Connex RCA's and Furutech XLR's. Closeup of DC input (for display and switching of relays only; not in signal path).	Closeup of top cover. Herbie's Grungebuster along with 0.06 inches of steel used for vibration dampening and EMI/RFI shielding.	Top cover removed. Closeup of internal circuitry. 4 Intact Audio autoformers. Signal wire is Ohno continuous cast. Ground wire is enameled magnet wire as well as 24 gauge (0.25 mm) gold plated copper from Scientific Wire Company.	Alternative internal view from rear-see previous entry for description.
Internal view with input wiring. A mess, but the only serviceable way of doing it. Ohno continuous copper wire used.	Output wiring with Ohno copper wire. Twisted pairs and much neater. Ground wire is enameled copper with a ground bus (star ground) towards the bottom left of picture.	Unit powered on, and completely silent! Bent all metal remote in foreground.	Bent all metal remote. Probably the finest remote from a DIY perspective. Balance control, Mute, Volume, 6 input selection, Tape Input and Power button (left upper hand corner). 61 steps of attenuation with extreme quality relays, and a maximum of 7dB of gain.

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