[Wardsweb]

I had these parts laying around for over a year and finally put them all together. It uses BrianGT's boards, PartsExpress transformer, 1/4" aluminum plate and some 1" plexiglass. The heat sinks I got off Ebay.



an inside view:

[jaudio]

Very Nice. I like the way the plexiglass,looks like frosted glass

[SET Man]

Hey!

   Very nice looking amp! The plexi front is a nice touch. How about put a blue or other color LED in it?

  Oh! is that pig a new tuning device?

Take care,
Buddy

[Wardsweb]

Hey!

   Very nice looking amp! The plexi front is a nice touch. How about put a blue or other color LED in it?

  Oh! is that pig a new tuning device?

Take care,
Buddy

Yes I'm going to add a cold cathode blue neon to it, so I know when it's on.

What, you've never heard of the "Pig Tweak"? I understand, it is a pretty guarded secret among the knowing. It really gives the music a fuller sound. 

[Hogg]

Ward,

      Very nice looking work.  Was there a technical reason why you included the power supply within the amp carcass instead of an outboard chassis?

                                                              Jim

[Wardsweb]

Ward,

      Very nice looking work.  Was there a technical reason why you included the power supply within the amp carcass instead of an outboard chassis?

                                                              Jim

Purely personal taste. I wanted a single chassis for ease of taking around to the different audio meets and shows I attend. There is no technical reasoning. Some may say it induces noise into the signal, but I have found that not to be true. The amp is dead quiet. I will say, if you have power and signal in the same chassis, be sure to shield your audio signal. Also if crossing paths with power can not be avoided, try to cross at right angles and don't run them parrallel.

Here it is running some rather large arrays.

[Hogg]

Ward,

     Great picture.  Did you build those arrays?  Looks like Vifa woofers with some mfgrs ribbon.

                                                                                            Jim

[Wardsweb]

Ward,

     Great picture.  Did you build those arrays?  Looks like Vifa woofers with some mfgrs ribbon.

                                                                                            Jim

A buddy of mine in Houston, Fred the DIY speaker King, did those. They are Selah Audio XT-8 Line Arrays. Each ported enclosure is 72"H, 14"W, 18"D, and houses eight 7" Vifa XT-18 midbass drivers and eight Fountek JP-2 ribbon tweeters. The crossovers use Alpha Core copper foil inductors, Hovland caps, and Mills resistors.

I just wished I had a wood shop like his to work in. Some serious tool envy.

[Folsom]

This makes me a bit upset... Mine is a pile of parts... Nice parts too, really nice parts. I went all-out for a poor person. I got the Blackgates, Piltron transformer etc... just sitting doing nothing

The problem might be I need someone to freaking do my speaker cabinets so there is a point in having it assembled, oh yeah and I need to buy a volume control device (stepped attenuator, make a box, and yeah).

That certainly looks nice, I hope mine looks as nice when I done; perhaps mine will just be a bread board with stuff bolted to it though...

[Wardsweb]

... oh yeah and I need to buy a volume control device (stepped attenuator, make a box, and yeah).

That certainly looks nice, I hope mine looks as nice when I done; perhaps mine will just be a bread board with stuff bolted to it though...

Just do it. These things are great and can drive most any speaker, as long as your transformer has the current capability. So, build it and use any speakers. As for a case, you don't need anything fancy. Pick up a Hammond or Bud project chassis.