I have sold my last fully built production gain clone. I've spent the last two years attempting to perfect and improve upon Peter Daniel's wonderful Patek amp. I do feel that I've accomplished that but unfortunately, I cannot source the 4 critical Blackgate caps that are required to build this amp to the highest level. So . . . I am ready to abandon building this amp and would like to share the concepts, the design, and my approach with others before I retire my web page:
http://www.aumamp.comI do have enough parts (including 4 of the rare Blackgate caps) left to build one more of these amps and have completed all of the hard stuff including constructing a solid Spruce chassis, cutting the aluminum amp chassis, and drilling all holes. I'm selling this as a "kit" and am looking for one lucky do-it-yourselfer who would like to finish my last amp. I'm selling close to $1,100 in raw parts cost for $549! Rather than finish this myself, I would love to find someone that will take my design approach and maybe after building the "kit" use Panasonic FC caps to keep the design going. I just don't have an interest in doing this myself.
I've kept one fully built version of this amp for my peronsal use and consider it as one of my important "reference" amps. I also have one full set of parts should I desire to rebuilt the amp many years in the future when the current parts have fulfilled their life expectancy.
For now, let me know if I can answer any questions. I would like to find a deserving home for the remaining set of parts (via "kit" amp) and will be glad to help the person that buys it make it the best and maybe keep my design alive.
Thanks for checking out my work.
Richard
