More pictures of Normal Ugly (but good) AMPS! PLEASE post a picture of your NOT so well looking AMP!
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Of natural causes, it is only the most "beautiful amps"
that get pictures posted. They are running the SHOW.
But surely they are only "the tip of an iceberg".
95% of All Good Great Sounding DIY-amps are REALLY Ugly.
Made up of materials recycled from scrapyards.
And simple chassis of thin, 1-2 mm Aluminium.
No fancy LEDs or Knobs.
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I want to see more of these AMPS.
More of the DIY everyday reality.
I could bet on that the amps that SOUNDS best
built by diyaudio members, are not very exceptionally looking....
/halo - has only built crappy looking amps
(Moderators:
Any GOOD loooking Amp in this thread should go directly to TEXAS! )
Grrrrreat!
Sadly I do nat have a Digicam available, or else I would post a picture of my ripped and refitted Marantz amp sitting in a paper cardbox right now because I have not yet decided what the case should look like, or my DoZ pre-amp, sitting in an old Sony MiniDisc case with the cover taken off (not that I use the pre-amp, I simply built it to test it...)
The only Amp I finished that looks very decent is my End Millenium sitting in a standar 19" case with a computer cut frontplate (and a nice blue LED sitting behind the frontplate)...
It is building the electronics, testing and listening to the music I like, but not the hours-devouring (and often very frustrating) building of cases. So maybe I will stick to using 19" cases all the time (except for my GainClone, which I put into a "GeenClone"-like case from Conrad)...
Seems getting a cam will be unavoidable...
Bye,
Arndt
PS: I really like the solution with the big copper plate! You could put it in a frame and put it on the wall instead of a picture...
Sadly I do nat have a Digicam available, or else I would post a picture of my ripped and refitted Marantz amp sitting in a paper cardbox right now because I have not yet decided what the case should look like, or my DoZ pre-amp, sitting in an old Sony MiniDisc case with the cover taken off (not that I use the pre-amp, I simply built it to test it...)
The only Amp I finished that looks very decent is my End Millenium sitting in a standar 19" case with a computer cut frontplate (and a nice blue LED sitting behind the frontplate)...
It is building the electronics, testing and listening to the music I like, but not the hours-devouring (and often very frustrating) building of cases. So maybe I will stick to using 19" cases all the time (except for my GainClone, which I put into a "GeenClone"-like case from Conrad)...
Seems getting a cam will be unavoidable...
Bye,
Arndt
PS: I really like the solution with the big copper plate! You could put it in a frame and put it on the wall instead of a picture...
Ah, finally a thread where I can post a picture
These were my first Zens, build six years ago, I don't have them anymore as they fell apart moving to my new place. That time I found my zens beautiful, but now I see them I think they are ugly, look at all the dust and scratches
My new zens are much more reliable, and sound better with new IRF250N. I'll make pictures when I can get my hands on a digital camera.
To bad I don't have pictures of my ugly 19" 4HE boz. But together they sound quite good. I tried them on B&W602 s2 but they sounded way to sweet, very laidback, maybe good for classic music but not for rock/pop which I listen most of the time. Now I have JM Lab cobalt 815 and they produce great sound and go really loud in my small room.
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These were my first Zens, build six years ago, I don't have them anymore as they fell apart moving to my new place. That time I found my zens beautiful, but now I see them I think they are ugly, look at all the dust and scratches
My new zens are much more reliable, and sound better with new IRF250N. I'll make pictures when I can get my hands on a digital camera.
To bad I don't have pictures of my ugly 19" 4HE boz. But together they sound quite good. I tried them on B&W602 s2 but they sounded way to sweet, very laidback, maybe good for classic music but not for rock/pop which I listen most of the time. Now I have JM Lab cobalt 815 and they produce great sound and go really loud in my small room.
Dust and ScratchesHanzwillem said:Ah, finally a thread where I can post a picture
My first Zens, build six years ago, I don't have them anymore as they fell apart moving to my new place. That time I found my zens beautiful, but now I see them I think they are ugly, look at all the dust and scratches
My aluminium plates does not look shining and polished.
They are full of Scratches and marks from my tools.
Also nice to see Netlist have done some good Hardwiring.
That is the only true way for DIY.
Doesn't look at tidy as a tip-top PCB.
But hardwire is many time The Best Method to get performance.
halo - still misses a camera
I think that little amp looks very nice.Christian said:here's my contribution to the all new ugly amp gallery ( very good idea actually ) though It's a bit sad cause we won't see any of Peters stuff here
Anyways, a very cheap looking amp and not even good sounding,
Hey Halo
/ChrisV
Maybe too good for this thread.
But okay, it could have been bigger.
Is it a power amp? What sort?
How many watts can it put out?
halo
Hey ChrisV,
your amp is really not that bad.
The reds knob is really funky and funky stuff grooves!
Mounting the heatsink like you did is exactly what I planned once to keep my tea pot warm.(yes, addicted to tea)
Is the amp class A, AB
then use it for your tea!
Regards
Jens - doesn´t like to waste energy
your amp is really not that bad.
The reds knob is really funky and funky stuff grooves!
Mounting the heatsink like you did is exactly what I planned once to keep my tea pot warm.(yes, addicted to tea)
Is the amp class A, AB
then use it for your tea!
Regards
Jens - doesn´t like to waste energy
It's a very small power-amp based on the LM3886 chips ( sa ju att den var billig! )
The reason it even fitted inside that enclosure was that I used very little capacitans and a 80 W toroid. Sure it was a little cute but still ugly....
The red knob was later re-used in an even ugglier amp which also belongs in this forum, though I wanted to wait a while for the really uggly amp to come out
here's a pic
Best Regards
/Chris
The reason it even fitted inside that enclosure was that I used very little capacitans and a 80 W toroid. Sure it was a little cute but still ugly....
The red knob was later re-used in an even ugglier amp which also belongs in this forum, though I wanted to wait a while for the really uggly amp to come out
here's a pic
Best Regards
/Chris
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This is an UGLY one!
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My first amp - thread started by Nelson Pass
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His customers today should not be very happy
buying amps looking like that .......
halo
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My first amp - thread started by Nelson Pass
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His customers today should not be very happy
buying amps looking like that .......
halo
Wow.Didn´t realize the amp has even a cool vu-meter.Christian said:It's a very small power-amp based on the LM3886 chips ( sa ju att den var billig! )
The reason it even fitted inside that enclosure was that I used very little capacitans and a 80 W toroid. Sure it was a little cute but still ugly....
The red knob was later re-used in an even ugglier amp which also belongs in this forum, though I wanted to wait a while for the really uggly amp to come out
here's a pic
Best Regards
/Chris
The important thing with diy-amps is that it´s still always a special amp and NOT only to you.
Looking at such an amp somebody might ask:"Hey, what is this? A kind of flux compensator? May I touch that red knob? What´s that meter for?"
Another one walking past a perfectly finished Aleph thinking :"My god he must have too much money".
(Don´t get me wrong I still like to have one of Nelson´s produced amps or one of Peter Daniel chassis.)
Jens - still drinking tea