My hifi is a disaster 1 problem at a time .
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Re: My hifi is a disaster 1 problem at a time .
My tribute to Richard, a copy amplifier. Everything built by me including innards copied from Richard.
Deosnt marry up but a first attempt with 1 hand.
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Re: My hifi is a disaster 1 problem at a time .
Analogue Source -
Denon DP47f- Ortofon mc20 supreme
Ifi Zen Phono
Doug Self balanced Pre amp
Akai 4000DS mk2 R2R
Digital Sources- IfI stream, Ifi Neo idsd Dac; Tidal / Radio Paradise
Amplification Nva 30vdc mono blocks
Speakers Lii Audio F-15 in Open Baffle; Ls6
Weiduka AC8.8- for digital sources
Mini BMU for analog sources
Denon DP47f- Ortofon mc20 supreme
Ifi Zen Phono
Doug Self balanced Pre amp
Akai 4000DS mk2 R2R
Digital Sources- IfI stream, Ifi Neo idsd Dac; Tidal / Radio Paradise
Amplification Nva 30vdc mono blocks
Speakers Lii Audio F-15 in Open Baffle; Ls6
Weiduka AC8.8- for digital sources
Mini BMU for analog sources
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Re: My hifi is a disaster 1 problem at a time .
Main System
NVA BMU, P90SA/A80s (latest spec), Cube 1s, TIS, TISC(LS7)
Sonore OpticalRendu, Chord Mscaler & Qutest, Sbooster PSs
Network Acoustics Eno, ifi iPurifier3, AQ JB FMJ, Cisco 2940 & 2960
DH Labs ethernet, BNC & USB cables, Farnells cat 8 ethernet cable
Second System
NVA P20/ A20, Cubettes, LS3, SSP, SC
Sonore MicroRendu, Chord Mojo 2 MCRU PSs, AQ Carbon USB cable & JB FMJ
Headphones
Grado SR325e/Chord Mojo, Beyerdynamic Avetho/AQ DF Colbat
RIP Doc
NVA BMU, P90SA/A80s (latest spec), Cube 1s, TIS, TISC(LS7)
Sonore OpticalRendu, Chord Mscaler & Qutest, Sbooster PSs
Network Acoustics Eno, ifi iPurifier3, AQ JB FMJ, Cisco 2940 & 2960
DH Labs ethernet, BNC & USB cables, Farnells cat 8 ethernet cable
Second System
NVA P20/ A20, Cubettes, LS3, SSP, SC
Sonore MicroRendu, Chord Mojo 2 MCRU PSs, AQ Carbon USB cable & JB FMJ
Headphones
Grado SR325e/Chord Mojo, Beyerdynamic Avetho/AQ DF Colbat
RIP Doc
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Re: My hifi is a disaster 1 problem at a time .
How much did the bits for your power supply cost?Daniel Quinn wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2020 8:36 pm My stroke as given me the excuse to spend the past year pissing about with hifi. Unlike kara, I've not started from the beginning, my starting point as been everything the doc said is gospel so experiment with his ideas.
Not yet bothered with speakers as I fail to see how they could be better given the size of my listening room. Crossover less, damped and infinite baffle, what else is there to know.
So I turned my attention to amps. One thing I've done where the results are staggering is with my phono 1.
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I took the transformer, the bridge rectifier and the caps out of the case of my phono 1. In a separate acrylic case I put a 160va transformer (it's 30va for a phono 1) 10000 capacitors and the bridge rectifier. Using mains cable I connected the power supply to the phono 1 case containing just the boards.
Fuck me is all I can say. The doc new a thing or two.
Would you see this as a not too difficult DIY job for a novice, to replicate what you've done?
And yes his philosophy was to have a good minimalistic circuit for the signal path and then to improve it as funds allowed with better / beefier power supplies.
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The photo is my attempt at amps.
The phono power supply is much simpler. It cost £25 perspex parts, £35 for the transformer and you can get caps from £2 to £20. I remain sceptical as the benefit in audiophile caps in power supplies but the jury's out. You can reuse the bridge rectifier but new ones are cheap as chips.
You need sundries like on off swith and cable.
My opinion is any one can do it, if I can do it with 1 arm.
The phono power supply is much simpler. It cost £25 perspex parts, £35 for the transformer and you can get caps from £2 to £20. I remain sceptical as the benefit in audiophile caps in power supplies but the jury's out. You can reuse the bridge rectifier but new ones are cheap as chips.
You need sundries like on off swith and cable.
My opinion is any one can do it, if I can do it with 1 arm.
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Great stuff!
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Somebody’s stepping on my plastic sandals. Joe Jackson (1979)
Somebody’s stepping on my plastic sandals. Joe Jackson (1979)
Re: My hifi is a disaster 1 problem at a time .
FWIW Richard sold some of his integrated amps ( AP20, AP30 etc ) as a DIY kit in the 90's. I understand it was not particularly successful given a lot of customers returned half built units in various states expecting NVA to sort out their mess !
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Daniel, You (like me and thousands more) seem not to have paid Photobucket for the privilege (?) of hosting photos.
So, as a result your pictures are deliberately (by them) blurred.
So, as a result your pictures are deliberately (by them) blurred.
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