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Re acrylic sheet in A4 size (210mm x 297mm) in 5mm thickness, one supplier I looked at on Ebay was £6.15 inc post for gloss black.

Other sizes and colours are available.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5mm-Colour-P ... 0667.m2042

Another example in A4 size but 10mm thick but a more limited range of colours (£16.63 for blue) is this

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fluorescent- ... Sw-LldYh3Y

Other sizes/colours/suppliers are available.

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You need various sizes and thickness, depending on your design. . The point was all of it for two 300x210 mono amps was £42.

From plastics on line. They cut to any size you want.
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Cheers DQ. I have a very old pair of A80s I am thinking about repairing & updating as next year's project. I would like to try and use acrylic - that said 8 new caps will be over £300 so I need to think it through before throwing money at them.
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What dayya think.



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Daniel Quinn wrote: Fri Dec 04, 2020 6:48 pm You need various sizes and thickness, depending on your design. . The point was all of it for two 300x210 mono amps was £42.

From plastics on line. They cut to any size you want.
Have you ever priced up 20 mm black acrylic for speakers ? Good job I was sat down when I did . Saying that, 21mm baltic birch ain't cheap either. I found some Latvian 18mm locally which is quite a bit cheaper but I don't know how good it is til I see it.
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I never did beyond 15mm.

And £300 quid for caps. You're kidding aren't you. It's a power supply and I'm in the camp you cannot tell the difference.

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Different caps do perform differently, and they do sound different.

We selected Vishay caps for...

1. Sound quality in listening comparisons
2. ESR rating
3. Long life - up to 10 times the hours of some very expensive caps
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Each to thier own. Purely on sq grounds, I've been unable to hear a difference.

Also I fail to see the difference between a power supply capacitor and something else in the power circuit. Say a fuse or power cable.

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Daniel Quinn wrote: Sat Dec 05, 2020 8:30 pm Each to thier own. Purely on sq grounds, I've been unable to hear a difference.

Also I fail to see the difference between a power supply capacitor and something else in the power circuit. Say a fuse or power cable.
I doubt this will make you change your mind but I found it interesting and because music DIY is new to me some of the prices when I looked them up were frightening.
As for hearing the difference, I have had the opportunity to listen to test kit, identical apart from the caps and you have to trust me on this, the difference was not subtle.

http://www.humblehomemadehifi.com/Cap.html
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My biggest diy improvement in psu was the dc supply to my turntable- a toroidal transformer and a Chinese variable lm317 lm337 rectifier greatly improved speed control & hence I was able to hear sound quality improvement- in vocals especially as well as stereo image
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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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