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Nice switches. I'm putting a toggle on the back. There will be two LEDS in the front panel indicating power to each channel. They supplied red and blue LEDs. I know blue is the preferred color here at PETT, but I think I'll go red.
I was talking with Kevin a few years ago about possibly having some adhesive textured plastic sheets made up with various electronic logos printed up such as you would have used on your amp... like (+) and (-) Out, In, power logos, and a bunch other stuff. It wouldn't be a slick as the silk screened stuff on the pre-made up amp back, but it would be pretty good for DIY stuff. I didn't proceed with it as I just had too many things going on at the time. I was thinking of having multiple things printed on a sheet, and you would just cut out the icon you needed, peel the adhesive backing, and stick it on.
It was an idea, anyway, didn't say it was a good one.
Your amp is looking really nice, and it's fun watching it progress. Thanks for posting the details. I've dreamed about making my own amp for years. I have the stuff to make one, but I want to make the case myself, so it must wait until I'm thinking clearly about it.
Inverting amp? Flip the output polarity! Boom, done.
Later,
Wolf
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So, in bridged use a pair of these have plenty of power for a 2.1 nearfield setup. They were crossed at 80hz and played through 8 ohm Continuums. I will set them up in the living room with the Zingers to explore full range use single and pair, later today maybe. I have a mess to clean up in my listening room from building these.
Excellent build guide for this amp and an update for the 1.8 version which changed the rear panel only. Oodles of much better quality photos than mine, even some videos.
If I were to build a practical amp, it wouldn't be this one. The kit is really nice, well supported and documented. But it's very expensive for the results. If I wanted a nice looking wooden case project, I would look at the tube amp kits from Tube Depot. They are bare kits, I think they supply a board to put it on. You could make a really nice looking desktop item. If you don't have young children present you can leave the hot tubes exposed for viewing pleasure.
AEIOU built a very nice looking amp from one of these.
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