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Maybe at some point...

I have too much sand...

Some of the Chinese boxes are ok but the anodizing on all of them is shit... pure and utter shit. I use a very strong cleaner to wash the Modushop stuff after drilling to degrease them but if I use that on any of the Chinese boxes... they turn green.

The Carbon is a SiC KGST, not a BHSE. Whether some of the stuff that makes up the BHSE is necessary or even makes it better is something Kevin and I have discussed with no real result. Removing the tubes makes the amps much less likely to break down, in fact I run the Carbon 24/7...

I will do one with the T2 CCS at some point as I'll do a solid state T2. Also SiC BHSE... Who needs tubes now...

Those boxes aren't all that great so I won't be touching them again. I'll build one mini Carbon into the KGSSHV mini chassis just to test it but after that it will be all custom.

That sink isn't needed either. I just put it in there in case I'd want to drive a small heater supply or something like that off that supply.

No, sleep is for the weak...

For the impatient ones, one of my Carbon PCB orders was thought to be lost so I had to double up the orders. It turned up on Friday though so now I have too many PCB's. This version hasn't been tested but it is just a smaller take on the ones I've been using so issues aren't likely. These are my own custom boards so smaller than any of the other ones and with shielding on both the front and the back. Price is 47$ each so 94$ for the pair of boards thanks to my expensive tastes and Icelandic taxes...

Happy Birthday Justin!!!

So you'd want a larger cap? Why? Because those diodes are SiC and there aren't any SiC bridge rectifiers.

442K: 71-RN60D4423F Kevin understood me, major brain fart time... I should try to sleep some more but there really is no time. I did mean the Carbon.

I'd have to agree with you there. The Carbon just does everything right... Edit: I should look into sleeping at some point...

All my boards are custom and for my own use only.

I use playmo.tv to watch Netflix here as well as everything else.

You can lower the current and the amp performs well at 10mA but it's still a lot of heat. Now we could to a board which would fit some larger heatsink which could be mounted to a board (like the 717/727) but it would be pretty esoteric.

Never call me that!!!!

I just wouldn't dare running mains through the same umbilical as the other wires. It's just so Eddie Current and so much fail waiting to happen. Call me paranoid...

What monster 12AU7's are those?

Are you sure that the channel is dead and it is not a switch issue? Measure the top of the large resistors for DC voltage. You should have roughly 0VDC between them and each one relative to ground is +290VDC. Replacement parts for the output devices are all but impossible to source. You need low Cob which is the truly hard part.

Mine will feature a double mains wiring with a separate voltage selector in the amp chassis. Only way to do it properly. Yup, Supremes.

While on the subject, the new Megatron board just arrived: Look Ma!!! Boutique caps!! Well that and a 12V filament for the front end, it's smaller and the ground plane is on both sides.

We should do a layout for this. Well that and the B10. SRPP magic or something like that...

It's been discussed but why bother. The 300V line is already regulated.

SRPP with a 300V tube...