swampsong Posted July 22, 2018 Report Share Posted July 22, 2018 Thank you again everyone, going to get those ordered, strangely enough i'm on vacation in Hawaii but keep thinking about the amp i want to build :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitigir Posted July 22, 2018 Report Share Posted July 22, 2018 19 hours ago, swampsong said: Thank you again everyone, going to get those ordered, strangely enough i'm on vacation in Hawaii but keep thinking about the amp i want to build It will get worse, trust me ! Perfect project to ignore everything else in life LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nopants Posted August 11, 2018 Report Share Posted August 11, 2018 Whose build is this? pretty slick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oneguy Posted August 11, 2018 Report Share Posted August 11, 2018 That looks like a Kerry build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerry Posted August 11, 2018 Report Share Posted August 11, 2018 No... not me. This looks like the original layout with a custom chassis or maybe just painted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeP Posted August 11, 2018 Report Share Posted August 11, 2018 It looks like the back plates are missing - maybe because they did not fit given the length of the amp board. Unless they used the shrunk amp board, I can't see an off the shelf heat sink working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oneguy Posted August 12, 2018 Report Share Posted August 12, 2018 13 hours ago, Kerry said: No... not me. This looks like the original layout with a custom chassis or maybe just painted. My mistake. Figured it was an earlier case design iteration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spritzer Posted August 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2018 The first ever amp was the silver one Kevin has and it looks just like the other ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swampsong Posted August 16, 2018 Report Share Posted August 16, 2018 Okay SumR is shipping the transformers... so that is good... back from Hawaii became slammed with work, but now i have some time... Going to start stuffing the boards this weekend... Honestly i'm getting a little scared now :):) its all fun and games ordering stuff online but now is the real deal I've soldered for years so i'm not worried about that... need to order the volume control that is the last part, and a screws a few other items... should be fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G600 Posted August 17, 2018 Report Share Posted August 17, 2018 A lot of fun indeed. Just go slow and double check everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swampsong Posted August 17, 2018 Report Share Posted August 17, 2018 Possibly even triple and quadruple check:):) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeP Posted August 20, 2018 Report Share Posted August 20, 2018 On 8/10/2018 at 10:42 PM, nopants said: Whose build is this? pretty slick Hey, would you look at that. It looks like the over $10,000 that lil' Knight ran off with has actually been put to good use producing T2 chassis and boardsets. Didn't recognize it at first: And it would appear that you can buy these over on Head-Fi, available in different colours. Glad to hear that Tran isn't dead.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swampsong Posted August 20, 2018 Report Share Posted August 20, 2018 wait so the guy i got my set from is the one who ripped everyone off? if so he said he's doing another board run too... that makes me feel a little strange... https://www.head-fi.org/threads/fs-stax-diy-t2-boards-rare-transistors-set.876713/#post-14333731 Brazilnut has been telling me i overpaid a lot, and that sucks... but that's life i guess... i'm probably getting something wrong... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeP Posted August 20, 2018 Report Share Posted August 20, 2018 Who knows. All that seems clear is that for the past 3-4 years this fellow has been selling all of Lil knight's parts and builds, including the stacks of T2 PCBs from the failed group buy. Now he is selling the very T2 chassis set from the failed group buy. Also based in Viet Nam, as was lil knight. But then again, could be totally unrelated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nopants Posted August 20, 2018 Report Share Posted August 20, 2018 I bought some stuff from that guy, pretty shoddy waresSent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin gilmore Posted August 20, 2018 Report Share Posted August 20, 2018 (edited) I don't know who that is, but the angle brackets are nowhere in any of those pictures. Almost impossible to build without the angle brackets. and brazilnut is aka hennyo aka dude5OO aka becky aka rebecca aka... so I would not put much value in what he says. Edited August 20, 2018 by kevin gilmore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nopants Posted August 20, 2018 Report Share Posted August 20, 2018 that's the guy that's been harassing me about buying my stax omega's, thanks for the heads up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swampsong Posted August 20, 2018 Report Share Posted August 20, 2018 interesting are the angle brackets the parts the boards mount to on the inside? mine has those... I'll take some pics and show in just a bit... Okay thanks for the tip Kevin, i thought he was trying to make me feel unusually guilty about the money i spent but just wanted to be polite when i'm online having fun with my hobby :):) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeP Posted August 20, 2018 Report Share Posted August 20, 2018 1 minute ago, swampsong said: interesting are the angle brackets the parts the boards mount to on the inside? mine has those... I'll take some pics and show in just a bit... Okay thanks for the tip Kevin, i thought he was trying to make me feel unusually guilty about the money i spent but just wanted to be polite when i'm online having fun with my hobby :):) What board version do you have? That chassis would have been made for the shorter amp board with different transistor spacing and the quads of tubes are slightly closer together. Full size amp board does not fit. PSU board is pretty much the same so no issue there. 29 minutes ago, nopants said: that's the guy that's been harassing me about buying my stax omega's, thanks for the heads up Now I will be harassing you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nopants Posted August 20, 2018 Report Share Posted August 20, 2018 doesn't the shorter board also have errors on it?Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeP Posted August 20, 2018 Report Share Posted August 20, 2018 It is correctable. And i love how the seller on head-fi has soldered the output wiring block backwards on the amp boards - that is some cramped space between the wiring block and the front plate... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swampsong Posted August 20, 2018 Report Share Posted August 20, 2018 Here are my board and chassis set, the board says this on it incase the pics don't come through good: Production revision 1.08 Silkscreen version 1.04 Shrunk Version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spritzer Posted August 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2018 Some slight short to ground just adds to flavor of the amp... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeP Posted August 20, 2018 Report Share Posted August 20, 2018 5 minutes ago, swampsong said: Here are my board and chassis set, the board says this on it incase the pics don't come through good: Production revision 1.08 Silkscreen version 1.04 Shrunk Version You will need to move your PSU board forward to make space for the transformers. And have you tried fitting the amp board with the brackets? Might want to double check that it will fit (and whether there is space for you to use board mounted XLRs), looks like it from here, though (as long as the brackets line up). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swampsong Posted August 20, 2018 Report Share Posted August 20, 2018 Okay thank you, i'll test that the amp board fits tonight Yea the PSU board was just in there not mounted so i can slide it forward i'm sure no problem Still though if this guy ripped some users off and is now selling those on head-fi maybe i should ask him about it? he has been very forthcoming... i liked to see what his response is... its weird and i think other users at headfi should know... he sold a few more sets after me and is asking for others to do a board run with too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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