ecp audio

[jvlgato]

Cool! Good thing for the new, bigger place! How did you used to that in your old place?

[Audio Jester]

One day the universe will align and I will be able to get one of Doug's amps.

[Tyll Hertsens]

Right there with ya, Jacob. 

[dsavitsk]

A couple of initial pics ...

 

 

[shellylh]

Sweet! I don't need another amp... that's what I'm going to keep telling myself.... at least for now.

Edited May 26, 2014 by shellylh

[skullguise]

The usual simple elegance, Doug.  Congrat on rolling them out!

[spritzer]

Mmmmmmm.....  

[kevin gilmore]

needs an ebony knob.

[recstar24]

The usual simple elegance, Doug. Congrat on rolling them out!

I concur. A nice refreshing change from some of the more "baroque" designs out there.

[jimmyb233]

Looks great!

[n_maher]

Obviously, given how much I liked your previous generation of amps I am a fan of this one from an aesthetic point of view.  One thing - what's the story with the Neutrik combo jack?  I can't quite tell but it appears to have the typical 3-pin layout so I'm left confused by its presence.

[guzziguy]

needs an ebony knob.

 

Especially if it had ebony or black and white ebony side panels.

[dsavitsk]

what's the story with the Neutrik combo jack?  I can't quite tell but it appears to have the typical 3-pin layout so I'm left confused by its presence.

 

http://www.head-fi.org/t/661233/ecp-audio-dsha-1-l-2-black-diamond/150#post_10581448

[n_maher]

I followed the link and it takes me to the last page of the thread and I don't see anything about the jack, but whatever, I'm sure you had your reasons.

[shellylh]

Sorry for the confusion. It's just a TRS jack -- the 3-pin portion is not connected.

I used it because a) TRS jacks are all ugly, and this was the least ugly to my eye, it will fit the same front panel as a 4-pin jack just in case someone were to work on another amplifier that was balanced but which had a similar profile and could fit into a similar case.

[n_maher]

Thanks Shelly.  Head-Fi is so broken on my work computer it's not funny.  Not that there's any reason to worry about it. 

 

I'm not sure I share you opinion on reason "a", Doug, but I certainly understand it from a fabrication perspective. 

[kevin gilmore]

just got in by accident a piece of ebony 15 inches x 2 inches x .5 inches.

probably not long enough for 2 end pieces

[dsavitsk]

Just shy. I had a piece of almost the same size I tried to will into a pair of sides with no luck.

[kevin gilmore]

what is the finished size of the side panels if they were flat?

 

going shopping for more ebony. (both kinds)

[dsavitsk]

260mm x 36mm x 11mm with 2mm wide and 2mm deep rabbets cut in them.

[Dusty Chalk]

just got in by accident a piece of ebony 15 inches x 2 inches x .5 inches.

probably not long enough for 2 end pieces

...but maybe enough for a couple knobs?

[kevin gilmore]

knobs need to be 2 inches or more thick.

reason is I have to have something to grab onto reliably to

put the insert in. once the insert is in, I can bring it down to

about .8 inch deep. machining into the insides of an expensive

2 inch collet chuck might get someone really pissed at me if

I make a mistake.

 

I have enough now for about 20 ebony knobs. but none

are absolutely black like the few I had made previously.

 

will be getting enough wood to make doug a pair of panels

anyway.

 

need to find someone that has been sitting on a piece of

pure black ebony for 30 or 40 years.

Edited May 28, 2014 by kevin gilmore

[Sherwood]

The obvious joke is Steve.

[postjack]

The obvious joke is Steve.

 

slightly less obvious: pretty sure larry at headphile has had the patent on ebony for the past 30-40 years.

[luvdunhill]

Now, Now... you are just trying to get a rise out of the Tice.