thank you so much for sharing....it is a beautiful job!!!
did it make a sound quality improvement as well???
looks like you bought all wo has to offer for the 400
what is included in the backplane kit for my early 400
please....and thank you very much...
pura vida
Gene, I never ran any of my 3 amps in stock form. Never even plugged them in to see if they worked. Reason: I always wanted the classic PL system I saw in a HiFi shop as a teenager in the 70s, but could never afford. Finally, I could afford them and started doing research, found the WOAD (Joe) website, and a link to Phoenix. I read and researched everything before buying my 400s locally, and ordering kits. I built both before ever posting here, by closely looking at Perry's "WOPL Sniffers" 700 builds. He has lots of photos buried in old posts, and he does a outstanding job. I copied him (mostly him) and others. I seldom got things exactly right the first time, so I'd redo it and got better. I had little experience in building something so big and complicated, but I could solder well, experience from recapping old Dell motherboards. And, I had most all the hand tools.
If Joe says everything will fit, then it will! I ordered the kits, built the control and back plane boards, and even the Series 2 Cylon VU meters. If your going to WOPL it, go full WOPL! New everything to make that amp good for another 50 years. Yes, it's expensive, but it's a investment that you can pass on to the next generation.
The guys who have had many amps said nothing beats it, and it's a amazing deal compared to buying something comparable new.
The kits come with all components for the boards, you can get them unassembled, assembled, or have one of the techs build one for you using your core.