Recent content by Hexis22

I’ll refer you to the first and second post in this thread. It’s the latest ground up amp design from White Oak.

I would be cautious supporting half the amp weight by the heat sinks. They are held in place by the output driver screws into the backplane PCB PEM nuts. Probably not an issue if being very careful, but that is not a structural bolted joint in any form.

Nothing wrong with that. Perfect start to a man cave listening room.

Be cautious when mounting the backplane boards to the chassis. The left board has the bias transistor offset slightly from the PCB hole and could damage the leads when trying to mount the p-clamp on the chassis standoff.

Very nice!

You may want to look into replacing that wall wart power supply with a dedicated power supply. Most digital components respond very well to improved power supplies capable of supplying short high bursts of current, something wall warts typically do not provide.

Those locking bananas work very well in stock PL binding posts. Probably the best way to go Vs upgrading to new binding posts.

Not a direct drop in replacement, but worth the effort. Same speaker outputs as used on the Model ONE amp. Keystone binding posts Black - 7017 White - 7016 Red - 7023 Standoffs - 91156A163 (McMaster Carr) Requires 10-32 standoffs with 4-40 studs.

The solution - install real banana jacks that have sufficient depth.

Other than your bank account, you won’t regret a Model ONE. After listening to that first song and ah-ha moment, audio nirvana sets in and any reservations completely disappear. Once ya know, ya know…

I’m just assembling the PCB’s on this project. Kevin plans to assemble everything else and has an interesting new twist for the final look on his 700B. Should be an interesting build to follow. Always great to have new ideas from people on this forum.

Many days, nights, and holidays listening to my daughter playing the clarinet.

Very nice. Electronics and reloading all in the same place. What more do you need… although a beer fridge would be nice.

You had to realize that by the very nature of joining this site, you would end up owning one of these beasts…

I have one all ready to go if interested…