Derek92994's 700 Ser II White Oak conversion

[Elite-ist]

It's good to see you pop in, George. We missed seeing you impart your words of wisdom. There might be lots of news for you to catch up on.

Nando.

 

[Northwinds]

BD!!!! Where the hell have you been? Wrangling brown snakes or hosting kangaroo fights?

Oh wait, your not really here and that post is a figment of my imagination

 

[laatsch55]

Firstly, I'll just say, I'm not here. You are not really reading this. You're just imagining you are. OK?

Now, re: fuses D2, don't you dare. All this hard work, and excellence reduced to pass through a piece of wire not much thicker than a strand of hair? I will hear no more of it regardless of how good ANYONE's argument is...

About D2's up coming soldering skills being put to the test. It would be more practical to connect up some leads to wherever they have to go, to a small terminal block. Then D2 can just screw his flying leads on the x-former straight to the block. No solder necessary.

So there.

… your can all back to unimagining me now.

ps: really really REALLY nice work Lee.<SCRIPT type=text/javascript src="safari-extension://com.ebay.safari.myebaymanager-QYHMMGCMJR/cf12aae/background/helpers/prefilterHelper.js"></SCRIPT>

Agreed on the fuses George.....D2 just has to maintain a little discipline...fuses would be an exercise in futility...too damn slow...
About his soldering skills.....his only endeavor will be 7 solder joints, 5 on the terminal strip and 2 on the BR. The wires on a Ser II tranny were color coded....even an Aussie can do this with help. I've made it so he can " plug and heat" with the wires. There wil be at least 2 pics per joint and 4 posts per before any solder gets melted. I have tried to stay consistent with Joe's philosophy of his kits........follow directions and everthing should be fine. He will succeed, he has no choice...LOL


BD , nice to see you posting again...we missed ya Bud..and thanks, this was a very unique project, but with the help of this community we overcame a couple sticky wickets to make a dream come true and it all started with YOU!! So there...

 

[laatsch55]

A few comments on Joe's chassis project....remember when you were a kid and those BMW commercials told you how to recognize excellent workmanship on cars?? The fit of the fenders to the hood and trunk deck , with the gaps being consistent all the way and on both sides, front and back? Well that's the impression I get with the chassis. Everything is just very precise, not just where it has to be , but EVERYWHERE....every hole, every cutout, every bend , every cut, every bevel, every radius, every corner....nothing is less than perfect.

It's everything we've come to expect from Joe and The White Oak Audio line of products....they are the best they can be and I for one feel lucky and grateful Joe has focused his talents on our hobby fellers. I have been involved in a lot of DIY over the years, kits, plans , rumors and disasters.....and his kits and directions are the best I've run into. And he's available if and when you have spooked yourself. And when a feller needs a one-off light board to take 12 volt DC input instead of 6 volt...no problem it's at your door in 10 days...now that's customer service.

A part's changer couldn't have a better source or friend than Joe....and he's just getting started...that's spooky...


Once again....thank you Joe for making state of the art affordable...! Check out the pic....that gap between the faceplate and top cover is EXACTLY the same all the way....

 

[Northwinds]

Having met Joe personally, I can emphatically say he is no nonsense when it comes to stuff he does. He's like the kindly grandfather that everyone looks up to who can fix or figure out most anything. I remember he was talking to that guy at Hadley Sound about old woodworking industrial grade tools. Man knows a lot of everything

 

[laatsch55]

What he said

 

[derek92994]

Now, re: fuses D2, don't you dare. All this hard work, and excellence reduced to pass through a piece of wire not much thicker than a strand of hair? I will hear no more of it regardless of how good ANYONE's argument is...

About D2's up coming soldering skills being put to the test. It would be more practical to connect up some leads to wherever they have to go, to a small terminal block. Then D2 can just screw his flying leads on the x-former straight to the block. No solder necessary.

I agree re no fuses since you put it that way How on earth am I supposed to melt my voice coils if there are fuses in the way?

Don't worry about soldering George, I recently repaired a denon cassette deck with dry joints on the right channel line out. If I can do that, then I can mount and solder the transformer to the WOPL.

 

[derek92994]

Damn dundee2 about to be WOPL'ing it...

Voice Coils intact

 

[derek92994]

Off to work I go, gotta love sundays

 

[derek92994]

Should be a music listening day today. Worked all weekend, but it was a good work weekend. Did you get ahold of those power supplies to give the WOPL some stress testing Lee?

 

[laatsch55]

Warming up the AP now D2. Not enough power supply to max out but we'll get the rest of it...

 

[derek92994]

Warming up the AP now D2. Not enough power supply to max out but we'll get the rest of it...

But you're an electron Herder, that's impossible not to have enough power supply.

 

[laatsch55]

Very true, let me put it like this, I have more transfrmers here than God. I only have one in a power supply built with the right rail voltage. That ONE is not big enought to approach 500wpc. Wouldn't make any difference anyway, the max out will be dependent on the ONE YOU have...

 

[derek92994]

Very true, let me put it like this, I have more transfrmers here than God. I only have one in a power supply built with the right rail voltage. That ONE is not big enought to approach 500wpc. Wouldn't make any difference anyway, the max out will be dependent on the ONE YOU have...

I don't think I'll be getting anywhere near that wattage for some time. These JBLs are here to stay. The only thing that will ever replace them will be K-Horns =).

 

[P.L.F.]

Here we go.....done...

Simply beautiful .... Bravo Lee!!!

 

[laatsch55]

Thanks Przem!

 

[laatsch55]

Not the normal test setup....

 

[laatsch55]

Residual Noise....all measurements UNWEIGHTED...left and right channels..

 

[derek92994]

Awesome, I'm putting them in my file. Good figures hey? I don't understand them too well =)

 

[laatsch55]

Yes, very good figures....there will be a bound book with it D2...

Frequency Response.....