What if...

[Oldskoolfan]

What if all you had was a pl400 transformer. Could build a complete WOPL 400?

 

[Vynuladikt]

YES, if you want to put it in a 700 chassis
White Oak Audio has everything you need, except the speaker protection and Watts Abundant has that.
Audio Product eStore (whiteoakaudio.com)
OUTPUT RELAY (wattsabundant.com)

 

[grapplesaw]

[QUOT)E="Oldskoolfan, post: 345809, member: 4520"]What if all you had was a pl400 transformer. Could build a complete WOPL 400?[/QUO

I have a transformer on the shelf and thought of how to is it. you can buy am 400 for 200-400 any day of the week so not very practical

 

[MarkWComer]

YES, if you want to put it in a 700 chassis
White Oak Audio has everything you need, except the speaker protection and Watts Abundant has that.
Audio Product eStore (whiteoakaudio.com)
OUTPUT RELAY (wattsabundant.com)

White Oak has a 400 chassis, too.

 

[Gepetto]

White Oak has a 400 chassis, too.

A very nice one...

 

[gene french]

[QUOT)E="Oldskoolfan, post: 345809, member: 4520"]What if all you had was a pl400 transformer. Could build a complete WOPL 400?[/QUO

I have a transformer on the shelf and thought of how to is it. you can buy am 400 for 200-400 any day of the week so not very practical

not always about being practical!!!
lolol
ive done a lot worst!!!

 

[mlucitt]

I have a PL400 that is complete except for the transformer and the meters. Do you need a project?

 

[Oldskoolfan]

I have a PL400 that is complete except for the transformer and the meters. Do you need a project?

No, saw a complete pl 400 transformer on the bay. Started daydreaming about a White Oak 400 build. I mean if the only thing Phase Linear is the transformer, it's not a Phase Linear anymore right?

 

[Gepetto]

No, saw a complete pl 400 transformer on the bay. Started daydreaming about a White Oak 400 build. I mean if the only thing Phase Linear is the transformer, it's not a Phase Linear anymore right?

Pretty much...

 

[J!m]

Add the second transformer and power supply to make a true dual-mono!

 

[MarkWComer]

No, saw a complete pl 400 transformer on the bay. Started daydreaming about a White Oak 400 build. I mean if the only thing Phase Linear is the transformer, it's not a Phase Linear anymore right?

Even the faceplates have become aftermarket! I had that same daydream, all I needed to do was buy a transformer and “frankenstein” the whole thing…

Although no longer a de facto Phase Linear, Joe’s circuits were developed from that embryonic design from Bob Carver. They were the dawn of the consumer “superamp,” and others followed suit. Carver’s design flaws became apparent, Joe found solutions to them.

With this in mind, the White Oak Model One cut the last tie, the “anchor,” of what Phase Linear was by the design of his power supply and power distribution within the amplifier. More or less, we “White Oak Builders” were assembling prototypes of “the One” for years. Hundreds (if not thousands…) of White Oak rebuilds are around the world, everyone in possession of one claim it to be the best they’ve heard.

 

[mlucitt]

everyone in possession of one claim it to be the best they’ve heard.

I have often wondered why an audio forum, magazine, editor, group, etc. have yet to do a review or even a side by side test with a WOPL and any other "Audiophile" amplifier currently available to the market?

 

[62vauxhall]

No baksheesh, no tickee, no washee.

 

[J!m]

The "acid test" for a new amp would be head to head with the Benchmark AHB2. That little sucker is serious, and the specs (AND sonics) have impressed many...

I may replace my Counterpoint amps with a pair of these little guys, but I want to do my own head-to-head test and see if I get along with the things first.