WOPL and Watts Abundant build videos on YouTube

[MarkWComer]

FIRST: For my first four days on this forum I didn't know what the hell a WOPL was.
SECOND: This post is redundant because I posted links to the vids in my introduction.

Hopefully this will help someone overcome their fear of circuit building and subsequent house fires. I'm gonna try to delete the post I made in my introduction, the vids actually belong here instead of there. If you've seen all this before, just ignore it.

The Watts Abundant speaker protection relay board (11:41):
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The White Oak Driver Board construction for a 400/II quasi-comp (42:07):
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The White Oak capacitor upgrade (28:48):
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I hope to do the backplane / FullComp upgrade next year (geez- another driver board and all new transistors!) after the holiday bills are paid off. Before I get that done I have to get a suitable preamp going, thinking seriously about the Carver 4000t.

The final upgrade would maybe scrape the Phase Linear logo off and screen print the WOA logo on it- only the case and transformer would still be PL...

 

[laatsch55]

And now we are building a 700B with the first White Oak prototype chassius....and it's beautiful...

 

[Nick Danger]

And now we are building a 700B with the first White Oak prototype chassius....and it's beautiful...

Sure would love a snap shot of that chassis, Lee or is it still not for prying eyes yet?

 

[laatsch55]

Derek's build thread is full of pics of the prototype chassis. The bare aluminum edition. Production runs will be black anodized....

 

[AngrySailor]

Derek's build thread is full of pics of the prototype chassis. The bare aluminum edition. Production runs will be black anodized....

Any idea on pricing/start of production?

 

[laatsch55]

Under a 100.00 and about another month.

 

[Northwinds]

I am in like the probe in Jason's ass for one of these chassis and the new faceplate!!!!!

Jason, you do realize I am going to milk this for everything I can get away with right?

Love ya Bro!

 

[Nick Danger]

Derek's build thread is full of pics of the prototype chassis. The bare aluminum edition. Production runs will be black anodized....

Thank ya, sir!

 

[laatsch55]

I am in like the probe in Jason's ass for one of these chassis and the new faceplate!!!!!

Jason, you do realize I am going to milk this for everything I can get away with right?

Love ya Bro!

That was the plan all along...

 

[MarkWComer]

Northwinds mentioned a new faceplate- and that more or less was my question- since very little of what could be called "Phase Linear" will exist in the cabinet after all the mods, shouldn't there be a "White Oak" faceplate?

 

[laatsch55]

If it was a ground up original design then yes. But for now it's a Phase Linear..

 

[MarkWComer]

If it was a ground up original design then yes. But for now it's a Phase Linear..

I understand completely! Perhaps an aluminum badge can be riveted onto the faceplate? Just to acknowledge the steroid injections?

 

[laatsch55]

Y a gotta remember. Joe is a gifted engineer. His improvements have faithfully followed the original design so the PL sound is not lost. The PL's do sound different due to their topology. Joe has improved on that design and implemented it better as well as curing some of its shortcomings. There is no doubt he could design and fab an original component, but it would probably look and sound much like a PL. He has 700's and 400' a and a few Crowns. Cause he likes em...period. I do too. Retired all my Spec amps after the first WOPL 1000 was built here.

 

[laatsch55]

I understand completely! Perhaps an aluminum badge can be riveted onto the faceplate? Just to acknowledge the steroid injections?

I love it Mark. Too cool. Member Phase Linear Phanatic cut some badges on a legend engraver. I'll post a pic when I get home.

 

[P.L.F.]

I love it Mark. Too cool. Member Phase Linear Phanatic cut some badges on a legend engraver. I'll post a pic when I get home.

Lee, I'd love to get one of these badges too! Would you combine the shipment of output covers with one of them please? PM me if necessary...

And please put me on the list of this new chassis buyers ...!