I'm planning on a JH16 in the future (is CTH good with IEMs, by the way?), so I was researching easily transportable amps I could carry with me in my backpack, which would mirror my favorite WA6/Chameleon DAC rig. I nailed the DAC down pretty easy as the Devilsound NOS DAC, but the amp was giving me a heap of trouble. Then I find this, and according to its dimensions, its somewhat bigger than I'd hoped but still a good size.
I'm just wondering though, how small can this go, exactly? I'm thinking if you align the tube parallel to the length of the enclosure [brace tube socket with a metal bar screwed to the side of the case] you could get the height down drastically (Maverick tube DAC had its tube aligned this way IIRC). If possible it'd be great since with the tube exposed as it is in a standard build, I'd have to take it out every time I throw it in the backpack, which would either worry me about wearing out the socket or accidentally crushing the tube in transit.
Of course that'd probably require a custom case, but is it possible? And how easy is it go get a custom case? I'm not really knowledgeable on this stuff since I plan to find someone and commission them to build it for me anyway.
Also, are there any appropriately specced power adapters shaped like so? I'm aware this one's underspecced, but you get the idea.
Bogen Communications | SPS2406 24V DC @600mA Power | SPS2406
The standard cube shaped wall wart's going to be less optimal then a small rectangular one like that in terms of me carrying it around in a backpack.
And apologies if I'm supposed to post this in the main CTH thread, seems its more for substantial stuff like troubleshooting rather than speculation such as this.
I'm just wondering though, how small can this go, exactly? I'm thinking if you align the tube parallel to the length of the enclosure [brace tube socket with a metal bar screwed to the side of the case] you could get the height down drastically (Maverick tube DAC had its tube aligned this way IIRC). If possible it'd be great since with the tube exposed as it is in a standard build, I'd have to take it out every time I throw it in the backpack, which would either worry me about wearing out the socket or accidentally crushing the tube in transit.
Of course that'd probably require a custom case, but is it possible? And how easy is it go get a custom case? I'm not really knowledgeable on this stuff since I plan to find someone and commission them to build it for me anyway.
Also, are there any appropriately specced power adapters shaped like so? I'm aware this one's underspecced, but you get the idea.
Bogen Communications | SPS2406 24V DC @600mA Power | SPS2406
The standard cube shaped wall wart's going to be less optimal then a small rectangular one like that in terms of me carrying it around in a backpack.
And apologies if I'm supposed to post this in the main CTH thread, seems its more for substantial stuff like troubleshooting rather than speculation such as this.
