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post #1 of 7
8/9/10 at 7:52am
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I was hoping you guys could help me pick a starter amp project. My current DAC is the Musiland Monitor 02 US and I want to build an amp that will be able to run the following decently well (I'm guessing it will have to be solid state or hybrid):

 

ATH-AD700

Alessandro MS1i

Klipsch kg-4 speakers (http://www.klipsch.com/na-en/products/kg-4-specifications/)

 

I'm hoping the project will let me spend ~$300, but I'm not sure it's viable. Any input would be appreciated as I am pretty new to DYI amps. 

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post #2 of 7
8/23/10 at 1:53pm

Ouch. 3rd page, 27 views, no posts.

 

I can point you to this website, which has a lot of DIY amp info and kits and such:

DIY Audio

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post #3 of 7
8/23/10 at 2:24pm
What kind of experience do you have building gear? If you haven't built before, assemble a CMoy. It'll teach you a lot and you should be able to sell it if you don't want it afterwards.

From there, you should look at the Bottlehead Crack, Dynalo, M^3, and CK2III.
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post #4 of 7
8/23/10 at 4:56pm

I'd also throw a MiniMax kit in there. TomB has done a great job with this kit, everything looks easy to put together and the documentation is awesome. He's also basically done the casework for you, which was by far the hardest part of my recent SSMH build.


Edited by Ikarios - 8/23/10 at 5:14pm
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post #5 of 7
8/24/10 at 7:16am

He wants to drive both Headphones and floor standing speakers with it...

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post #6 of 7
8/24/10 at 7:22am

You might want to consider doing two different amps.

 

Something like a PIMETA or Mini^3 for your headphones

and a Gainclone for your speakers. These are pretty easy

projects to start with. You can build something bigger and

more expensive if you get the bug...
 

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I was hoping you guys could help me pick a starter amp project. My current DAC is the Musiland Monitor 02 US and I want to build an amp that will be able to run the following decently well (I'm guessing it will have to be solid state or hybrid):

 

ATH-AD700

Alessandro MS1i

Klipsch kg-4 speakers (http://www.klipsch.com/na-en/products/kg-4-specifications/)

 

I'm hoping the project will let me spend ~$300, but I'm not sure it's viable. Any input would be appreciated as I am pretty new to DYI amps. 

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post #7 of 7
8/24/10 at 7:23am

M^3 can drive efficient speakers, although thats somewhat conditional on your listening situation & habits.

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