Front Panel Express Amp Appreciation Thread

Yup, I'm one of the lucky few to own this bad boy. Not listened yet but when I do I'll give some of my non expert impressions. I'll take some pics of it to share tomorrow.

EDIT: Added a couple pics. Oh, and Ive had a listen with the MS1000 and it sounds superb. More listening to come


Edited by pseudohippy - 1/23/12 at 7:44am

I got one also. I actually plugged it in last night, it has some pretty good power to it, actually powers my LCD-2 (not as good as some but wow)! I'm running it in a bit right now, will give some impressions on it once I get a chance to try it out some more.

Hello Headfiers, if you have any questions about these little gems, feel free to post here.

 

-Paul

Hi Paul..

Any chance another (perhaps limited) run of the amps will be made and available for sale?

 

I have the worst luck when it comes to raffles.. .

There will certainly be another raffle at the next meet, though I think we will split the difference between 2010 (1 awesome amp) and the ten I built for this go round.

 

I can also share the PCB express design also if you wanted to order boards and build one.
 

 

PB:  You are offering "the PCB Express design if you wanted to order boards and build one"....well, given I've never so much as soldered lead to a wire in my life and probably could not DIY a paper airplane, how hard is it to build one and would you also supply the casing and parts list?  How much $$ would it be and how long would it take to finish one myself?

 

Step by step instructions, too? 

Hey Wharfrat,

 

You can e-mail me at work and I can send you the express PCB file.  The resistor values are labelled on the Express PCB file itself, I can make a little notepad file with a list of the transistors. 

 

Step by step instructions would take a bit of time.  Other than stuffing in the parts, there is an input jack, output jack, and the power transformer, so it's not a bad DIY project.

 

-Paul

Paul...thanks! 

 

Please PM me with your email address and we will go from there. I don't want to derail the appreciation thread...Have to admit the build you did really hooked me...might as well make it my first DIY try.  I have two mint condition copper cases about the size of a Bottlehead amp that I bought on e-Bay from a DIYer in Canada which I eventually hope to bring into a custom build with Doc B.'s help so might as well start out simple and small...