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Quicksilver96:

Are those Hammond Diecast Aluminum 1590WS Enclosure? SWEET!!!!!!
How hard to dig holes through them?

Thanks!

That box is made by Deltron, the mfg P/N is 459-0020. The aluminum is fairly easy to drill into. I tried to use a spade bit to make the 1/2" hole for the power inlet but that ruined one box as the bit caught the aluminum and ripped the box out from the clamp and gnarled it all up. I ended up using my largest standard drill bit (3/8) and using a dremel to open the hole up a little more. The brushed finish took a bunch of time to remove whatever finish was on the box by hand. I wouldn't have bothered removing the finish at all, but I will have my polishing tools back in a couple weeks to make it mirror shiney .

Hehehe, Industrial look is my kind of thing. Thanks for the info!

Nice! 16mA.. you must have waited for some Buf634 I like the enclosure, too.

Why would you want the cold, calculating precision of a machine when you can have the warm, mellow dodginess of a human ?

I'm a bit of a perfectionist so it pains me to look at those wonky components...

Ahwell I'll get over it, it is my first serious surface mount project and I got a bit frustrated at times so was just satisfied when I had it positioned for good joints but not necessarily to be asthetically pleasing.

Sorry about the dodgy pics but this camera doesn't like focusing up close and it's old, so either it just sucks or I don't know how to use it properly. I'm guessing the former.

Oh and it is a PINT mini^3ified with 2 x LM6172 as per Filburt's suggestion. I'm also doing a 2 x AD8397 in exactly the same config but I wrecked the chips with a rather stupid mistake so need some new ones before I start that. I'll get some pics up when it's cased up, most likely mint tins. At this stage just the board's been done, needs testing, wiring and casing still.

Both HPDACs are finally done!

I replaced all the electrolytics with BlackGates here except for the one Elna Cerafine which is pretty damn good already. Stock gain of 6 (I think), 2x LM6172. Hammond 1455C802 enclosure.

Insides:






Cased:



Twins

My PINT (Tangent's Low-Noise Version)

AD8397 on L/R
LM6172 on Ground
99.9999% Pure Silver Wiring
DIY Mini-TREAD
True 9.6V 200mAh PowerEx
My little secret on what the case is

Nice case. It looks like a case my father uses for fishing leads and other fishing thingies. Am I right?

Where is the DC jack? I can see some wires coming out of that "tread" but no DC jack.

Completed AlienDAC

I just completed the assembly of an AlienDAC and am pleased to say that it worked perfectly on the first try. I am a little un happy with the case work; the cutout around the USB port is a little crummy but other than that I'm very pleased with the way it sounds. I posted pics for all to see.

The DC jack is in the top right corner of the pic, behind the PINT, farther away from the TREAD.

And nope, the case is something different, but you might find it in the store.

Nice work Mathew!!!! Those RCA's fit nicely!

Yay, another Alien DAC in another Hammond case... Mines got an onboard tread (overkill) and I'm running the 5V side at 5.35V.

Very sweet looking Alien DAC. I noticed the nice caps in there.

My wooden chassis for my millet

Here is my new chassis for my millet. I am going to mount the board upside down inside of the chassis. So, all you will need to do is turn it upside down change tubes. I am also mounting bias jacks on the back panel to make bias adjustments that much easier.

Let's show something different for once :

Vifa P17WJ+D26TG in a transmission line :



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