[Brohken]

OK so here's the deal. I built a mint about a year ago. I don't know what any of the parts do. Not sure what any of the stuff I soldered did.

Long story short I loved building the mint. It works and the soldering was clean (not to shabby for my first time!). I'd like to build something else. Is there another guide around like one for the cMoy? I need a kind of step by step type thing with a good parts list (so I can order from digikey or something.

Sorry for the noob questions. I looked around a bit and all of these other builds seem pretty complicated. I never took an electrical class and don't know how to read a schematic.

 

[Brohken]

Also I ordered a PAV2V so this is more of a hobby than anything. I doubt I can build anything as good as that.

 

[heatmizer]

If you can build a mint you can build a mini-3.
The Mini³ Portable Stereo Headphone Amplifier

 

[Brohken]

Quote:

Originally Posted by heatmizer /img/forum/go_quote.gif If you can build a mint you can build a mini-3. The Mini³ Portable Stereo Headphone Amplifier

even though I can't read a schematic? on that ite it says I should be able to :T

 

[FallenAngel]

You should have no problem building the Mini3, it's a nice little portable amp. If you're looking for a home amp, take a look at the CKK-III, M3 and PPAv2, not in any order, they're all great amps and I love the PPAv2 the most

 

[oicdn]

If you want to give a tube amp a shot, go here:

Bottlehead.com

You don't really even need to learn how to read a schematic as supposedly it's a step by step tutorial.

 

[MisterX]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brohken /img/forum/go_quote.gif even though I can't read a schematic? on that ite it says I should be able to :T

Lessons In Electric Circuits -- Volume V (Reference) - Chapter 9

 

[cfcubed]

Not knowing what sort of sound/form-factor you are looking for, if you want to try non-portable, tube sound & price is a factor I'd consider a SOHA. True, more sophisticated designs are around (& coming) but many have enjoyed making & listening to SOHAs.
It's esp. easy w/J Rossel's kits & the help of this site.

Having built 3 of them (one from Jeff's kits), its not hard to put together a BOM yourself & place orders at the 2 or 3 places needed. My last one was my cheapest, < $70 or so, and sounds good to me. Key to keeping its cost down was not using the suggested toroidal transformer (used a std CT transformer pulled from an old APC UPS - maybe $8 from Mouser).

Good luck.