I received mine today    Regards

Stirring things up a bit, any idea when there will be any kits available?   Regards

You managed to solder U5 (DAC) in so I don't see why you have trouble to solder U4. You made your life a bit harder by putting the beads and capacitors already in around the U4 area. Aren't you missing a pin on the left 3 + 5 header? Will this be mated with a Gamma1?   Regards

Can you post a picture of the circuit board so we can see how far you got. It will be hard to solder SMD parts if it's already populated with other through hole parts.   Regards

The key ingredient here is solder flux. Flux the pads and pins thoroughly and tip each pin with a good tinned solder-tip. A 1,6mm solder-tip works even better than a 0,8mm because there is much more heat in the tip. At the age of 48 and an eyesight that is not what it used to be I manage quite...

Well, isn't it that what it is supposed to do?   Regards

That's good news. I'll take one to start with.   Regards

My first Gamma1 now in operation in the bedroom system, I was really happy to got it working from the first power up. It sits between de Squeezebox Duet and my Tuner/Amp. Still need to replace the Duet wall-wart with a Sigma11. The new PS is already put together and tested.     Regards

Any update on these little buggers, kits I mean?   Regards

Not yet completely finished but this is the stuff I've been working on the last two weeks. Had all the parts for months and months but didn't had the time to work on them. Top left to right: Sigma11 5V, Sigma11 9V and two other shunt regulated power supply's also one configured for 5V and the...

  This is how it looks today. Just finished two Sigma 11 power supply's.   Regards

That's some nice clean soldering you did there. Where did you get those blue tube sockets from? Regards

Any idea when kits will be available? Regards

Thanks for the update Ti. Regards

Is this still going anywhere? Regards

Thanks for the update. I'm really impressed with al the work you are doing here. Regards

Awfully quiet here? Regards

Thanks Ti. Didn't want to rush things, just pure curiosity. Regards

Any new developments here? Regards

Nice build. That small circuit board is indeed cool and handy. Did you made that yourself? Regards

I'm also kinda interested in one of those. Regards

Quote: I had them all swapped! see, tom; THIS is why I'm glad I didn't solder in those heatsinks! I *thought* I had picked the right transistor places for the to220 parts but that handy diagram caught me in time and saved me a LOT of hair pulling! Had the same problem but I...

Thanks for the suggestions and making it look easy. I removed the screws with a pair of needle pliers without to much problems. I never tighten those things to hard anyway. I than succeeded in removing the transistors with a good blob of solder on the tip trying to heat up the three pins at...

My MiniMax board was laying here finished for quit some time now and yesterday I finally had the time (and courage) to fire it up. I first dialed in the power supply voltage and after that the tube bias, no problems so far. I than started to try to set the bias for the DB's and because my meter...

My boards + stuff and custom plates arrived today. Thanks Ti Regards