Nevermind, somehow a fast blow fuse found it's way into the amp. After almost a year and a half, I have my pi-max project working as I wanted. I have the ability to play my pi straight to my max, in the same enclosure. I can also play the pi to my stereo system un-amped, or the pi through the...

I am having an issue with my Max, it's probably something dumb. It was working a few weeks ago. Since then, I have finished my enclosure and made a few wiring changes. I removed the hard wires for power and added terminal screws for power and output. I made a couple changes to the input wiring...

I'll explain the bolded part. I left the buck converter connected to the power circuit as before, but powered a different pi with it. I then hooked a wall wart up to the Pi that is supposed to go to the amp. When I connected the RCA of the Main pi to the amp, there was no noise, even with the...

Hi Tom!   I posted a few months back about the MOSFET Max I am building and integrating with a Raspberry Pi. (Thread Here.) Anyway, I am still working on the case, however I finished getting the amp and Pi section built. I am having a major problem with noise however. I'm sure it has something...

Amazing work. You truly have a gift. I hope one day to have even a little of that skill. Beautiful!

Not much to add right now, but I did discover my method for the EZ Lok threaded inserts was wrong. See this video for the correct installation procedure. https://youtu.be/tIhEqoKE8Dc

I'm having some issues with my older Max. I didn't used to have any problems, but I have made some changes, and I'm not sure which one is causing my problem.   I'm hearing frequent static in my headphones. it is not consistent, sometimes it is very faint, sometimes it is loud, mostly loud...

I forgot to mention that the router burned the headphone jack a little. I don't think it will be a problem after I sand and stain. The right hand side of the case (the Pi side) will be smaller. I was using the foam board to simulate where the side will be when I shrink it, although it is not in...

Thanks! It's kind of Frankenstein-ish right now, but it's a good exercise in the design process for me. I've never been good at design/aesthetics, so I think it's helping me to look at things in new ways.   I was out on vacation for a week, but there have been a few new developments. I looked...

No worries tomb! I have had a set in my drawer for several years, so I was used to seeing the splash of color, and wasn't expecting the white boxes. But I will just keep the old boxes around for nostalgia.   The one thing he emphasized is that he is very diligent about cleaning the pins of the...

Beezar tubes. It looks like tomb no longer puts the snazzy little stickers on the boxes. I will try and dig out one of my old boxes for fun. Tubes from my local reseller. He demonstrated to me that the boxes had probably gotten wet at some point by ripping one of the cardboard closure tabs off...

I did a little research into 3D printing and got started with Autodesk 123D. This is so much easier than Sketchup. I made a mockup of the back panel in about an hour, with YouTube tutorials (The Ben Heck Show FTW.) Much less time than by hand. Plus, I was able to model a few different layouts...

I got a lot of parts over the past two days, so I have been making quite a bit of progress. I think I'm only waiting on two things, a volume knob that's coming "slow boat." And the IQAudio. It has been shown as "At O'Hare in Chicago" since the 1/19 so I don't know what's going on. Paypal is...

Messed around and learned some basic functions in Google Sketchup. I know this is pretty rough, but I've never really used it before. Just wanted to play around a little bit.      

Here are some photos. Slowly but surely coming along. Left is case before cutting the grooves, that is what the finished size should be. I plan to put the volume knob right in the middle for aesthetics, even if it is not the most efficient use of space. I also like the idea of dividing the case...