[Anonanimal]

Looking good!  How do they sound?

 

[particleman14]

sounds great so far.  I am going to do a little a/bing of the gamma-2/grubdac  as I now have 2 mini3 that are identical to try and get a good comparison.  so far really enjoying it.

 

[Anonanimal]

Just fired up my first Carrie System!  15V DCP and a BantamDAC.
 
Have my beater SR60s plugged in right now and it sounds absolutely fantastic!
 
Currently pulling power directly from C7 on the BantamDAC board and not having any surge current issues with the amp turn-on.
 
Thanks for the opportunity to work on this excellent project!
 
Edit: here are some pictures!
 
Full Circuit Top View

 
Bottom View.  I used hot glue to hold the boards together and it worked quite well!

 

[varione]

got mine put together tonight, sounds great!
 
thanks much for the project!
 
pulling power directly from c7 on the bantam just like anonanimal
 
going to just to the  front panels another day....my first time actually and too cheap to buy some

 

[joneeboi]

Great looking work, folks. It's really great to see you come back with pictures of finished builds. It really warms my heart.
 
Good call on the hot glue, Anonanimal.

 

[Anonanimal]

Custom panels ordered!  I'll update with some more pictures when I get them in a couple of weeks.
 
Thanks again for all of the work you've put into this project.  This really has turned out to be one impressive little device!

 

[Nebby]

Let us know if they work well I'm tempted to order a set myself...
 
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Custom panels ordered!  I'll update with some more pictures when I get them in a couple of weeks.
 
Thanks again for all of the work you've put into this project.  This really has turned out to be one impressive little device!

 

[Anonanimal]

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Let us know if they work well I'm tempted to order a set myself...
 

 

No problem!  Here's a quick screen cap of the design I ended up using:
 

 

[Anonanimal]

Just wanted to post an update-
 
Got my second Carrie (of 2) up and running over the weekend.  I used the same components as the first one- 15V DCP, Gain5, BantamDAC.  Pulling power directly from the Bantam's C7.
 
These little guys do sound surprisingly good and I just want to say thanks again for such a great project!

 

[Ikarios]

anonanimal, do you have pictures of your amps? I want to take a look at your front panel design, as well as how the Carrie/Bantam set looks (size, etc). Thanks!

 

[Anonanimal]

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anonanimal, do you have pictures of your amps? I want to take a look at your front panel design, as well as how the Carrie/Bantam set looks (size, etc). Thanks!

 
My front panel design itself is posted in a pic just above, and there are also some pictures of the finished boards themselves higher up on this page.  I don't yet have them cased up.
 
I should be getting my panels in today and finishing them both up.  When that happens I'll definitely post up a few pictures! 

 
Edit:  Here they are!
 

 

 

 

[3000]

@Anonanimal, those look sweet!

 

[viralbug]

Looks great Anonanimal!

 

[mattcalf]

Looks great anonanimal, and great listening choice!
 
Particleman14, how'd the comparisons go?
 
Cheers.

 

[SilverCans]

Guys I noticed that many have solved the power-up issue when using the Bantam via tapping into C7, has a similar solution been found for those using the Grub dac?