n_maher
Resistorous Conflagorous
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So, my GF is a bit under the weather today so rather than sit and watch her sleep on the couch I decided to fire up the iron and see if I could actually finish some of the projects I've got going. I looked at a Millett I'm building and decided I've built entirely too many of those latey, I looked at the 100% complete MINT that I have waiting to go in a case and could muster the power to do anything and finally my eyes fell upon the bare PIMETA board that I've had in a box for a bit. Then it hit me, I've been hating life at work lately (amp wise) mostly because I've been using a battery powered MINT. Don't get me wrong the MINT is a nice little amp but opening the case every couple days to change batteries couple with the fact that one of my 6mo old plainviews died a few weeks ago had me frustrated. Then I looked slightly to the left and said the two TREAD kits and it all started coming together fast. After rifling through the spare parts box I had everything I needed and set down to work.
4hrs later I'm listening to this:
Link to front and back panel pics.
It's a class A biased, single buffer per channel PIMETA running off of a 23.45V (just for fun) TREAD w/ the AD8620/10 combo and a gain of 3. PS caps are some 330uF Panny FM's that I've had sitting around for a while and everything else is pretty much the stock value. It's the first wooden case I've used and I must say that given how easy wood is to work I might not be going back to metal any time soon. Anyway, it was nice to actually finish something for a change as some of my other projects have been "active" for the better part of 4 months now.
That's it for now.
Nate
4hrs later I'm listening to this:
Link to front and back panel pics.
It's a class A biased, single buffer per channel PIMETA running off of a 23.45V (just for fun) TREAD w/ the AD8620/10 combo and a gain of 3. PS caps are some 330uF Panny FM's that I've had sitting around for a while and everything else is pretty much the stock value. It's the first wooden case I've used and I must say that given how easy wood is to work I might not be going back to metal any time soon. Anyway, it was nice to actually finish something for a change as some of my other projects have been "active" for the better part of 4 months now.
That's it for now.
Nate
