[synaesthetic]

Whoa dB, that is truly DIY style!

Be sure to show us the finished product. =D

 

[sid_]

Fitz: I'm interested in the specifics of your music server.

What case and power supply are you using?
Do you use that machine for playback or for pure file serving?

If it handles playback:
- Is the onboard optical-out bit-perfect? How does it sound?
- How do you interface to the machine to control song choice?

I ask as I'd like to build a 24/7 dedicated digital media store / player with a touchscreen interface to a full-screen foobar2000 (or perhaps a custom application), ideally with no operating system visible.

[size=xx-small]An embedded system with built in hardware FLAC decoding would be nice, but that's probably far more of a challenge.

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[Fitz]

Quote:

Originally Posted by imported_sid_ /img/forum/go_quote.gif Fitz: I'm interested in the specifics of your music server. What case and power supply are you using? Do you use that machine for playback or for pure file serving? If it handles playback: - Is the onboard optical-out bit-perfect? How does it sound? - How do you interface to the machine to control song choice? I ask as I'd like to build a 24/7 dedicated digital media store / player with a touchscreen interface to a full-screen foobar2000 (or perhaps a custom application), ideally with no operating system visible. [size=xx-small]An embedded system with built in hardware FLAC decoding would be nice, but that's probably far more of a challenge. [/size]

Information about the case is in this post, but I don't do playback directly from the server. I use slimserver with a Squeezebox 3 for the music playback side of things, as the only thing connected to the server is power and network.

 

[nickyboyo]

My first zero defect and tidy cmoy build. It's so much tidier using pcb's than protoboard, this unit looks like a good diy amp rather than a bad diy bowl of spaghetti (my efforts with protoboards never did end up looking too pretty)

Thanks to Joshatdot for supplying me with a great board and a great kit

 

[webbie64]

Nice, clean build nickyboyo.

Glad you're enjoying the move from protoboard to pcb's.

 

[earthflyer]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ferrari /img/forum/go_quote.gif Just finished this little baby for office use: a modified Kumisa III @ ±24V DC (with a couple of traces cut and some resistors changes). ... heavily heatsinking on the bottom, which allows quiescent current biasing at 60mA, ... and the guts I'm not good when it comes to describing the sound, but in short... a very musical, laid back sounding amp without any sign of distortions, noise, hiss or hum. It makes this hobby (DIY) so fun.

WOW...nice DIY amp u got there.

 

[fiddler]

Ok, totally ordinary compared to whatever posted above, but I was bored and it was still nice and fun to wire up an old-fashioned CMOY.

I call this "the Brick". Kinda crude, I like it. At least it's very well shielded! The idea was, I've got a spare enclosure here, and look, an old 24v power supply from a printer! Let's stuff an amp in there. Power switch is built into the headphone jack, found a nifty one at a surplus store. I couldn't find it on Switchcraft's site, maybe it's discontinued? Plug in headphones to turn it on... Oh, and it sounds pretty good too!

 

[agutt]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ferrari /img/forum/go_quote.gif Just finished this little baby for office use: a modified Kumisa III @ ±24V DC (with a couple of traces cut and some resistors changes). ... heavily heatsinking on the bottom, which allows quiescent current biasing at 60mA, ... and the guts I'm not good when it comes to describing the sound, but in short... a very musical, laid back sounding amp without any sign of distortions, noise, hiss or hum. It makes this hobby (DIY) so fun.

WHERE DID YOU GET THIS CASE?!?! I love it!

 

[Ferrari]

agutt, the case is a HiFi-2000 Galaxy GX248 with 10mm (optional) face plate I got at their webshop: Modushop.biz.


Edit: In the US, this case can be found at Teko under part nr. DS2480.18.

 

[agutt]

Thanks ferrari!

 

[deeplove]

Quote:

Originally Posted by fiddler /img/forum/go_quote.gif

I love that INDUSTRIAL feel to it. Throw some NIN and Beers in to really appreciate it. I like it. Good job.

 

[lordvader]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ferrari /img/forum/go_quote.gif agutt, the case is a HiFi-2000 Galaxy GX248 with 10mm (optional) face plate I got at their webshop: Modushop.biz. Edit: In the US, this case can be found at Teko under part nr. DS2480.18.

What about the feet ?

 

[Ferrari]

Quote:

Originally Posted by lordvader /img/forum/go_quote.gif What about the feet ?

The feet are made by Mitron in Taiwan.
In the US, these feet can be found at this shop.

 

[Ech0]

I looked for feet similiar to these in US. Tough to find for me anyway.

If you follow the link they're "out of stock" w/good reason. Look great @ reasonable price.

BTW Ferrari, fabulous casework.

Edit: oops, my bad, they have others similiar in style.

Ech0

 

[Beefy]

Photos of my M^3 and S11, finally, with front and back panels completed. Here it is still naked from the front:

From the top:

From the back:

And also my Millett Hybrid Max. It wasn't quite finished in these shots; just needed some more wiring and casework which is now done:

And the obligatory night tube shot:

Both amps all hooked up, with Big Daddy on guard duty:

And from the top:

Last thing to do is shorten the volume pots a little so that the volume and gain knobs fit flush with the front panels.