[Tilpo]

 
I always go with Par-Metal.

I looked into that company once, but when I made a inquiry on an order they didn't respond. After waiting for over a month and multiple email sent, I went for a different company instead.
I went with THL Audio, and they make some beautiful cases. Slightly more expensive than Par-metal, but the shipping costs (to Europe, at least) were lower.

 

[SilkSuede]

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I always go with Par-Metal.

 
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I looked into that company once, but when I made a inquiry on an order they didn't respond. After waiting for over a month and multiple email sent, I went for a different company instead.
I went with THL Audio, and they make some beautiful cases. Slightly more expensive than Par-metal, but the shipping costs (to Europe, at least) were lower.

Thanks guys, I'll check both of those places out. I'm impressed by what I briefly saw.

 

[wdahm519]

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Thanks guys, I'll check both of those places out. I'm impressed by what I briefly saw.

 
Just don't use Par-Metal's custom sizes.  If you order from the Amplifier case series (Series 20 I believe) you will get a response from them.  I've done 3-4 orders from them with no hiccups.  I highly recommend paying for anodizing but I'll leave that up to you.
 
Non-anodized cases of medium to large size (12 - 16" width) are roughly $50, and with anodizing it jumps to I think $70ish.  Don't quote me on that though.

 

[Ampedup77]

RA1 clone =)
 

 

[Zigis]

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I went with THL Audio, and they make some beautiful cases. Slightly more expensive than Par-metal, but the shipping costs (to Europe, at least) were lower.

Very boring page, lot of nice pictures, no prices.

 

[eimis]

How about a CanAmp clone prototype for you? 

 

 
First tests... Had some weird hum. Fixed that with some capacitors...

 

 

 
Put everything together tidily..and finished.

 

 

 

 
LFF "felt the FA-003’s had particular synergy with the Heed CanAmp." That's the main reason I built this amp. It's dead silent and sounds amazing. Better than the internal amp of Yulong D-100.
 
I read this whole thread in a month..

 

[DefQon]

Very nice ^^

 

[wdahm519]

Link to that knob?

 

[KimLaroux]

It looks like a vintage knob, something salvaged from a dead stereo.
 
I tried to look for technical information on this build but couldn't find anything. Is there a web page somewhere with at least a schematic? I am principally interested in the power supply.

 

[eimis]

The knob is not vintage 

 I got it from here: http://rcl.lt/index.php?lang=lt&id=2&pcode=IRAP002 It's probably just a plain chinese knob you can get from ebay...

 

[AmarokCZ]

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It's probably just a plain chinese knob you can get from ebay...

YEP! http://www.ebay.com/itm/PKG3-40X19-Aluminum-Amplifier-Home-Theater-System-Knobs-/290571850244?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43a76e9204#ht_757wt_754

 

[wdahm519]

Ah very nice, thank you!
 
EDIT:  Press fit!?

 

[Tilpo]

Ah very nice, thank you!

EDIT:  Press fit!?

I was wondering about that too.
Don't knobs normally go on by tightening a screw?

 

[AmarokCZ]

Tightening by screw? Never seen that 

 
"Press-fit" is this potentiometer:

 

[SilkSuede]

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Just don't use Par-Metal's custom sizes.  If you order from the Amplifier case series (Series 20 I believe) you will get a response from them.  I've done 3-4 orders from them with no hiccups.  I highly recommend paying for anodizing but I'll leave that up to you.
 
Non-anodized cases of medium to large size (12 - 16" width) are roughly $50, and with anodizing it jumps to I think $70ish.  Don't quote me on that though.

Cool, thanks man. I ordered a Par-Metal amplifier case in black, and my Bijou kit and GrubDac kit are shipping. I should have pics up soon.