AudioPhewl
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Probably. I've got to be honest with you - I'm fine at following plans. I'm not here to discuss various alternatives to things - if you want it done, send me a Zero, the plans you want followed, and the parts, and some petty beer tokens.
I can't suggest alternatives, nor tell you how the end result is going to sound. I've never built one, nor did I design it.
You could probably add a volume pot, if you really wanted, if it were fitted directly after the output coupling capacitors. But I make no guarantees over this - I'm possibly wrong, and likely to be misleading you.
I have to be honest here - you're barking up the wrong tree. You have expectations on how the thing is going to perform based on one mans experiences. You've no idea how good the basic package is, nor how good it sounds after some opamp rolling, nor any idea of how it performs with discrete-component amplifiers in place of the opamps.
You're hankering after a valve solution - I'd really suggest starting out with a design based around valves.
The "Lampizator" may be precisely what you're looking for - you're looking for a trike. Converting a motorcycle into a trike is a lot of extra effort. But the current approach is akin to converting a car into a trike.
It may be precisely what you're looking for, but there are likely better ways to achieve your goal.
Anyway, valves are a PITA. They run hot. they light the room with their glow, and they wear out. You should be after the Zero because it's solid-state, works damned well, and represents excellent value for money. Not because your main goal is to convert it into something else entirely.
Of course, a working unit from the off would be great. I've still heard nothing at all from Lawrence, and will be firing off a chargeback at the start of next week. I'm disgusted by his ignorance of my problem
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~Phewl.
| Originally Posted by pete~ /img/forum/go_quote.gif could you install a simple volume pot somewhere in the lampizated zero? That would give me the volume control option back, AND the whole mod. Do you know enough electronics to add the volume option to it do you think? |
Probably. I've got to be honest with you - I'm fine at following plans. I'm not here to discuss various alternatives to things - if you want it done, send me a Zero, the plans you want followed, and the parts, and some petty beer tokens.
I can't suggest alternatives, nor tell you how the end result is going to sound. I've never built one, nor did I design it.
You could probably add a volume pot, if you really wanted, if it were fitted directly after the output coupling capacitors. But I make no guarantees over this - I'm possibly wrong, and likely to be misleading you.
I have to be honest here - you're barking up the wrong tree. You have expectations on how the thing is going to perform based on one mans experiences. You've no idea how good the basic package is, nor how good it sounds after some opamp rolling, nor any idea of how it performs with discrete-component amplifiers in place of the opamps.
You're hankering after a valve solution - I'd really suggest starting out with a design based around valves.
The "Lampizator" may be precisely what you're looking for - you're looking for a trike. Converting a motorcycle into a trike is a lot of extra effort. But the current approach is akin to converting a car into a trike.
It may be precisely what you're looking for, but there are likely better ways to achieve your goal.
Anyway, valves are a PITA. They run hot. they light the room with their glow, and they wear out. You should be after the Zero because it's solid-state, works damned well, and represents excellent value for money. Not because your main goal is to convert it into something else entirely.
Of course, a working unit from the off would be great. I've still heard nothing at all from Lawrence, and will be firing off a chargeback at the start of next week. I'm disgusted by his ignorance of my problem
~Phewl.
