Alan,
fabulous stuff, very impressed with the Voyager amps at NEBO. I could certainly live with those.
Are you building any to order?
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Alan,
fabulous stuff, very impressed with the Voyager amps at NEBO. I could certainly live with those.
Are you building any to order
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Hi JimOriginally Posted by Jimbo
Alan,
fabulous stuff, very impressed with the Voyager amps at NEBO. I could certainly live with those.
Are you building any to order
Thanks for that they are very good amps and I am very happy with them
No I only build them as a hobby for myself, never thought about building them for others ?, the availability of some parts is also not easy to get such as the VBE boards which aren't readily available, the Rcores were bought in a group buy on PFM but they could be replaced with torroids . The NCC200 boards are still available from LesW in Version 1.4
Avondale audio does still build them and also Which Hat Audio I believe
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Hi Ali
Yes that is the NCC-200 Ver 1.4 on LesW web site and what I used in the Voyagers you can build an amp with them alone with a shared power supply to the input and output stage of these amplifiers but the part that makes the voyager amplifiers that bit special is to supply the front end input with a regulated supply Via the VBE boards the first stage of this amp only requires a Quiet 12ma constant current supply, The 3rd stage (output) is best fed with a raw unregulated supply that has good current delivery for best transient performance (welly)
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Cheers Alan. Have to agree with Jim, a very fine sounding pair of amps.
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Happy 500th post, Alan - may there be many more, mate!
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Wow didn't realise that, thanks MarcoHappy 500th post, Alan - may there be many more, mate!
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Wow! Excellent job Alan
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Wonderful workman ship great to see, make more please.
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Thanks for the compliments guys and the voyagers are still sounding sweet and in daily use
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