Paul Quick's lovely work on his SECA.
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Paul Quick's lovely work on his SECA.
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Sam Barley and his SECA amp, he has never made any thing before, the son of my dear departed friend James Barley , who worked for Bartletts In London, and he sold 100s of Claymore's
The Dynamic or tracking PSU.
Sam looking for the red wire.
The SECA one channel on a heatsink.
Both completed board 2 SECA in a old PC case.
Sam's write up here on HFA
http://www.hifianswers.com/2015/05/o...ovice-builder/
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Connections between PCB,s
With SS and PSU on a SECA
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SECA PCB
Re Fixing Zener to correct location on PCB
Versions without SS wiring
Circuit using FET in constant current load, NOTE C4 is now removed.
My first SECA using the PCB, ugly yes it is.
The Darlington version used in the constant current load.
BOM for the Darlington version.
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Here is the article I wrote a long time ago based on the TOCA amps.
And this is what they looked like.
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Yipeeeee life is mine
Well today I am free from TQ after 2yrs of shit, they have paid me a tiny money for my shares (less than half a year salary) but I can now bring out new cables and electronics. Yipeeeee life is mine.OK the legal guy took nearly half of what I got and the other half went to the now beloved Ex. But I can buy cheese again and coffee well for a week or two. he he
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Good luck Col.
AC POWER
Hardwired 10kVA balanced mains powering entire system
AMPS
Meridian 557 power Amp (Modded) / PS Audio BHK Preamp (Modded)
SPEAKERS
Wharfedale Evo 4.4
DAC
PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
TURNTABLE
Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge
PHONOSTAGE
Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
DIGITAL
OPPO 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac) - Roon Endpoint, HDMI input used for all things Streaming/ PS5 /AppleTV ... also good for movies apparently?
MUSIC PLAYBACK
Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
Ipad Roon Remote.
Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Dac via Oppo HDMI input/i2s output to Dac.
SPEAKER CABLES
Biwired: Duelund DCA10GA (Bass) Duelund DCA16GA (mid & treble) Duelund 12DCA used as jumpers (On "Blackcat Cable" Chris Sommivigo's advice - yup, even with biwire it sounds better - and it does)
INTERCONNECTS
All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables
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Good news Colin, must feel good not to have all that around your neck any more.
“Music has always been a matter of energy to me, a question of fuel. Sentimental people call it inspiration, but what they really mean is fuel. I have always needed fuel. I am a serious consumer. On some nights I still believe that a car with the gas needle on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio”
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Good for you Colin. Wish you well with your new ventures.
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
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