glenann
25-07-2022, 18:53
Hi Everyone,
So I don't know exactly where to place this cost wise. I asked for some opinions on the Drawing Board thread and they were very helpful. The figure 'bandied' about was around the £600 mark. I don't know whether that's right or not, so I'll start this off at £550.00. I'm very much open to serious offers though, as my daughter is getting married and I could do with generating some funds. I'm also looking at going down another route for now.
I built this with all new components in March 2021. It's pretty much stock apart from some upgraded Elna caps and some other parts with a closer tolerance than supplied. The transformer is an 'Audiophile' grade (whatever that means) 400VA, from the good guys at Toroidy. It's 25 watts in to 8 ohms, pure Class A. Nelson Pass is an absolute genius and this is such a simple but effective circuit. No doubt you'll be familiar with it, maybe more so than me! You can read all about it here (https://diyaudiostore.com/products/f-6#:~:text=The%20F6%20is%20a%20regular%20kind%20of% 20amp,Bipolar%20power%20supply%20of%20%28%2B%2F-%2024V%29%20is%20required.). I've biased it at 600mV and it runs well within it's capabilities. It gets warm.. (it's Class A) but never so much that I can't bear my hand on it.
Quite honestly, it hasn't missed a single beat since I built it. I mean, literally, it hasn't made any 'magic smoke,' thumped, coughed or farted for one second. It's been totally rock solid. A couple of the images below are from when I was building it, the others are from yesterday. I don't have a box for it, so collection would be necessary. I'm not far from Sheffield. It won't be supplied with a mains lead either, as I use one I made with some Supra cable. But it's a standard IEC. It's single ended and has WBT style banana plugs.
If you have any questions at all, then please feel free to ask and I'll do my best.
Thanks for looking.
https://i.imgur.com/M2qGXd4h.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Mejlwyyh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/xhwETefh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/HpSuwmeh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/NUv5gzMh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/alUvt3jh.jpg
So I don't know exactly where to place this cost wise. I asked for some opinions on the Drawing Board thread and they were very helpful. The figure 'bandied' about was around the £600 mark. I don't know whether that's right or not, so I'll start this off at £550.00. I'm very much open to serious offers though, as my daughter is getting married and I could do with generating some funds. I'm also looking at going down another route for now.
I built this with all new components in March 2021. It's pretty much stock apart from some upgraded Elna caps and some other parts with a closer tolerance than supplied. The transformer is an 'Audiophile' grade (whatever that means) 400VA, from the good guys at Toroidy. It's 25 watts in to 8 ohms, pure Class A. Nelson Pass is an absolute genius and this is such a simple but effective circuit. No doubt you'll be familiar with it, maybe more so than me! You can read all about it here (https://diyaudiostore.com/products/f-6#:~:text=The%20F6%20is%20a%20regular%20kind%20of% 20amp,Bipolar%20power%20supply%20of%20%28%2B%2F-%2024V%29%20is%20required.). I've biased it at 600mV and it runs well within it's capabilities. It gets warm.. (it's Class A) but never so much that I can't bear my hand on it.
Quite honestly, it hasn't missed a single beat since I built it. I mean, literally, it hasn't made any 'magic smoke,' thumped, coughed or farted for one second. It's been totally rock solid. A couple of the images below are from when I was building it, the others are from yesterday. I don't have a box for it, so collection would be necessary. I'm not far from Sheffield. It won't be supplied with a mains lead either, as I use one I made with some Supra cable. But it's a standard IEC. It's single ended and has WBT style banana plugs.
If you have any questions at all, then please feel free to ask and I'll do my best.
Thanks for looking.
https://i.imgur.com/M2qGXd4h.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Mejlwyyh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/xhwETefh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/HpSuwmeh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/NUv5gzMh.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/alUvt3jh.jpg