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Exact opposite here!Originally Posted by Barry
Looks like the case and knobs are worth more than the components!
I tried a "10K pot in a box" years ago - despite the elegance and the Mies van der Rohre's maxim of "the less is more", I prefer to use an active preamp regardless of source.
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Completed, all bar the lettering which I'll sort in due course.
I've also added a chassis earth and ganged it up with the pot switch earth to be taken back to the main amp's earth.
Photos of (almost) completed control unit. Won't get a chance to try it out for a while so it'll sit around for a while no doubt.
Front, minus decals/lettering (to follow):
Rear view: IEC is there but left unconnected whilst I use this as a passive control unit.
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Very nice, tidy job Paul.
That's a high end looking case!
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I been going on about the Radford, should have said what a nice job you have done of the passive unit.
What's the IEC power socket for?
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I'm Paul.
The Radford is the real star in this story
Thanks Paul for your kind comments anyway. IEC came with the case kit, so it was fitted 1) to blank the hole in the chassis and ii) as in time, it may become an active project but for now, it's intended as control unit for an STA25.
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Thanks John. The case is a nicely made thing although it needed a fair few more openings and personally, I'd have a slightly different arrangement at the rear. I selected that case pertly as it has to support the power amp which is 17 or 18Kg (still only about half the weight of the Emille!)
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Yes a nice case
But I wouldn't be running the left and right channels together in the same cable.
I've experienced channel corruption when I've done so.
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I'm Will.
Great job Paul, also, exquisite choice in amplification I must say
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