Deang Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 ... just for fun. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlthess40 Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Nice looking. What’s the cost of the parts?Nice layout to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai2000 Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Dean, just wondering - have you used the Jagusch inductor for the bass as well? Personally I like it more than the litz coild that were used in the original ALKs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDJohnson Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Very nice! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pzannucci Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Deang, You are enjoying soldering too much. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Crossover PORN!!!! Heh, Heh! 🤣 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted July 2, 2018 Author Share Posted July 2, 2018 On 7/1/2018 at 6:00 AM, carlthess40 said: Nice looking. What’s the cost of the parts? Nice layout to The MusiCaps came from CE Distribution, and ran me $148 shipped. I had to parallel a 6uF and a 7uF. I bought the remaining stock of polystyrene MultiCap RTX 2uF capacitors from Soniccraft. That was kind of expensive, since I bought 14 of them. They were $37.17 each (normally $49). The CFAC for the low pass were $130 for the pair. Also from Soniccraft. An unnecessary extravagance. They were actually purchased for a build, but the customer backed out -- so I went ahead and used them. The only real plus in my opinion is that they have lower DCR relative to perfect-lay or scramble wound air cores. IOWs, you have to go 10 AWG to get what these give you in 12 AWG. I think the C-core autoformers were $275 for the pair. I only use them because I paid $275 for the pair! This old thread on Audiokarma says his math is off, and I agree. If I put these on -2dB, it sounds identical to -3dB on my 3670. http://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/c-core-auto-transformers.516061/ So, roughly $700 in parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted July 2, 2018 Author Share Posted July 2, 2018 On 7/1/2018 at 6:01 AM, dubai2000 said: Dean, just wondering - have you used the Jagusch inductor for the bass as well? Personally I like it more than the litz coil that were used in the original ALKs. It's just hard for me to get excited about wire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted July 2, 2018 Author Share Posted July 2, 2018 5 hours ago, pzannucci said: Deang, You are enjoying soldering too much. I cheated a bit on the MusiCap connections, because I wanted to make sure they were easy to get a part in case I decided I wanted to go back to the Jupiter. There is a difference, but not enough for me to figure out what I actually like better. I will probably just leave it this way for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1290 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 On 7/2/2018 at 12:37 PM, JohnA said: Crossover PORN!!!! Heh, Heh! 🤣 Crossover porn is right but man-o-man the finished product is beyond multi-orgasmic! After picking up my old LS I KNEW I didn't know squat about networks, caps, C-core autoformers but I did know this: There was someone in here who did. Yup, time to come home to my first love once again and I must admit I drove Dean insane. He prolly should have kicked me to the curb yet he didn't. He was calm, cool, collected and most prolly laffin his butt off. The end result of his modded networks? I really didn't know until last week when I got my new PrimaLuna tube integrated. All I can say is WOW! I'm hearing things I NEVER heard in 40 years of rockin. Forever grateful for all the work and insights? You betcha! Spot on and yea, he knows his stuff! Nuff said. Thanks again Dean! 😎 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai2000 Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Dave, I am curious - which tap of the transformer do you use - and for which speker/driver? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlthess40 Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Nice job. They do look like sweet eye candy And bet they sound better then they lookWhere did you get those little screw hooks for the caps? You twisted the wires to it and it’s screwed to the board ? I just did the caps in my H1’s last night and had to use hot glue, but I really like your method of holding them down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 11 hours ago, dubai2000 said: I am curious - which tap of the transformer do you use - and for which speaker/driver? The units ship with no useful information - nothing with which to do the actual math. Thankfully, some at AudioKarma did measurements, and determined that the markings are off by 1dB. So, I use the -2dB setting, which is probably -3dB, and sounds like it. I have LaScalas. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 7 hours ago, carlthess40 said: Where did you get those little screw hooks for the caps? You twisted the wires to it and it’s screwed to the board ? I just did the caps in my H1’s last night and had to use hot glue, but I really like your method of holding them down. The standoff’s come from Mouser. Find my AA Build Thread - where I go over all of the parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budman Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 is this it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 Why thank you good sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budman Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 the 2nd one starts on page 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panelhead Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Excellent work, these are something you should mount on top, and not hide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 49 minutes ago, Panelhead said: Excellent work, these are something you should mount on top, and not hide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deang Posted July 29, 2018 Author Share Posted July 29, 2018 That’s pretty much where mine sit. I mostly just don’t want them near the driver magnet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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