concorde1
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Hi, for the last while I've been designing and building my own amplifier using Neurochrome's Modulus-686 boards.
Finally it has come to fruition.
I designed my own chassis and built it from 5mm aluminium, having the panels water jetted for holes for connectors and ventilation etc. I used the heat sinks as the side panels. I used aluminium rod as a frame around each heat sink, allowing me to attach the panels to the heat sinks.
I had the panels powder coated - in the pictures they will look black but the colour is actually iridescent red; at the right angle it looks sparkly red, and mostly it looks black.
Where possible, I chose to solder the Neurochrome boards myself (other than ISS and amp modules).
It's an incredibly solid chassis. With everything assembled it probably weighs well in excess of 20kg (will measure it later).
I used a blue LED for standby and green LED for active.
The sound: I've just tested it with second hand speakers I was willing to damage and it sounds very clear. I will plug it in to my 530's soon. And then my March Sointuva's will arrive in a few weeks.
Thanks to Tom at Neurochrome for answering my technical questions.
It has been challenging and fun to build this. The most difficult thing was probably building the chassis. Who would have thought it's so hard to make a box?
If you have any questions feel free to ask!
Here are some pictures of my build:
Finally it has come to fruition.
I designed my own chassis and built it from 5mm aluminium, having the panels water jetted for holes for connectors and ventilation etc. I used the heat sinks as the side panels. I used aluminium rod as a frame around each heat sink, allowing me to attach the panels to the heat sinks.
I had the panels powder coated - in the pictures they will look black but the colour is actually iridescent red; at the right angle it looks sparkly red, and mostly it looks black.
Where possible, I chose to solder the Neurochrome boards myself (other than ISS and amp modules).
It's an incredibly solid chassis. With everything assembled it probably weighs well in excess of 20kg (will measure it later).
I used a blue LED for standby and green LED for active.
The sound: I've just tested it with second hand speakers I was willing to damage and it sounds very clear. I will plug it in to my 530's soon. And then my March Sointuva's will arrive in a few weeks.
Thanks to Tom at Neurochrome for answering my technical questions.
It has been challenging and fun to build this. The most difficult thing was probably building the chassis. Who would have thought it's so hard to make a box?
If you have any questions feel free to ask!
Here are some pictures of my build: