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In the Thread: Bias help
Post Subject: Think about ergonomics and esthetics of your design.Posted by Romy the Cat on: 3/19/2011
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It looks like you will be building not DSET but a full range amp. You need to come up with the chassis design and it is a bit complicated possess. Do not be in hurry with this possess. You need to think about the location of the main elements on chassis, about the shortening and striating of signal paths, about separation of signal passes and power passes, about grounding, heat dissipation, galvanic proximity and many many other things. In your case there is a complication: Pieter made your transformer attractive looking. This in many cases would lead people to make an amp chassis on a flat table with transformers, tube and caps sticking out of chassis like mushrooms. I personally do not like this design, purely on esthetics, even thought I agree that there are a lot of justifiable advantages in this flat panel anticlimactic design.
Sure, my personal taste in esthetics means nothing to you, and it is how it shall be, but I do encourage you to come with your own version of pleasant looking and smart design. I personally like what all elements of amp are hidden and transformers, chokes and caps are not exposed. But it is me…..
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