Everything posted by kevin gilmore
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The ultimate DIY? A Stax SRM-T2!
and I do not think they will fit the board. Maybe the 8 pin sockets can be made to fit, but not the 9 pin.
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krell ksa5 klone
mjf parts do not need heatsinking
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krell ksa5 klone
I use the thermasil ones. you use insulators to get good thermal transfer. The heatsinks are isolated from everything, so you don't even need insulators, but if you use thermasil or other conforming ones you get better thermal transfer. Even if there is a short between the case of the transistor and the heatsink its ok, as long as you don't touch the heatsink I'm pretty sure this is the one I used mouser part number 567-175-6-310P
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Megatron Electrostatic Headphone Amplifier
same thing, just a voltage protector.
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The ultimate DIY? A Stax SRM-T2!
schematic has not changed in forever http://gilmore.chem.northwestern.edu/t2schem.pdf
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The ultimate DIY? A Stax SRM-T2!
i used .125 inch material. which is standard in the usa. thicker should work if you machine a bit more off the transistor edge.
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Megatron Electrostatic Headphone Amplifier
dalbani guaranteed to be the fakes that birgir and I returned. 2sa1486 works, just flip it around. stn9360 works if you make (or someone makes) the little adapter board
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Megatron Electrostatic Headphone Amplifier
One of the members of our work team retired early. And I completely understand why. So if I had any free time left, which I already did not, I certainly do not now. Plus if I use my preferred vendor I pay Illinois sales tax. Its stupid for me to have boards made.
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KG Balanced Dynahi build discussion thread
if its just one channel, likely a noisy input that340. if its both channels, you can reduce the overall gain.
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krell ksa5 klone
the power supplies definitely have different noise spectral densities. whether they actually sound different is very hard to tell. The one with the TO3 transistors has better voltage regulation.
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krell ksa5 klone
lead spacing on those is 3.5mm. but these are the ones I think I used mouser # 581-SR205E104M
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kgst
not really. BH is grounded grid drive. a fair bit more linear in the output stage. And a bunch more parts.
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krell ksa5 klone
either file the pins a bit, or heat up the pins one at a time and push into the board. really should be flush.
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Megatron Electrostatic Headphone Amplifier
fixed in the next production run.
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The ultimate DIY? A Stax SRM-T2!
panel bushing for the front panel. look at the original diy pictures.
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The ultimate DIY? A Stax SRM-T2!
board is rk50 or dact. both work with a .25 inch coupler
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krell ksa5 klone
ksa5 was produced with both power supplies.
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Megatron Electrostatic Headphone Amplifier
its dc coupled where it counts. the ac coupled part is very high and constant impedance. nothing wrong with open architecture. as long as there are no kids or pets around
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The ultimate DIY? A Stax SRM-T2!
heavily anodized. no color changing here...
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The ultimate DIY? A Stax SRM-T2!
custom casting of vertical heatsink that size brutally expensive. and while it is more efficient, it is not not that much more efficient.
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kgst
dual transistor version http://gilmore.chem.northwestern.edu/kgst2.jpg
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cosmos
remake of cosmos on fox sunday nights produced by Seth McFarlane staring Neil deGrasse Tyson promises to be 13 episodes of pure eye candy
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kgst
prototype drives O2's very nicely.
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Dishwashers
I have the high end kitchenaid which worked great for 1 year, then one of the hose clamps broke and it dumped water all over the floor. At least the fix was quick and it has worked perfect ever since. Ultra quiet, and ultra low power, different kind of heating element to dry the dishes and a special motor that grinds the food into dust. Takes about 2 hours to wash dishes. Filled with electronic stuff. Probably would not buy it again, kind of expensive at about $1400... but as long as it continues to work...
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A little computer component advice needed...
bigger ssd's offer faster longer term performance. replace both drives with a single 512gb samsung ssd. major performance difference. and 8gb or more ram anything more than 4gb of ram requires 64 bit operating system