@LK - Great looking boxes! I may copy them when I attempt my T2.

Also wanted to thank you for your undertaking the GB.

You made it possible for me to consider building KG's monster amp.

And again, many thanks to KG for his insane contributions to the DIY crowd!

What are the dimensions of the heatsinks? They also resemble the Vitus Audio monoblocks. Nice work.

^ Yup, that's what I try to clone. The top and bottom panels are not as thick as the Vitus, though. I'm going to black anodize and powder coat the heatsinks. The others are silver, just like the Vitus. Front panels are different, I'm weighing up some options now.

The 'sinks are from http://www.heatsinkusa.com/10-080/. Each side is 2 pieces of 10.080" x 5" attached together. I had to shorten one of them to match the length of the board. The top panel does a great job covering the edge and makes it look like a single piece of heatsink.

How much did those monsters cost to make?

It's not finalized yet but I expect it'd cost as much as Dr Gilmore's ones, ~$1k-1.2k. Of course it saves me from exorbitant shipping charge, everything is done locally.

Edited December 7, 201114 yr by Lil Knight

The sun never sets on the Stax Mafia!

That's because God doesn't trust you in the dark.....

Thanks to Kerry, I have a beautiful new T2 in the house! Tonight was the first chance to fire it up due to shipping damage, which caused the bolts holding the transformers to shear off in transit and wreak some havoc in the PS. But Kerry stuck with me and actually walked me through the steps to fix the PS over the telephone -- mostly bend a few parts back into position, put some wires back into the connector blocks, and test everything with a meter -- even though I haven't DIY'd a damn thing previously. I didn't even electrocute myself! Anyway, the fixes all worked, it tested out perfect, and I fired it up with Kerry holding my hand virtually the entire time. BAM! we have music (and no smoke).

I am thrilled after a short listen to a bunch of different stuff and I am pissed that I have to work tomorrow and then head out of town for 24 hours. Oh well, plenty of time to spend listening and then comparing to the BHse and other stuff.

Thanks again, Kerry, and now back to the beautiful, beautiful music.

p.s. better pics to follow in daylight sometime, and with the BHse featured as well.

Hot damn! That thing looks sweet! Congrat, Al, and beautiful work, Kerry.

009+T2 you can't have any bigger win than that.

Congrat, Al.

Congrats Al. I was a bit jealous for your booze purchases, but after those pics I'm officially and intensely jealous Enjoy that, I'm sure the music is beautiful beautiful

Covet is the word that best comes to mind, and usually anytime your gear is shown. That is a beautiful amp/ps, and I can't think of a better home for it. Really looking forward to hearing the comparisons to the BHSE.

Major congrat on your first DIY outing! Sounds like you held your own.

Now about that stand.

Edited December 9, 201114 yr by swt61

Yeah, that stand is like "Christ on a cross with two guns"

She looks good in her new home Enjoy!

Oh my.

That's a beauty Al. Congrat.

very nice Al - enjoy

Thanks guys. Sorry, Steve, but I was trying to please the Mafia with my first shot of the T2/009. Besides, all my good stands are in Mayberry at the moment.

Al, I'm going to have to invite myself over to your place in the near future...

Glad to hear you and Kerry got that bad boy up and running again.

Al, I'm going to have to invite myself over to your place in the near future...

Glad to hear you and Kerry got that bad boy up and running again.

No thanks to you! I'll get over it if you bring your KGSSHV to run the triple threat.

Great. then post your impressions of the 3 amplifiers over there for the

poor sap that evidently does not understand.

Over there? That sounds scary.

Nice! So it's fine to leave it on a long time stacked like that? Not too hot?

Congrats on your new toy! Thanks again to Kerry for letting a few of us have a listen before it shipped out to its new home.

Nice! So it's fine to leave it on a long time stacked like that? Not too hot?

We measured the operating temperature after hours of use while they were still at Kerry's. If I am remembering correctly, the amp section had a surface temperature of about 125F. Hot, but not imminent fire hazard hot by any means.

Congrats Al she is a beaut!