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i'm on a roll... the kgsshv

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Yes, I like the Bel Canto designs.
 
This is a Hifi2000 Pesante box of 2U and I used the typical heatsinks of 63.5mm high with 5mm PCB spacers.
 
I only made some low quality photos with my phone  :-[
 
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I mounted the power LED behind the icon  ::)
 
 
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  • After 5 years from the time I acquired the PCBs and parts, I finally took advantage of the free time created by the pandemic and completed my KGSSHV.  This is the offboard version with +/-500V supply.

  • Not sure if we have a KGSS thread but I'll just post this here.  So last year it dawned on me that I built my first KGSS amp 15 years ago and something had to be done to celebrate that.  It started of

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Beautiful. Amazing work.

..and really like the "remote" power switch and volume control. Nice.

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Wow, that is really nicely done, with great attention to detail!

I like it a lot.  Add on servo's and everything...  :)

Well thought out with amazing execution. Beautiful work!

Excellent work, attention to detail, a step further in the DIY world.

 

Congrats!  ::)

Really great work. Thanks for the internal photos.

Many thanks, I might not build this amp without what I have learned in this place

How is the toggle switch on the back wired? It only affects input selection?

Great work!

And where did you find the plastic shaft couplers?

How is the toggle switch on the back wired? It only affects input selection?

 

I'm guessing he implemented the same thing that Justin does, which is simply a switch between the XLR and RCA inputs.  I can't remember the exact wiring off hand but I did the same thing on my KGSS Headamp clone.

 

And ditto on the question regarding the shaft-couplers.  Those things (even the metal ones) are like hen's teeth it seems.

 

Finally, that's a simply superb build, PIC.  You should be very proud.

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And ditto on the question regarding the shaft-couplers.  Those things (even the metal ones) are like hen's teeth it seems.

 

Finally, that's a simply superb build, PIC.  You should be very proud.

The metal can be found at Mouser if anyone is looking - keystone part# 1453.

The switch is simply a 4PDT ON-ON unit.  Wire the 4 poles from the XLR inputs to one side and the RCA input as plus and minus as ground on the other end.  Dead simple. 

Don't you need to ground the - inputs to the board when using the RCAs?

You do that at the switch. 

+ - - +   XLR

x x x x   Output from switch

+ G G +   RCA

G is tied to common ground


Something like this.  Flip the switch to RCA and it grounds the - inputs to the amp. 

Yes, I have connected the selector according to Birgir's explanation.

 

I made these shaft couplings (Delrin), and I used steel pipes first but I had some problems because the knobs don't turn uniformly and I saw that the pipes were a bit twisted (or crooked, I'm not sure what the right word to describe this problem  :-[ )

 

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I decided to change these pipes and made another of aluminium/carbon fiber (I have used an arrow  ::)), these pipes are very fragile and they are easy to broke when I tighten the screws of the shaft couplings, for this reason I reinforced the pipes in the ends.

 

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