Cool! Good thing for the new, bigger place! How did you used to that in your old place?

One day the universe will align and I will be able to get one of Doug's amps.

Right there with ya, Jacob. 

A couple of initial pics ...

 

 

Sweet! I don't need another amp... that's what I'm going to keep telling myself.... at least for now.

Edited May 26, 201412 yr by shellylh

The usual simple elegance, Doug.  Congrat on rolling them out!

Mmmmmmm.....  

needs an ebony knob.

The usual simple elegance, Doug. Congrat on rolling them out!

I concur. A nice refreshing change from some of the more "baroque" designs out there.

Looks great!

Obviously, given how much I liked your previous generation of amps I am a fan of this one from an aesthetic point of view.  One thing - what's the story with the Neutrik combo jack?  I can't quite tell but it appears to have the typical 3-pin layout so I'm left confused by its presence.

needs an ebony knob.

 

Especially if it had ebony or black and white ebony side panels.

what's the story with the Neutrik combo jack?  I can't quite tell but it appears to have the typical 3-pin layout so I'm left confused by its presence.

 

http://www.head-fi.org/t/661233/ecp-audio-dsha-1-l-2-black-diamond/150#post_10581448

I followed the link and it takes me to the last page of the thread and I don't see anything about the jack, but whatever, I'm sure you had your reasons.

Sorry for the confusion. It's just a TRS jack -- the 3-pin portion is not connected.

I used it because a) TRS jacks are all ugly, and this was the least ugly to my eye, it will fit the same front panel as a 4-pin jack just in case someone were to work on another amplifier that was balanced but which had a similar profile and could fit into a similar case.

Thanks Shelly.  Head-Fi is so broken on my work computer it's not funny.  Not that there's any reason to worry about it. 

 

I'm not sure I share you opinion on reason "a", Doug, but I certainly understand it from a fabrication perspective. 

just got in by accident a piece of ebony 15 inches x 2 inches x .5 inches.

probably not long enough for 2 end pieces

Just shy. I had a piece of almost the same size I tried to will into a pair of sides with no luck.

what is the finished size of the side panels if they were flat?

 

going shopping for more ebony. (both kinds)

260mm x 36mm x 11mm with 2mm wide and 2mm deep rabbets cut in them.

just got in by accident a piece of ebony 15 inches x 2 inches x .5 inches.

probably not long enough for 2 end pieces

...but maybe enough for a couple knobs?

knobs need to be 2 inches or more thick.

reason is I have to have something to grab onto reliably to

put the insert in. once the insert is in, I can bring it down to

about .8 inch deep. machining into the insides of an expensive

2 inch collet chuck might get someone really pissed at me if

I make a mistake.

 

I have enough now for about 20 ebony knobs. but none

are absolutely black like the few I had made previously.

 

will be getting enough wood to make doug a pair of panels

anyway.

 

need to find someone that has been sitting on a piece of

pure black ebony for 30 or 40 years.

Edited May 28, 201412 yr by kevin gilmore

The obvious joke is Steve.

The obvious joke is Steve.

 

slightly less obvious: pretty sure larry at headphile has had the patent on ebony for the past 30-40 years.

Now, Now... you are just trying to get a rise out of the Tice.