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My name is Ben. I am from Hamilton, Canada. Here
are some pics of my A75, which I call the Blue Dragon. The chassis is made of mirrored Plexiglas. This
greatly increases the WAF (wife acceptance factor) since the amp will always match the colours of its
surroundings. I carved a dragon symbol on the front and lit it with an electro luminescent
backlighting element.
Unfortunately the inverter which drives this
element adds a bit of noise to my output so I later installed a power switch for the backlight. I also
added a switch for my fans since they add a bit of noise to the output and my heat sinks don't really
get that hot anyways.
If I were to do this over again I would layout
the components so that the wiring was less spaghetti like. My poor wiring layout has created a sneaky
60Hz goblin that I am still chasing. The little bit of hum is no big deal though since I usually have
the volume really really loud :)
Thank you Pass Labs!
Ben Heil
Update (months later): I have made some changes
to my amplifier to eliminate the noise on my outputs. I re-routed my input wires away from the toroid.
I also re-wired all my grounds to the same point which eliminated ground loops. The fans and backlight
inverter no longer add noise to my outputs. The sound of this amp is heavenly! |