I'm 100% agreed....something come across today and I have to settle it tomorrow and might not able to attend to TT. Guys better find a suitable day for TT......

So as host for our first ever T-amp T/T session, I hereby pronounce that the session has been postphoned to next weekend, tentatively scheduled at same time but subject to finalisation of all as the date draws nearer.

Wishing all a superb weekend ahead.

Based on some personal planning & forecast, there's a high possibility I won't even be able to make it next week either.

This post has been edited by bsl555: Oct 17 2008, 07:43 PM

Oh.. I have no idea about the "batch 5"... I am getting it from here... Diyparadise

this it the amp



as for the diy tube pre-amp, I am using the famous Marantz M7 tube pre-amp circuit but it is already enhanced where all the tone control is taken out.. (I prefer to run flat), The power supply is also improved by using a solid state regulator and a regulated DC heater supply... I wish I can post the schematic here but I no longer have it.. unless it is somewhere inside the boxes where all my junks is stored..

M7?.. Didn't impress me at all when I last played with one that was sold as a kit from Octave. It had many faults like high noise floor, some hum, picked up RF noise, too high output. Quite a flawed performer. Hope yours ain't like that.

That is a Charlize using a TA2020 chip; the T-amp of most forumers here is TA2024, March05 and Vincent-Audio excepted. There is a difference in sound of the two T-amps; the former is more powerful at 20W and its main characteristic is smoothness whereas the latter offers only 10W and is more about micro details.

You are not getting a TA2024 board from Xtorm?

Huh... sorry to hear that...mine is completely diy.. no PCB... it is hard wired point to point an have no problem..

in tube pre-amp / power amp,
there is a lot of thing that needed to be considered such as the placement of the power transformer (distance / orientation) from the audio circuitry.
ground loop is also the major cause of hum besides the heater supply wiring and type of voltage fed to the heater...

mikoblackcat,
care to share some pics for the tube amp?

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Added on October 17, 2008, 10:03 pmAnyone will be in JP tomorrow?

This post has been edited by jazzy939: Oct 17 2008, 10:03 PM

hey bro are YOU going to JP tomorrow???

yes.
am planning to be there in the afternoon. rain or not
you wanna tag along huh?

posting now from 1 of the leading company in network

yesterday i reached home at 10++pm hoping i can finish the work here sooner today, but no matter how hard i try there are still more then 50% work here for today.

the contractor is doing thier work now, my part is much later...haha termination and T&C for the system.

will be aspecting atleast late evening again for me to reach home, good to know now tt session is postpone to next week.

it will be great to have a charlize in our tt session too!!

bro xtorm,
u take it easy eh.. hopefully next week you will have some time..

yes, it would be nice to include charlize too.. or any other amp as long as it's T-Amp or a class D...

This post has been edited by jazzy939: Oct 18 2008, 11:41 AM

ayyya!!!!...just come back from JP......check posting during Saturday morning but no reply.....so I go alone to JP....now just come back..Jazzy saw those Y.C caps.....so many eh.....don't know how much but guessing it will dirty cheap..... The shop is next to the Public Bank which selling Pro's Kitt. Saw some SMPS too.....good price, 12V 4.5A about RM80. Bigger amp will cost RM180 over....Jazzy this price is a good or expen$ive....?????

Watching Shakatak video on Youtube....the vocalist Jill is sure a hairdo babe....

This post has been edited by gabanyayaya: Oct 18 2008, 12:44 PM

gabanyayaya,
good la.. afternoon/evenings always raining ler..
Oh those YC caps.. depends on values, they go from few sen to a couple of ringgit. Cheap I'd say.
RM80? Can get those at about RM55 in another shop 3 minutes away..
If can get cheaper, surely I'd say its expensive lor..

Jill has been with Shakatak since day one.. yep, that her alright

Are you a fan of Shakatak now?

Fan....??? I don't know la.....but the tunes is good.... But you know that I'm into Brian Simpson right now....!!!!

whachu doing now???? Any 'surgery'....???? Been to bank near Y.C's place last Thursday coincidentally. Wah....!!!...Y.C got his own consultant company....wonder what setup he has in his office???

Shakatak is more into funk jazz genre.. with catchy electric piano lead and female backups.. always their signature..
Brian Simpson? hehehe listening to him right now!

Currently making some PCBs using ExpressPCB for my speaker relay board, buffer pre-amp and a buffer board..

That question will be answered next week!

This post has been edited by jazzy939: Oct 18 2008, 05:12 PM

Yep....funk jazz is their signature......what Brian Simpson....??? You play from CD or ripped from some website????

So finally got your self a buffered preamp......is the one using JFET transistors?????? How does it play with the T amp??? Keen to know.....and hear....

Brian Simpson? Streaming mah...

I am looking forward to the buffer pre-amp too.. can't wait to hear how it would match the T-Amp and later the Det'nator. Yes.. the JFET transistor. From what I read, JFET should sounds like a tube (?)..
Hopefully can get one prototype running tonite or by tomorrow..

This post has been edited by jazzy939: Oct 18 2008, 05:57 PM

mikoblackcat how much do you spend for this amp???

gabanyayaya,
are thinking of acquiring the TA2020?