Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2018 13:07:23 GMT
My mostly diy or modified system will need boxing up at some point when i finish fooking about with it (before i snuff it hopefully). I hate looking at lots of boxes on a rack and racks cram everything in too close anyway.
My gear is going to get built into a big wooden chest much like a sideboard but with no draws or doors. TT will sit on top obviously but the rest will be in the sideboard - not the speakers obviously. Internal dimensions something like 150cm wide, 50cm deep, 70cm height. I can get the front fascia off my Naim CD3.5 and attach it to the front so the wfhole of the cdp can go in too.
I can arrange transformers to be a long way from the circuits and regs they are feeding. Can even keep transformers away from other transformers which is a very good thing. Electrical connections all achieved by hardwiring between everything by the shortest and best route. Crosstalk kept to a minimum along with capacative and inductive coupling. That will mean no interconects on the outside. One chunky mains cable for everything (plus one for the TT) . Heatsinking done via huge 6mm aluminium plates inside and a fan or two. No metal on the outside so like class II and no safety earth required (except TT).
If this sits between the speakers i can have the poweramp boards at each end and so have very short speaker cables - definitely a good thing as cable resistance is much larger than amplifiers output impedance. All volume and source selector knobs on long 6mm dowel Extension rods so wIring is kept short.
Thats the plan anyways. I intend this to be my final system. No more box swapping (in the primary system) and i wont need to get inside except for service or repair (hopefully never). I can design it with most of the panels being removeable for access. I think i can optimise everything for the best system possible with what i have available and my skills and knowledge learned so far.
I have not seen anyone do this before so could be interesting.
My gear is going to get built into a big wooden chest much like a sideboard but with no draws or doors. TT will sit on top obviously but the rest will be in the sideboard - not the speakers obviously. Internal dimensions something like 150cm wide, 50cm deep, 70cm height. I can get the front fascia off my Naim CD3.5 and attach it to the front so the wfhole of the cdp can go in too.
I can arrange transformers to be a long way from the circuits and regs they are feeding. Can even keep transformers away from other transformers which is a very good thing. Electrical connections all achieved by hardwiring between everything by the shortest and best route. Crosstalk kept to a minimum along with capacative and inductive coupling. That will mean no interconects on the outside. One chunky mains cable for everything (plus one for the TT) . Heatsinking done via huge 6mm aluminium plates inside and a fan or two. No metal on the outside so like class II and no safety earth required (except TT).
If this sits between the speakers i can have the poweramp boards at each end and so have very short speaker cables - definitely a good thing as cable resistance is much larger than amplifiers output impedance. All volume and source selector knobs on long 6mm dowel Extension rods so wIring is kept short.
Thats the plan anyways. I intend this to be my final system. No more box swapping (in the primary system) and i wont need to get inside except for service or repair (hopefully never). I can design it with most of the panels being removeable for access. I think i can optimise everything for the best system possible with what i have available and my skills and knowledge learned so far.
I have not seen anyone do this before so could be interesting.
