Someone who has or can build a AI-1 Dreadnaught

brgman
brgman Posts: 2,859
edited December 2011 in Wanted (WTB) Classifieds
Anyone that has the smarts to build one or even better has one i can borrow to see if it will work.
Main Rig-Realistic AM/FM Record player 8 track boasting 4 WPC

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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited December 2011
    IIRC, it's just a matter of attaching a pin/blade cable to a small transformer. Not hard to do at all, the hardest part is cutting up a pin/blade cable !:eek::lol:
  • brgman
    brgman Posts: 2,859
    edited December 2011
    i'll have to look at old threads.i know there is a transformer involved but i thought standard speaker wire went to and from
    Main Rig-Realistic AM/FM Record player 8 track boasting 4 WPC

    Backup Rig-2 CH-Rogue Audio Zeus w/Factory Special Dark Mods,Joule-Electra 300ME Platinum Preamp,OPPO-105 w/Modwright Tube Mod, Auralic Aries G2.1,Polk 2.3TL,3.1TL's,Dreadnought,RTA-15TL's,1C's All Fully Modded,2xRTA-12c's ,Benchmark DAC3 HGC,Synology NAS,VPI Scout w/Dynavector DV-20XH and Rogue Audio Ares Phono Preamp,Sony PCM-R500 DAT,HHB-850 Pro CDR,Tascam CC-222SLMKII Cassette/CDR,MIT S3.3 Shotgun Cables,Shunyata Hyra-8,Shunyata and Triode Labs Power Cords

    I’M OFFENDED!!!!
  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited December 2011
    Look for Darqueknight's thread where he builds his, very detailed. Search for Dreadnaught

    H9
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  • drumminman
    drumminman Posts: 3,396
    edited December 2011
    I had to re-read Darqueknight's thread a few times, but it's not difficult. The main thing is to get the correct transformer from Avenel.

    Also, you can use speaker cable. For each speaker to transformer run connect the postive to the IC pin (or binding post if you've done that mod) and the negative to the negative BP for the lows - don't need to use the blade.

    Are you wanting a dreadnaught for anon common ground amp? I'm thinking of building one for my common ground amp to see if it makes an improvement.
    "Science is suppose to explain observations not dismiss them as impossible" - Norm on AA; 2.3TL's w/sonicaps/mills/jantzen inductors, Gimpod's boards, Lg Solen SDA inductors, RD-0198's, MW's dynamatted, Armaflex speaker gaskets, H-nuts, brass spikes, Cardas CCGR BP's, upgraded IC Cable, Black Hole Damping Sheet strips, interior of cabinets sealed with Loctite Power Grab, AI-1 interface with 1000VA A-L transformer