aussie amplifiers kits!

lanchile
lanchile Posts: 560
edited February 2010 in 2 Channel Audio
Hello guys. I just finished my diy amplifier using nxv200 from Aussie amplifiers.
I had many good commercial amps like Adcom, Acurus, Marantz, Portal panache, Bryston, Luxman etc, and I also have build many diy amps.But I have never heard a beautiful sound as these amp kits. they are top notch. and whom ever knows a little how to read voltages and some solder work will be just fine to build these fantastic diy amps. just read reviews. you will not regret it. I am just waiting for some input caps "Sonicap from Sonicraft".
Trust me when I say this diy amp can kick some a$$ even all those mentioned above. Here are some pictures.;)
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  • SolidSqual
    SolidSqual Posts: 5,218
    edited January 2010
    Ummm . . . I like amps, but unless you start sounding less like a salesman, I bet you'll be reported here quickly.
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  • lanchile
    lanchile Posts: 560
    edited January 2010
    I am using with my Polk speakers the small tanks RTi A1.
    Make it simple...Make it better!
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  • lanchile
    lanchile Posts: 560
    edited January 2010
    SolidSqual wrote: »
    Ummm . . . I like amps, but unless you start sounding less like a salesman, I bet you'll be reported here quickly.

    I just wanted to "share" some pictures of my new diy amp with everyone . do not be so hard buddy! Maybe some people are looking to jump to diy amps.
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  • SolidSqual
    SolidSqual Posts: 5,218
    edited January 2010
    Cool! How long did it take to build?
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  • lanchile
    lanchile Posts: 560
    edited January 2010
    SolidSqual wrote: »
    Cool! How long did it take to build?

    it took me like two weeks, I had to wait for parts from 3 different companies.the longest was for the transformer(one week).
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited January 2010
    Cool. And why the name? Do you fly? Or are you Chilean?
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  • lanchile
    lanchile Posts: 560
    edited January 2010
    Ricardo wrote: »
    Cool. And why the name? Do you fly? Or are you Chilean?

    You got that right! I am from Chile. so that makes me a Chilean hehehehehe;)
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  • MillerLiteScott
    MillerLiteScott Posts: 2,561
    edited January 2010
    I have the same RS knob. How much are we talking here for the kit and parts?
    Specs?

    Can it make the Black Eyed Peas sound better?
    I like speakers that are bigger than a small refrigerator but smaller than a big refrigerator:D
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited January 2010
    Pucha cay.....I was born in Santiago. Left when I was still very young.

    I miss locos, huesillos, chicha, porotos granados y cazuela :)
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  • lanchile
    lanchile Posts: 560
    edited January 2010
    Ricardo wrote: »
    Pucha cay.....I was born in Santiago. Left when I was still very young.

    I miss locos, huesillos, chicha, porotos granados y cazuela :)

    Wena.........Un abrazo compatriota!!! te faltaron las empanadas y el pan amazado jajajajaja Viva Chile!!!
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited January 2010
    Ahhh..las ayuyas.

    Carry on now. ;)
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,221
    edited January 2010
    Looks like the typical flavor "LM" series chip-amp. I owned one of Peter's for awhile with Caddock resistors, and Black Gate caps and it was impressive initially, but at the end of the day it was too analytical and was too disconnected from the music, it seemed each part of the music was playing independently and never seemed to integrate together into a singular cohesive output. Very sterile sounding, not at all "real"

    Nice workmanship...............glad you are enjoying it.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • lanchile
    lanchile Posts: 560
    edited February 2010
    heiney9 wrote: »
    Looks like the typical flavor "LM" series chip-amp. I owned one of Peter's for awhile with Caddock resistors, and Black Gate caps and it was impressive initially, but at the end of the day it was too analytical and was too disconnected from the music, it seemed each part of the music was playing independently and never seemed to integrate together into a singular cohesive output. Very sterile sounding, not at all "real"

    Nice workmanship...............glad you are enjoying it.

    H9

    Well. this is not a chipamp, I had one LM3875 from Peter Daniel too. These are diy amps kit from Aussie amplifiers these are the nxv200. they sound awesome!.The bridge rectifier is from Peter Daniel using mur860 and some smooth caps on the bottom.
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  • lanchile
    lanchile Posts: 560
    edited February 2010
    MillerLiteScott wrote: »
    I have the same RS knob. How much are we talking here for the kit and parts?
    Specs?

    Can it make the Black Eyed Peas sound better?

    Well, lets see here. The boards are around $300 per pair (stereo), the transformer is $130, the mundorf caps are $100, The Sonicaps are $20, the potentiometer is $25 that is the total of $575 more or less! plus the rest like bridge rectifier, smooth caps,thermistors,cables,switch,chassis etc.But I used an old chassis from a Portal panache amp so I save some money there.I know with that kind of money I can get a new amp or an used one on eBay but,Trust me when I say I had so many amps including tube ones,But I always found something wrong with them, They never pleased me 100%. if anyone is for diy amps...look not farther!.The nxv200 amp kits can beat many good commercial amps even some Bryston amps!!! yeah you hear me right even some Bryston amps. How do I know this? Because I had a few Bryston too! and I did a test with some of my friends amps like Blue Circle, Bryston, Luxman, Adcom, and a $3000 amps that I do not remember the name but it was a monster.I do not say these diy amps are the best but,They definitely are worth to build one.;)
    This is the potentiometer That I am using 10k.
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited February 2010
    If it could make the Black Eyed Peas sound better I would be truly impressed!

    I want my boom, boom, boom to sound awesome!
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  • lanchile
    lanchile Posts: 560
    edited February 2010
    dkg999 wrote: »
    If it could make the Black Eyed Peas sound better I would be truly impressed!

    I want my boom, boom, boom to sound awesome!

    Specifications

    110 Watts RMS continuous sine wave into 8 Ω
    180 Watts RMS continuous sine wave into 4 Ω
    The HPA-nxV200 is 2 Ω Stable
    Biased into Class A/B
    Power Bandwidth 3.5hz to 600khz -3dB
    Small Signal Bandwidth 3.5hz to 3.5mhz
    Dampening Factor At 100hz 8Ω = 800
    Dampening Factor At 1khz 8Ω = 650
    Dampening Factor At 10khz 8Ω = 250
    RCA Single ended Input impedance 33kΩ
    Single Ended Input Gain = 30.6dB
    Signal to Noise Ratio -120dB
    THD+N - Typically 0.005%
    Recommended Linear Voltage Supply +-50 volts DC
    Operational Supply Voltage Range +-10v DC to +-60 volts DC
    Printed Circuit Board Dimensions 50mm x 50mm
    Ultra small form factor PCB
    Designed as high performance Home Theatre multi channel amplifier
    Or High End 2 Channel stereo amplifier
    Unconditionally Stable into any load from 4 to 16 Ohms
    Extra Heavy Duty three ounce copper printed circuit board
    Ground plane Layer for very low noise.
    Rugged high performance complementary Toshiba MOSFET Output Stage.
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  • MillerLiteScott
    MillerLiteScott Posts: 2,561
    edited February 2010
    Looks nice but a bit spendy for me.
    I like speakers that are bigger than a small refrigerator but smaller than a big refrigerator:D
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  • lanchile
    lanchile Posts: 560
    edited February 2010
    MillerLiteScott wrote: »
    Looks nice but a bit spendy for me.

    Well, you always have the choice to build a "gainclone" amp like LM3875 from Audiosector they sound good and they are not too pricey to build. just if you are in the diy staff.;)
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