845/813 SE Amp: And the iron is here

I’ve received several emails from people asking me why I’ve gone quite lately. Nothing to be alarmed, I’m just simply buried on the daily grind like many out there are on these Pandemic times. My work-life balance has changed dramatically. This left me with very little time on my hands to work on audio stuff. I won’t complain as many others are actually struggling to survive, that is tough.

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Modular approach (Part I)

As time is very limited these days, I’m focused in continuing my modular building approach in LEGO style. I have developed several PCB modules which are flexible to be used in multiple amplifier and pre-amplifier designs. Now, I used the power of PCBs to build some additional supporting modules to speed up my breadboarding over the IKEA boards. Not the most elegant approach, but building becomes a very fast process this way.

You will see what I’m saying when you see a few of the following additions:

Turret and 2mm female connectors in a strip

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Teflon sockets (Loctal and UX5)

Today received a great set of teflon sockets from Jakeband. A pair of UX5 and a pair of specially made loctal sockets for 4P1L.  The quality of these sockets is supreme and if I can say these are worth every euro you pay for them. Luciano from Jakeband takes his time to make a high-quality socket using virgin teflon, copper tellerium pins with gold coating (nickel free).

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