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Post by tonycamphd on Aug 5, 2013 11:06:32 GMT -6
Yaaay! Dudes been waiting a looooooong time for this bad boy! So Dave(Don's classics), has FINALLY made available his killer 500 series 1176 revA Diy kit! To my knowledge, this is a no compromise clone of the original audio circuit. check it out www.thedonclassics.com/u76a_diy.htmlApprox DIY pricing $200 for raw kit $186 for electronics BOM ? for meters/attenuators/switches/trafo's, $ to be determined, this secondary bundle will be provided by Hairball Audio, thanx Mike!   |
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Post by joey808 on Aug 5, 2013 11:07:48 GMT -6
Wow! How much?
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Post by Johnkenn on Aug 5, 2013 11:09:07 GMT -6
NICE. I want...
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Post by grummy on Aug 5, 2013 11:42:51 GMT -6
Nice. Hairball hasn't announced a price on their bundle for it yet, but before the Hairball parts it's sitting at around $520. I wonder how difficult it'll be to make.
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Post by tonycamphd on Aug 5, 2013 11:46:36 GMT -6
Nice. Hairball hasn't announced a price on their bundle for it yet, but before the Hairball parts it's sitting at around $520. I wonder how difficult it'll be to make. grum, how do you get $520? i converted the euro and came up with $198 on the kit? did i miss something? before hairball, it should be about $386 USD? Even if its the british pound, it would be just over $400? not including hairballs stuff. Let me know how i screwed up this time lol! |
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Post by scumbum on Aug 5, 2013 11:48:05 GMT -6
Thats insane !!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2013 13:53:23 GMT -6
I remember seeing this thing quite a while back. Very cool.
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Post by henge on Aug 5, 2013 14:24:30 GMT -6
Nice!
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Post by grummy on Aug 5, 2013 14:58:32 GMT -6
Nice. Hairball hasn't announced a price on their bundle for it yet, but before the Hairball parts it's sitting at around $520. I wonder how difficult it'll be to make. grum, how do you get $520? i converted the euro and came up with $198 on the kit? did i miss something? before hairball, it should be about $386 USD? Even if its the british pound, it would be just over $400? not including hairballs stuff. Let me know how i screwed up this time lol! Yeah I messed up my math I think somehow I got a total of £325 but it should be as follows: £149 for the kit + £116 for mouser cart = £265 = roughly $405US. I also was assuming US and Can$ were closer than they apparently are again. I had actually converted to CAN$. Just quoted that number. Not sure where the heck I got the £325/$520 from. This makes it an even better offer than I thought now! |
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Post by jcoutu1 on Aug 5, 2013 15:09:57 GMT -6
grum, how do you get $520? i converted the euro and came up with $198 on the kit? did i miss something? before hairball, it should be about $386 USD? Even if its the british pound, it would be just over $400? not including hairballs stuff. Let me know how i screwed up this time lol! Yeah I messed up my math I think somehow I got a total of £325 but it should be as follows: £149 for the kit + £116 for mouser cart = £265 = roughly $405US. I also was assuming US and Can$ were closer than they apparently are again. I had actually converted to CAN$. Just quoted that number. Not sure where the heck I got the £325/$520 from. This makes it an even better offer than I thought now! so this looks like $400 + some extra stuff? Why not just go 19" hairball? |
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Post by Johnkenn on Aug 5, 2013 15:24:05 GMT -6
Is the 19" Hairball 1176 that cheap? Somebody give me a link...Rack space would be one reason...
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Post by tonycamphd on Aug 5, 2013 15:28:50 GMT -6
john, make the "real diy" thread a sticky so it stays afloat over there, the hairball link is in that 1st post, along with a bunch of other stuff.
the hairball unit will run about the same as the 500 unit, but they have ALL the revisions, not just revA. The Dons is all about space saving IMV
I built/building 8 hairball units, 6 rev D's and 2 rev A's in stereo pairs. Danderloos strereo case (collective cases)
I know i'm crazy
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Post by grummy on Aug 5, 2013 15:41:50 GMT -6
Yeah I messed up my math I think somehow I got a total of £325 but it should be as follows: £149 for the kit + £116 for mouser cart = £265 = roughly $405US. I also was assuming US and Can$ were closer than they apparently are again. I had actually converted to CAN$. Just quoted that number. Not sure where the heck I got the £325/$520 from. This makes it an even better offer than I thought now! so this looks like $400 + some extra stuff? Why not just go 19" hairball? I totally plan to build at least one hairball (probably a revD), but I also would like one or two 1176 style comps in 500 series just for space and portability. It'd be convenient to have in a portable lunchbox channel strip that I could tote around wherever whenever. |
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Post by Johnkenn on Aug 5, 2013 15:45:04 GMT -6
john, make the "real diy" thread a sticky so it stays afloat over there, the hairball link is in that 1st post, along with a bunch of other stuff. the hairball unit will run about the same as the 500 unit, but they have ALL the revisions, not just revA. The Dons is all about space saving IMV I built/building 8 hairball units, 6 rev D's and 2 rev A's in stereo pairs. Danderloos strero case (collective cases) I know i'm crazy BTW - if I bought one, I wouldn't be attempting the build  |
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Post by tonycamphd on Aug 5, 2013 15:47:18 GMT -6
john, make the "real diy" thread a sticky so it stays afloat over there, the hairball link is in that 1st post, along with a bunch of other stuff. the hairball unit will run about the same as the 500 unit, but they have ALL the revisions, not just revA. The Dons is all about space saving IMV I built/building 8 hairball units, 6 rev D's and 2 rev A's in stereo pairs. Danderloos strero case (collective cases) I know i'm crazy BTW - if I bought one, I wouldn't be attempting the build It may still work after you put 1/2 the components in bro...  |
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Post by tonycamphd on Aug 5, 2013 16:21:57 GMT -6
I just jogged through the build manual, really good! should be a straight ahead build!
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Post by Johnkenn on Aug 5, 2013 17:10:08 GMT -6
BTW - can you not sticky a post as a mod?
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Post by tonycamphd on Aug 5, 2013 17:50:53 GMT -6
BTW - can you not sticky a post as a mod? whats a sticky lol! I dunno  i never tried, but i will go right now and report back....der mkay boas 8/ edit; gee boass, i just tried too, somtins rowng or i dunno how? 8/ |
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Post by junior on Aug 7, 2013 0:00:21 GMT -6
Just saw this thread... holy shit!! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2013 9:47:47 GMT -6
Ordered two kits,have to wait on the Hairball order a bit,but will report back after building them.
Since the NV73's (also donclassics) sound absolutely gorgeous,I have high expectations!
Cheers
Pieter
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Post by Johnkenn on Aug 12, 2013 15:07:07 GMT -6
This thing is sounding more interesting...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2013 8:59:31 GMT -6
The innards of the Don classics package is mighty,mighty purdy! Mouser stuff arrived too, so only Hairball to go.
So as soon as I finish my console recapping ('bout one and a half week more..) it's Don time!
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Post by watchtower on Aug 13, 2013 9:13:36 GMT -6
This looks pretty damn cool!
All this DiY 500-series stuff is making me itch for a rack (I'm probably the only guy here who doesn't have one, ha!)
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Post by Johnkenn on Aug 13, 2013 9:16:47 GMT -6
Hey @pgkloos, can you link what materials you have to order? I'm always scared I'm gonna miss something and having someone that's already done it would be a big help! Thanks!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2013 11:38:19 GMT -6
Its pretty easy,actually, since David made a so called "Mouser cart" www.thedonclassics.com/u76adiybom.html (U76A Mouser Cart at around the middle of the page) They delivered to me in 2 days. We Dutch people call that "fast" :-) Little above that link is the link to Hairball with their parts of the kit,but that won't be available till around the 25th. For Mouser you'll need to open an account with them,same with Hairball, but that's peanuts. In case you don't want to use Mouser, or have a different supplier, there's always the BOM, wich is also accurate. Doesn't get much better! Cheers,Pieter |
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