Building an amplifier do the first time

phorize

Good morning,

I’m increasing keen to build my own amplifier. I have school boy electronics knowledge and learned to solder in a technical job 28 years ago, but haven’t done it since. I know there are people who build here, so I’m seeking opinions on where to start build wise. Col didn’t say as much but I’m sure he thought that he’d have a fatality on his conscience if he sold me an m100 kit 

Docfoster

Ha!
Col prides himself on the number of fatalities his designs can achieve. 


Are you looking to build from scratch? I went for the ready made boards option and did OK without any genuine electronics experience.

cj66

You could try something easier like a CMOY headphone amplifier. You can make these on veroboard or even point to point.

It also gives a little understanding on how the circuit and components work.

Plenty of stuff online for this and cheap as chips.

It would be nice to have a Colin kit to get on with right now, unfortunately watching the pennies for obvious reasons.

Alan

Yup. Colin's your man, and you get advice and support all the way through. 

Build something hot (class A single ended) or something more sophisticated... He can do partly built for you as well. 

I've still got two boards for a big SECA which Colin could you with. I'm not using them...

AntiCrap

15/25W SECA PCB still in stock some built ready for heatsinks and transformer and power devices to be soldered.

uglymusic

I love my Wonfor SECAs. They're a generation behind the kits, but kick out a few more watts and have had Colin's magic touch run over them a couple of times.

Build a SECA (or two!).

And post your journey on Chews for help and interest.

phorize

Thanks all, very much appreciated. Colin I’ll email you. 

AntiCrap

phorize said:

Thanks all, very much appreciated. Colin I’ll email you. 

OK looking forward to it.