I just want to write up this post as a first impression and how I (and my brother) made it!
First up, this amp is great. I'm really enjoying the sound and have started to hear things unheard before. I would recommend anyone this, the instructions are clear and on the point, also the parts came neatly packaged.
What's different from the stock:
- No longer gravity mounted, slide in top plate.
- A bottom plate with ventilation
- Machine screws on the side with pockets for nuts in the front and back plate.
I am fortunate to have a brother with a CNC-machine so we made the pockets and holes with ease and accuracy!
The finished amp!
(https://forum.bottlehead.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FC5XoRxuh.jpg&hash=81583f6dbc9815a8d207a47bfac6b9751c6661ef)
(Going to have to invest in some home made silver phonos
)
So for the top plate mounting we decided to just have a ridge to slide the top plate in, this would ensure that it would not fall out anywhere and give it a little more completed look, also safer!
(https://forum.bottlehead.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F8woHObIh.jpg&hash=d5dbc0e1708705d267cfd42b2e0b1636f0af6861)
As shown here, you just slide the top plate in. You can also see the pockets of the nuts for the bolts in the small plate.
(https://forum.bottlehead.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FMx0xUY6h.jpg&hash=79788d9f2047f78fe383581cfadbe9d91b79765c)
(https://forum.bottlehead.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FP90vXCYh.jpg&hash=75523a6092c8c0b67fbff5711a578365394621a1)
And for a bit safer handling we made a 6mm bottom plate with ventilation.
(https://forum.bottlehead.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F1cT9B8zh.jpg&hash=7e6d9e16367aae703d51003f4ed332a62615d2a1)
Bonus, CNC-machine!
(https://forum.bottlehead.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FHwkU7ohh.jpg&hash=04753ecbc6d264cd4b5cebf3045f2abe117afcbc)
