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Offline Doc B.

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on: October 15, 2015, 01:53:49 PM
Here's a spy photo of the Kaiju stereo 300B power amp kit prototype. The amp chassis is double the size of the Paramount at 10 x 16. While the circuit is essentially the same as the Paramount, it may not be obvious because of the increased chassis acreage that the iron is all a lot bigger than the Paramount iron - not just the power trans but the plate choke and output transformer too. This ended up giving us somewhere around an extra half octave of bottom end extension and the main difference I noticed compared to a Paramount is even tighter bass. Before you ask, no, the new iron will not fit on the Paramount.

Of course one of the coolest features of this amp is that it can easily be strapped to operate as a 16 watt monoblock, opening up a whole new world of potential speaker matchups.

I'm not sure when we will have a finished product available for sale, but I will keep you posted. Meantime it might be a good idea to order that BeePre you've been wanting, so it's ready when the Kaiju comes out.

Dan "Doc B." Schmalle
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Reply #1 on: October 15, 2015, 02:56:22 PM
Looks nice!  What are the 4 pots for?

Dave



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Reply #2 on: October 15, 2015, 04:32:10 PM
Nice work team BH!

Aaron Johnson


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Reply #3 on: October 15, 2015, 04:49:33 PM
The pots are for balancing the fermions with the bosons.

Dan "Doc B." Schmalle
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Offline RPMac

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Reply #4 on: October 16, 2015, 04:54:15 AM
Is that any reference to your avatar?  :o



Offline Natural Sound

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Reply #5 on: October 17, 2015, 02:01:52 PM
Here's a spy photo of the Kaiju stereo 300B power amp kit prototype.

Nice bit of kit there. Lets see, one of these with a Submissive or maybe a Stereomour II..... But I want that Bottlebatt for my Bottlehead DAC.... Then there is the ....... Oh nuts.



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Reply #6 on: October 21, 2015, 05:48:49 AM
Sign me up!



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Reply #7 on: October 21, 2015, 07:36:26 AM
Interesting.  Any chance of a teaser shot of the underside?

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