how not to build your bee pre

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on: March 02, 2013, 02:36:00 AM
the bee pre design is awesome. i don't need to listen to one to know it's got to be special. the engineering and design behind it will give the builder the best amplifier out there period. bottlehead kits are shipped with parts tested to sound very, very good. so there's no need to replace anything. even more so, if someone has to replace parts my advice is to build the kit stock and only the. start experimenting. that way the builder will not only have an easier build and a simpler troubleshooting but will also benefit of comparing the sound before and after every change.

ok. but i'm weird and stubborn and here i'll show some parts changes, just to make the doc uncomfortable :)

first of all an elma selector switch:


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Reply #1 on: March 02, 2013, 02:42:00 AM
Xavier, are you only using two inputs correct?

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Reply #2 on: March 02, 2013, 02:57:09 AM
yep

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Reply #3 on: March 02, 2013, 03:41:26 AM
wiring the inputs. belden 89259 instead of the cat5:

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Reply #4 on: March 02, 2013, 05:35:09 AM
the other end:

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Reply #5 on: March 02, 2013, 06:38:10 AM
That looks like a PITA to work with.

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Reply #6 on: March 02, 2013, 06:52:14 AM
actually it's not that bad
« Last Edit: March 08, 2013, 09:38:39 AM by xcortes »

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Reply #7 on: March 02, 2013, 07:14:29 AM
Good call on the black jacks, this will be a neat build in the end!

I'm surprised you didn't go for the black connex UX-4 sockets to top it off!

-PB

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Reply #8 on: March 02, 2013, 07:45:38 AM
actually i had the two pairs of black ones and used those for the input. used the four pairs in the kit for the outputs. i'm cheap, you know?

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Reply #9 on: March 02, 2013, 04:57:05 PM
the soldering of the second input to the selector was indeed a b@tch!

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Reply #10 on: March 02, 2013, 09:37:11 PM
See as a total N00b all I am seeing is some cthulhulitic tentacle horror eating your poor little Bee.



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Reply #11 on: March 04, 2013, 03:02:23 PM
PB,

You wrote:

I'm surprised you didn't go for the black connex UX-4 sockets to top it off!

Can you tell me which ones those are?  I've been looking for black ux-4s and none of the descriptions on pcx tell what colors things are.

Sorry for the O/T...

-- Jim

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Equitech balanced power; uRendu, USB processor -> Musette DAC -> 5670 tube buffer -> Finale Audio F138 FFX -> Cain and Cain Abbys near-field).

s.e.x. 2.1 under construction.  Want list: Stereomour II

All ICs homemade (speaker and power next)

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Reply #12 on: March 05, 2013, 06:38:54 AM
Quote from: Jim R. on March 04, 2013, 03:02:23 PM

Can you tell me which ones those are?  I've been looking for black ux-4s and none of the descriptions on pcx tell what colors things are.


http://www.partsconnexion.com/CONNEX-76733.html

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Reply #13 on: March 05, 2013, 12:23:05 PM
Thanks PB,

They were hiding in with the bakelite listings, not the connex listings :-).  I see they're made by CMC, so they can probably be had from VT4C -- which means thy'll typically get here much faster. ;-)

Now back to regularly scheduled program...

-- Jim

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Equitech balanced power; uRendu, USB processor -> Musette DAC -> 5670 tube buffer -> Finale Audio F138 FFX -> Cain and Cain Abbys near-field).

s.e.x. 2.1 under construction.  Want list: Stereomour II

All ICs homemade (speaker and power next)

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Reply #14 on: March 05, 2013, 06:10:56 PM
Yeah, isn't it funny how quickly things come from VT4C?  The store format is funky, but he has some good stuff!

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