Battleship 'Brick' Quickie!

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Offline paulw

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on: April 05, 2016, 12:46:25 PM
Just thought I'd post a picture of my rebuilt Quickie, which I've been very happy with since completion almost a year ago now.

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Really solid alloy case, with tubes mounted horizontally internally within sprung loaded screening cans - I don't get any microphonics anymore ;D

Also decided to make it a single input as I had a rather nice switch box to hand.

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Certainly well worth the effort from my perspective, even if it does look a bit 'industrial'

Paul

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Acoustic Signature Challenger (with 3 arms) Entre SUT+Seduction, Smash(out) & Quickie(in again), Paramour II's, 7 Pi Corner Horns or Quad 44, Quad 405-2 & Videoton Minimax GB3.

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Reply #1 on: April 05, 2016, 01:11:08 PM
Nice work, great to see other people experimenting with the Quickie. I don't know if 'industrial' is the right word for it, but i certainly wouldn't try and take it through airport security :)

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Reply #2 on: April 05, 2016, 01:22:15 PM
Nice!  Obligatory: internal pics please?


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Reply #3 on: April 05, 2016, 02:51:56 PM
Quote from: boulos on April 05, 2016, 01:22:15 PM
Nice!  Obligatory: internal pics please?

Only got a rather fuzzy one, but you get the idea.

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change the layout and design several times, hence it's a bit messy, also as there are so few components it is quite cheap to try different parts to see if they effect SQ - IMO most didn't!  In the end I think apart from the switch, RCA sockets & 9V battery holders everything ended up being changed.

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Acoustic Signature Challenger (with 3 arms) Entre SUT+Seduction, Smash(out) & Quickie(in again), Paramour II's, 7 Pi Corner Horns or Quad 44, Quad 405-2 & Videoton Minimax GB3.

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Reply #4 on: April 06, 2016, 08:32:40 AM
Hi Paul I've been following your posts on the Wam nice to get a close up of the inside of your Quickie.
How is the Smash working out for you?

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Jamie

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Reply #5 on: April 06, 2016, 10:41:14 AM
Quote from: JamieMcC on April 06, 2016, 08:32:40 AM
Hi Paul I've been following your posts on the Wam nice to get a close up of the inside of your Quickie.
How is the Smash working out for you?

Cheers
Jamie

Hi Jamie, the Smash is proving a bit of a curates egg, you can tell there is a great Pre trying to escape, but it never quite makes it!  I'm taking it for its first public outing at Simon's bake-off on Sunday so will get a chance to try it with a variety of other equipment.  I've also ordered the Smash-up(grade) so will get to hear it at its full potential later.

Paul

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Acoustic Signature Challenger (with 3 arms) Entre SUT+Seduction, Smash(out) & Quickie(in again), Paramour II's, 7 Pi Corner Horns or Quad 44, Quad 405-2 & Videoton Minimax GB3.

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Reply #6 on: April 08, 2016, 04:35:15 PM
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Nice work, great to see other people experimenting with the Quickie. I don't know if 'industrial' is the right word for it, but i certainly wouldn't try and take it through airport security :)
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  I took a sound pressure meter through security once. Now THERE'S something to get excited about! Almost missed my flight.


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Reply #7 on: May 01, 2016, 05:45:37 AM
I use some 6XAA battery packs to make 9V cells for my Quickie.

The batteries I was using were $10 CDN for 48. This worked out to two batches of batteries. They took forever to die... so long that I had used most of the second batch by then on all the other projects around the house :P

The D cells seem to have a decent amount of life on them and have never strayed from the name brand cells.

All that said, I am considering some rechargeable batteries for an off grid system I would like to complete... I look forward to seeing what's suggested as I plan on having an amplifier on batteries as well.


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Reply #8 on: November 14, 2016, 08:59:01 AM
I love this build!

a few questions - is that a Noble Pot for the volume?  If not,what did you use?  secondly, the two 5 tab guys - any reason why you have the parallel busses running between  them, or am I just misinterpreting the photo?

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Reply #9 on: November 14, 2016, 12:03:28 PM
Quote from: ewingfox on November 14, 2016, 08:59:01 AM
I love this build!

a few questions - is that a Noble Pot for the volume?  If not,what did you use?  secondly, the two 5 tab guys - any reason why you have the parallel busses running between  them, or am I just misinterpreting the photo?

E

The pot is an Alps Blue - having had a few exotic pots to try I now stick with these.  As to the parallel busses, the wiring was put together on the hoof as it were and I allowed myself the option to have a bit of space when putting in the components so it would be easier to try a few different ones without disturbing the others - so absolutely no real reason to have them there at all.  Also, don't tell anyone but I'm pretty clueless about all this stuff...

Paul

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Reply #10 on: November 15, 2016, 07:12:34 AM
Paul -

Love it!  I assume the Alps Pot is the ALPS-64605?  Also, I'm more used to working with tons of AC and high voltage, where parallel wires got tricky with weird interference - wasn't sure if you were working some awesome audio-monk super mojo :)

Those output caps look pretty sexy as well - what are you using there?  I have a quickie (x2) coming my way - so I'm not building a clone - but if those big caps made a difference I'll make sure to leave room for em'!

E


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