Tag Archives: preamp

enclosure and power supply (intermediate version)

By Han-earl Park | Published: October 18, 2008

Here’s photos of the intermediate version of the power supply in its enclosure. The front of the unit is at the top of the image, and the back is at the bottom. You’re also looking up at the the unit in these photos. Power switch and LED indicators are at the top left of the […]

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pre-amp outline

By Han-earl Park | Published: October 3, 2008

The old version of io connected the output of the synthesizer directly to the amplifier. [see: figure] This wasn’t too much of a problem since, though unbalanced, the signal was low-impedance, line-level. There were, however, a couple of less desirable aspects to this. One was that the drivers (the woofer and the tweeter) would not […]

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enclosures: pre-amp and power supply panels (physical artifacts)

By Han-earl Park | Published: September 18, 2008

As an update to the previous post, here’re photos of the machined and loaded panels. The front panel holds, from left to right, the power switch, 4 LED indicators (+15V, +12V, -12V and +9V), two filter bypass switches and two output level pots. The rear panel holds, from left to right, stereo audio inputs (unbalanced), […]

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enclosures: pre-amp and power supply panels

By Han-earl Park | Published: September 16, 2008

One handy box that forms a crucial (if unglamorous) part of io 0.0.1 beta++ contains the audio preamp (basically, a couple of filters, signal amplifiers and a balanced line driver) and power supply/distribution components (9V, ±12V). I don’t have a name for this box yet, but here are the layouts for the front and rear […]

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