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  • #61
    Originally posted by R.G. View Post
    Really tough conformal coating... Yeah! I like that.

    How about wrapping the amplifier in about 1/4" of woven glass fiber and applying some catalyzed epoxy resin. About three coats of this and it should pass some of the testing probes from IEC600650.
    Or... It could just have the power cord removed and be placed in a pine box. Pine is an insulator, right?
    "Take two placebos, works twice as well." Enzo

    "Now get off my lawn with your silicooties and boom-chucka speakers and computers masquerading as amplifiers" Justin Thomas

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    • #62
      Originally posted by Chuck H View Post
      Or... It could just have the power cord removed and be placed in a pine box. Pine is an insulator, right?
      Depends. How deep you going to bury it?
      Amazing!! Who would ever have guessed that someone who villified the evil rich people would begin happily accepting their millions in speaking fees!

      Oh, wait! That sounds familiar, somehow.

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      • #63
        Frost line is 36" where I live.
        -Mike

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        • #64
          A final pic of the "Boyden Memorial" featuring all the stuff I scrapped.

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          It was like working on a house of cards. I started out trying to preserve the design, but in the end it was more expedient to scrap most of it. I morphed it into a 2204 variant. It took all day Friday but it came out really nice.

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          • #65
            Really, don't most manufactured amps deserve a decent burial too......
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            • #66
              I prefer Viking funerals for most manufactured amps. Load them on a longboat, pile on wood, send it adrift and set it afire with flaming arrows.

              Film it (which actually means reducing it to digital video-bits today), put clips on youtube. Sell the full video to a band doing a music video. Become famous for your video artistry. Get huge consultant fees. Become wealthy on the residuals...

              Oh, wait. This is the real world...
              Amazing!! Who would ever have guessed that someone who villified the evil rich people would begin happily accepting their millions in speaking fees!

              Oh, wait! That sounds familiar, somehow.

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              • #67
                The real world has got it all, hasn't it....
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                • #68
                  I can't believe you scrapped those awesome sounding Sovtek tubes, the obvious choice for a boutique amp!
                  "Enzo, I see that you replied parasitic oscillations. Is that a hypothesis? Or is that your amazing metal band I should check out?"

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                  • #69
                    I thought a lot of those parts looked like they might have been used in the new buildup. But woody probably has parts and an MO for the amp he built it into. So maybe for another project... Or just mail it all to me!
                    "Take two placebos, works twice as well." Enzo

                    "Now get off my lawn with your silicooties and boom-chucka speakers and computers masquerading as amplifiers" Justin Thomas

                    "If you're not interested in opinions and the experience of others, why even start a thread?
                    You can't just expect consent." Helmholtz

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