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Data for the low-voltage hybrid headphone amp (AudioXpress 11/02)


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The evolution continues!  The "Millett Max" has arrived... details are here.

Here's what the MAX PCB looks like:

Wow!


A group at Head-Fi has taken the design and enhanced it, making it more of a high-end, "tweakable" design.   Great work guys!  This is how DIY audio SHOULD work...

There's full details of this project on this DIYForums site .   Cool!

Here's what the new PCB looks like:

You can also download the Gerber files of this version of the board (169k ZIP file) from my site.


Here's the original...

Thanks to AudioXpress and Ed Dell, the full magazine article is now available for download!

"Build A Low-Voltage Tube Hybrid Headphone/Line Amp (612kB PDF file)

This page contains files to download that relate to the article about building a low-voltage hybrid headphone amplifier that I wrote for AudioXpress issue 11, 2001.  This is a great project for the newcomer to tubes, since it's easy to build, and safe - it runs on 24V DC power!

 

The following files are available for download:

Schematic:

PDF file (176k)

PCB:

ZIP file with Eagle CAD .SCH and .BRD (48k)

ZIP file containing Gerber files to build PCB's (163k)

TIFF file of PCB layout (25k)

TIFF file of top copper (25k)

TIFF file of bottom copper (25k)

 

Bill of materials:

 

PDF file (4k) or Excel spreadsheet (18k)