I'm looking to build a power amp. Does anyone have any advice/tips/experience they would be willing to share. I would like to be fairly big, at least 600w at 4 ohms. Thanks.
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Building a power amp.
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600 watts at 4 ohms is fairly small in terms of PA power amps.
What are you hoping to get out of this build? Knowledge? A better product for less money? or something else?
What are you hoping to get out of this build? Knowledge? A better product for less money? or something else?
You're looking at building a 600W solid-state power amp from scratch? My advice? Don't do it. You'll end up spending about 2-3x as much money as just buying one.
So why are you wanting to do this? And are you talking about designing/making your own circuit boards and stuff? Designing your own schematic from scratch? Hoo-wee... That's a pretty hefty undertaking.
I've never looked for a solid-state kit, but I would guess they exist - are you going to build something like that?
Chris
So why are you wanting to do this? And are you talking about designing/making your own circuit boards and stuff? Designing your own schematic from scratch? Hoo-wee... That's a pretty hefty undertaking.
I've never looked for a solid-state kit, but I would guess they exist - are you going to build something like that?
Chris
If the OP wants to try this I have a power amp chassis that contained the big ILP modules. Both are dead but the power supply functions and the chassis has all the ins and outs needed. There would be no charge for this. 
If the OP is in the Toronto area he can come and pick it up.
If the OP is in the Toronto area he can come and pick it up.
Passinwind
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Figure on spending 3-4 times what a used commercial piece would cost. Be sure you figure out good limiting and high pass filtering schemes. If you want to make it easy on yourself you could do worse than going here: http://www.hypex.nl/ . Their 700 watt module and matching SMPS should match your needs pretty nicely. I've been contemplating building up this combo for a while, might actually happen later this year.
