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PhotoI didn't see anyone offering their woodskills for sale, so I had to take this on myself. Cost was $131.55 plus taxes, due to the fact that I had to buy a drill, miter box saw, 11 piece wrench set (hex screws turned out to be 1/2 wrench size), 3/8 drill bit, glue, clamps, and screws. I mean, I didn't have anything at all. Wood used was the "red oak" sold at Home Depot, for around $6.65. I wasn't going for a pretty look, just wanted improve sonics by getting away from the plastic ABS that the Scott Nixon DacKit uses. Time took around 2 1/2 hours. The glue isn't permanently fixed yet.
Complications: something was wrong with the sound at first. It's not something I can label sonically, just that it was disturbing, and not enjoyable. I thought that the wires/resoldering/stress needed time to settle in. Turns out a corner of the PCB had a little bit of glue on it and just needed to be pryed off the board for enjoyable sound to come back. Also, the front and rear panel wood, although very thin, were too thick to use all of the teflon ring separators for the RCA jacks.
More stuff: Haven't decided if I want to drill holes for the front LEDs yet. For mounting, I'll probably use the brass wood screws with 3 small chunks of wood as PCB risers. I'm guessing the easiest way to come up with 2 mm wood risers is to get a belt sander and sand it down.
Sound quality: good. Better than ABS. happy. Would recommend to others.
Follow Ups:
Ok, wood riser blocks underneath the PCB, with the PCB screwed down into the wood with screws, seems to sound the best. I have soldered off the stock power receptable and physically separated the positive and negative feeds, so that the clips won't accidentally touch and melt the wires / start a fire.
This is a 10 x 10 bedroom, it's all I got for PC based music listening, and I am very thankful to have it.
Listening position.
(That is the remaining scrapwood on top of the amplifier).
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I have thought about using the rest of the wood to make something for the USB device, but since I'm using that in the digital domain only I'll hold off.
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