One area where home built amplifiers can be substantially better than
commercial ones is ease of repair. Many commercial amps are designed to be
compact. Even Collins and Alpha can be bears to repair. A good home built
design will allow easy access to all the components. Roger mentioned that the
flat panels and angle aluminum constructed cabinets may not look as pretty as
the commercial amps, but with blind nuts the maintenance might be significantly
better than commercial.
If your home built amp is better in some way than a commercial amp, you can
hold your head high.
I build a lot of gear and mostly use components that I have acquired. I try to
use the components I have to come up with pleasing looking equipment. For
that, I find that knob and meter selection is important along with panel layout
as well as labeling. I am just ready to try engraving a panel with my CNC mill.
73, Colin K7FM
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