[zdogma]

Tell me, how difficult was the 18 watter to build?

I talked to Stephen Cohrs about it a year or so ago, he seemed like a knowledgable guy, but I wasn't sure if I had the electronics know-how to build one of his kits, and have it sound good (I don't wan't to spend the money JUST for a fun project, I'd like to have a usable amp at the end).

I'd like to have a plexi level of gain, or so and not have a lot of hum or unreliabilty.

Tell me what you think.

 

[zdogma]

Is the 15 Watter based on the AC-15?

No. Matchless lightning clone.

 

[zdogma]

Somewhere in this forum there is a link to my thread at Harmony Central, where I did a build thread.

In my opinion, the 18 watter is pretty straight forward, much "easier" than I expected. The drawings showing parts layout and wiring are excellent. I basically did one wire at a time, checking off the completed wires untill each one was run. I triple checked as I went along that nothing was out of place and mine fired up on the first try and worked great. I did not expect it to be so quiet even at full volume.

I think anyone who has soldering skills, can properly identify components (in the instructions you get the capacitor and resister codes) and run wires from point A to B can build this amp.

To top it off, Stephen has been so very helpfull, always ansering my questions immediately by email and IMO has gone beyond what he needs to have a successfull company. I really think he cares that his customers get a working amp done!

Doesnt hurt they are in Canada either, and I dont have to order the kit from the USA.

AJC

Sounds good. I like that they are based on Canada, too.

 

[zdogma]

The wiring looks great. Better than a lot of pro build amps i've opened up.