AmpCamp Amp

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  1. Philimon

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    My ACA build was delayed because a bag of screws etc. was missing from parts kit. Should have parts and completed this weekend.

    Anyways, I wanted to share what @dBel84 hooked me up with. Speaker to headphone adapter with bypass resistors switch. Yeah it's awesome.:
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    That's a beautiful build, congratulations! I've been using a pair of XLS Encores as well and coincidentally just placed an order for the Amp Camp Amp a few days back. What pre-amp are you using? Read some comments about ACA's impedance being on the lower end and also benefiting from higher preamp voltage gain. Curious to know how your views on this as well. Thanks!
     
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    Hi Xarkkon,
    Thanks. Yes, the build went well; though I've done a fair bit of this in the past...
    As for a preamp, I'm using my First Sound Presence Deluxe tube preamp with a Paramount edition upgrade with my Amp Camp amps, Fully dual-mono main control unit with dual mono external power supplies, with approx. 300,000 uF of power supply capacitance. The First Sound drives the ACAs just fine, no worries.

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    The power supplies:
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    Interior views...
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    Individual Holco metal film resistors for each position of the volume pots. All air dielectric on signal wires from input jacks.
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    Inside one of the external power supplies; the input AC is filtered with dual Shunyata CCI-X noise reduction filters.
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