On 19 Sep 2006 16:54:16 -0700, "Telstar Electronics"
wrote in
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Frank Gilliland wrote:
Flying in the face of
convention, the power amplifier circuit will -not- be mounted on a PC
board. Instead, the components will be chassis-wired with heavy-guage
copper, except for the transistors which will be wired with strips of
copper sheet having rounded edges and corners.


No PCB!... transistors wired with strips of copper... sounds like a
Davemade... better known as a "prototype"... LOL


No PCB = no cracked traces, copper seperation, no burnt boards, better
heat dissipation, more efficient conductors, etc, etc. Let's face it:
replace the power transistors more than twice on a PCB and your board
(and therfore your amp) is garbage. Not only that, but it also allows
the flexibility to use transistors of different physical sizes and
styles; i.e, the amp can be upgraded or retrofit as desired.