Interested in a compact load box with line out for direct recording?
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Umm, just out of curiosity, wouldn't adding a heat sink only increase the price like 2.50€ or something like that, so you could drive it much hotter that way?
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the load resistors i use already come with a heat sink and are mounted on the bottom of the enclosure, which also helps to dissipate heat.
i could of course add an additional heat sink on the outside of the enclosure at no cost if desired
the unit runs fine without heat issues at low master volumes settings like this, as i described. the whole point of this project was to have a compact box and not needing to run the master high to get a loud enough output signal.
also, with a mere resistive load box like this (and most commercial ones) the 'goodness' of cranking the MV doesn't come as with a real speaker load since the speaker's inductance is neglected.
i could also build a unit in a larger enclosure with greater dissipation if there's enough people interested
for a box with 200W max dissipation and added heat sinks, it should run for about 100€ plus shipping.
/christian
hello, can you post some sound clips? what is the price in usd shipped to usa? looks like $66 usd.
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