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What a good design John! I have been working in electronics for 30 years and I know how difficult it is to do what you are telling us. We are left with the desire to hear how this incredible amplifier sounds, and see the whole system working. Greetings from Argentina!
Holy Shit John! I just read the article on your site. Pretty blown away by the fact that you even designed & etched the boards yourself. Where did you gather the info to do this project? Books? Websites?
Truly impressive, John. The whole design is brilliant...etching the boards, designing soft-start boards, your idea for the heat sinks, and the beautiful wood enclosing it...awesome how you taught yourself all that! Thanks for sharing.
Nothing boring about that very nice amp you built. I am quite impressed at this piece. Especially the fact that you designed and printed your own boards for each of the 6 channels. Excellent job on this!!
YES! Bring out the amp. I think it's great to be able to see how your skills in the shop translate to building the world around you. Your "I can make that" attitude is raw and refreshing. Thank you for your humble honesty about forgetting things, unfortunately I can relate. God bless.
you never cease to amaze me. It was impressive that you do woodworking to the extreme you do, but then designing your own amplifier and laying out your own PC boards. Very cool! I have both electronics lab and woodworking shop but never take the woodworking or even electronics to the extreme you do! Nice work.
Good for you john, I turned 78 last saturday so I feel the years you are talking about but when you talk electronics I`m lost but it`s good to see it done thanks
I’ve watched and liked your channel before. I’m a woodworker but my love is also is music. I could never attempt anything that complicated. Maybe speakers, maybe a turntable plinth. A whole new respect. Bravo...Kent in Comox BC
From the very clever use of aluminum-on-hand for heatsinks, stainless chassis and end panels, original design amps and boards, and more than anything - the elegance of the outer design - this thing bristles with amazing and cool features. You got it quiet by doing research on quality design rules. Thank you for making videos, I rarely comment but have been watching since the early days. This is excellent!
Really, really amazing job! I meet your channel not long ago because I want to learn how to build some things with wood, I'm talking about te other channel. But actually, my porpoise is to build speakers and I could see some of your works... Amazing! Thank you for sharing. Raul, from Portugal
Of all the things I have watched you build over the years this might be the most impressive. Many moons ago my first job was in an electronics service shop (when was the last time anyone saw one of those in town!?) and have worked on a ton of electronics. You did an excellent job designing and wiring that amp, very cool indeed!
This is not boring at all John. Very very impressive that amp of yours. I went to Mohawk college for EE technology, learned a lot of theory and a boat load of equations. That was over 20 years ago and I've forgotten a lot of that stuff now. I've done a lot of projects in the past but nothing as nice as your amp. Very nice! I'd love to see that guitar amp as well.
Beautiful aesthetically pleasing design. I'm a student of many handy man skills (woodworking, electrical, plumbing, computers) but have yet to get a good grasp of electronic circuitry. I'm Amazed that you built that from scratch (homemade) components.
Congratulations. Very impressive pack of electrician, wood and metal design and manufacturing skills. I didn't expect You are able to do such a thing on such a level.
VERY impressive... you deserve to be proud of that baby. I did some nice Heathkit Stereo/Amp projects in the past, but never the full design like this. Very beautiful to look at too!
Wow that is so cool! I've long been a car and home audio enthusiast, but building an amp from the transformer on up is way beyond me. The case design is amazing too, thanks for sharing.
Wow, that is one hell of a good project. I love music and tinkering but I must say that I admire your attitude about creating such a beautiful piece of art. Thank you for sharing and making laugh with your last comment.
As a ham radio operator and electronics tinkerer as well as hobby wood worker, I'm definitely interested in seeing this other side of your projects. Awesome job!
Finished the websitearticle before the video was available ( i am way more on the website since it changed) . My first reaction was " isnt there anything where this guy doesnt excel in" ? I guess your only a couple years older then i am so i can relate that it is easier to forget and more difficult to learn something new , but this is indeed impressive! And yes probably you gonna get reaction from "elektronic builders " who have done this or that diffrent, but to be that good in all of those fields , house reno, woodworking, video editting ,metalworking, elektronics , and driving (haha) i am blown away. Hat off to you sir
Yes, more show and tell, great to see the depth of your skills. I like how you build everything to last. Not to mention your design is fricking beautiful.
Amazing build, I can usually see multiple uses for items but floor bars as heat sinks! That is 'out of the box' thinking. I really have picked up some good ideas from your content.
I'd love to see more of this. It may not be germane to most of the content on your channel but I think that your regular viewers still appreciate the craftsmanship. I personally come from an electronics background and this is super impressive!
This wasn't boring John. Good stuff. I would guess many of us viewers (your viewers) have built similar things making what you just shared a very interesting watch. It's interesting to see how you do things. I like your style and mannerisms, and usually find myself hitting your channels first. Beautiful job and serves as inspiration to us to get back in the shop and get those ideas into reality. The amp should be an interesting watch as well.
that amp looks incredible ! been a viewer for quite a while now but never had an idea you where sufficient with electronics to ,for that alone i give a big thumbs up
Colour me impressed! That is one beautiful amplifier. In my younger days - decades ago, I also built direct coupled amps and speakers. What a hoot that was, and yes, I've forgotten most of the theory involved as well. Now to go research what you did regarding your speakers.
John I'm 24 and I forget how stuff I built works from just a few years ago. Happens to everyone, almost all skills are highly perishable. Beautiful amp buddy, I bet that system sounds amazing.
John, that thing is *AWESOME*. Please, Please, Please create more videos on creating electronics enclosures --- design, layout, making it look good, and answering the age old question of "Now, where should I put this knob?" ..... Especially if that knob goes to ELEVEN.
Man that's definitely impressive. I have a paint-by-numbers cascode kit to resurrect my trusty Hafler that let out the magic smoke after 35 years of service, and when I didn't get everything together right the first time I set it on the back burner of the healing bench. That was a year ago now. Someday soon I'll get it apart to get it together properly. What a rabbit hole analog electronics are. Mad props brother.
I've had sixty years of USAF &contractor experience in radar, telemetry and satellite ground station engineering and still find Electronics aNEVER boring!.. I like the way your mind works and I find all your projects interesting.
Amplifiers make small signals larger. They raise the amplitude. That's about all there is to know about them. So now you're an expert on the topic. I suppose there's a bit more to it but not much. Details.
Well stated with the amplifier rating being 100W for all three. It's important to match the path and to allow headroom for transients. Great design and execution.
Looks awesome! I don't know about home-grade style ones, but I work with professional ones, and we turn them on/off in a specific order to get rid of any backfeed caused by turning on/off all the audio sources, it's always amp is last on and first off. We do this because if you turn the amp on first and then each audio source, as you turn on each audio source you end up with the 'thump' sound from the power being applied to each audio source that gets transmitted down the line.
More of this John! I'd love to see an hear about the guitar amp. I'm sure the whole community would love to see a series of build videos for a new electronics project.
After reading the title of the video I was expecting a woodworking video, and I was pleasantly surprised to find out that the object of this video combines four areas that I have interest in one way or the other; woodworking, electronics, upcycling and design... Thank you for the video extremely impressed I definitely was the furthest from didn’t falling asleep. 👍🏻👍🏻
More electronics please, I build tube guitar amps but also enjoyed your old video on building your guitar amp and have watched it many times for the past years.
You weren't kidding, this thing is impressive! Everything looks so neat and tidy inside, even the hand-etched boards. Great use of found materials, I would have never guessed.
Love that you upcycled the sheet metal and thresholds. Looks awesome. I'd love to see the guitar amp. I have an old Roland Blues Cube that I would like to re-skin and maybe augment a bit.
John, there is more to you than meets the eye! I had no idea you were capable of such electronics! That is, by all accounts, one hell of an amp! Yes I would love to see the guitar amp! I'll bet is nice! Great video. Thanxz.
John, I was fast asleep and then you woke me up with this very interesting show and tell. Sure, lets have more on your electronic design build projects. My father, a ham radio hobbyist, was into that area of design build and this brings back some nice memories of being the son and gofer. And you shouldn't worry over much about your first video's deletion. On a show and tell like this not much has to be rebuilt if you need to repeat and retell - consider it a rehearsal. You must have heard that one approach is illustrated in the old book Mythical Man-Month, Chapter 11. Plan to Throw One Away, by Fred Brooks - so one got thrown away.
very cool!! ..i built a very large 4 way sound system a few years ago for the home cinema room. speaker building and analog crossovers are fun, but i did not build an amp. its good fun to build sound systems - i wish more people today would take time to do it. thanks for sharing that awesome build.
Oh my, i´m truly impressed. For doing something like this wanting is not enough, a lot of raw and trained talent is needed. It looks imposing and beautiful, i specially like the home made heat sinks, very clever. I also checked your three way speakers, Again positively impressed.
Hi John. It would be very nice to see your guitar amp. Mainly because I have been thinking about building one of my own. BTW your video on your wooden computer case inspired me to build my one. Thank you for the content!!!
Thank you for reaffirming it’s ok to scrap jigs that work for better ones. I always felt guilty and wasteful doing that. As always you’re projects are very impressive.
This is awesome John! Love the blend of skills to create something so intricate/functional and super attractive to look at. This seems like such a challenging, yet 10x rewarding build.
More details in the website article:
ibuildit.ca/projects/six-channel-amplifier/
My three way speakers used with this amp:
ibuildit.ca/projects/active-three-way-speakers-project/
You can help support the work I do in making these videos:
Plans for sale: ibuildit.ca/plans/
Support this channel on Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=865843&ty=h
Did you know I have other UA-cam channels?
My main channel:
ua-cam.com/users/jpheisz
More videos on my second woodworking channel:
ua-cam.com/users/IBuildIt
My home reno channel:
ua-cam.com/users/IBuildItHome
Website: ibuildit.ca/
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I Build It Scrap Bin Hi John, I’d be very interested to learn more about the guitar amp you made as I’ve always wanted to build one. Thanks you 🤟
What a good design John! I have been working in electronics for 30 years and I know how difficult it is to do what you are telling us. We are left with the desire to hear how this incredible amplifier sounds, and see the whole system working. Greetings from Argentina!
Holy Shit John! I just read the article on your site. Pretty blown away by the fact that you even designed & etched the boards yourself. Where did you gather the info to do this project? Books? Websites?
yes to the guitar amp!
this video is why it would be a shame if you stopped making videos..
Great work and very interesting... And the speaker t-shirt to match..
I can totally relate to forgetting stuff as you get older. I'm 67 and have to search for words sometimes. I remember later but I don't need it then.
Truly impressive, John. The whole design is brilliant...etching the boards, designing soft-start boards, your idea for the heat sinks, and the beautiful wood enclosing it...awesome how you taught yourself all that! Thanks for sharing.
You are a man of many talents. Woodworking, scavenger, electronic design and fabrication, and more.
Nothing boring about that very nice amp you built. I am quite impressed at this piece. Especially the fact that you designed and printed your own boards for each of the 6 channels. Excellent job on this!!
Glad you didn't give up on recording this video, John! That's a great piece of equipment you built! Very impressive!
YES! Bring out the amp. I think it's great to be able to see how your skills in the shop translate to building the world around you. Your "I can make that" attitude is raw and refreshing. Thank you for your humble honesty about forgetting things, unfortunately I can relate. God bless.
I love seeing thoughtful component layout and neat bundling of wires even though nobody will see it. Beautiful work.
you never cease to amaze me. It was impressive that you do woodworking to the extreme you do, but then designing your own amplifier and laying out your own PC boards. Very cool! I have both electronics lab and woodworking shop but never take the woodworking or even electronics to the extreme you do! Nice work.
You have amazing skills. Please don't let grumpy people convince you otherwise. I enjoy every one of your project videos. Keep on the good work!!
Good for you john, I turned 78 last saturday so I feel the years you are talking about but when you talk electronics I`m lost but it`s good to see it done thanks
Very impressive John! Not only the wood and finish but the amount of time and energy to build the electronics!!
Thanks for sharing that great audio project,please bring more on.
You are incredible
I’ve watched and liked your channel before. I’m a woodworker but my love is also is music. I could never attempt anything that complicated. Maybe speakers, maybe a turntable plinth. A whole new respect. Bravo...Kent in Comox BC
Absolutely beautiful work John! I hope your future plans for your channels include these types of projects. Amazing!
From the very clever use of aluminum-on-hand for heatsinks, stainless chassis and end panels, original design amps and boards, and more than anything - the elegance of the outer design - this thing bristles with amazing and cool features. You got it quiet by doing research on quality design rules.
Thank you for making videos, I rarely comment but have been watching since the early days. This is excellent!
That amplifier is done very professionally. It is built better then many commercially sold products. It looks awesome.
Yes John, that is a very impressive build. I would also be very proud of it!
I’ve been waiting for this one. Very slick design. Only one of its kind... what a treasure. It needs a Heisz emblem on the front.
BitHead1000 inlaid in ebony.
What should I say... just AMAZING JOB!! Thanks for sharing, John.
Car and home audio is what I do for a living. I'll love to see more about your audio electronics and speakers. Nice projects!
Really, really amazing job! I meet your channel not long ago because I want to learn how to build some things with wood, I'm talking about te other channel. But actually, my porpoise is to build speakers and I could see some of your works... Amazing! Thank you for sharing. Raul, from Portugal
Of all the things I have watched you build over the years this might be the most impressive. Many moons ago my first job was in an electronics service shop (when was the last time anyone saw one of those in town!?) and have worked on a ton of electronics. You did an excellent job designing and wiring that amp, very cool indeed!
This is not boring at all John. Very very impressive that amp of yours. I went to Mohawk college for EE technology, learned a lot of theory and a boat load of equations. That was over 20 years ago and I've forgotten a lot of that stuff now. I've done a lot of projects in the past but nothing as nice as your amp. Very nice! I'd love to see that guitar amp as well.
What an impressive piece of custom audio equipment! 👌
Beautiful aesthetically pleasing design. I'm a student of many handy man skills (woodworking, electrical, plumbing, computers) but have yet to get a good grasp of electronic circuitry. I'm Amazed that you built that from scratch (homemade) components.
More electronics! I’ve learned so much from you about woodworking, I’m really interested in watching your stuff on electronics.
Wood meets technology.. Forestpunk anyone?
Congratulations. Very impressive pack of electrician, wood and metal design and manufacturing skills. I didn't expect You are able to do such a thing on such a level.
VERY impressive... you deserve to be proud of that baby. I did some nice Heathkit Stereo/Amp projects in the past, but never the full design like this. Very beautiful to look at too!
Wow that is so cool! I've long been a car and home audio enthusiast, but building an amp from the transformer on up is way beyond me. The case design is amazing too, thanks for sharing.
Wow, that is one hell of a good project. I love music and tinkering but I must say that I admire your attitude about creating such a beautiful piece of art. Thank you for sharing and making laugh with your last comment.
As a ham radio operator and electronics tinkerer as well as hobby wood worker, I'm definitely interested in seeing this other side of your projects. Awesome job!
wow, that 10+ minutes went fast. Yes, more electronics videos.
Great work! I got my start in woodworking building speaker cabinets.
Beautiful thing. My woodworking journey started here, with speaker building too
Love the re-use of what would otherwise go in the skip. Nice job on the amplifier.
Finished the websitearticle before the video was available ( i am way more on the website since it changed) . My first reaction was " isnt there anything where this guy doesnt excel in" ? I guess your only a couple years older then i am so i can relate that it is easier to forget and more difficult to learn something new , but this is indeed impressive!
And yes probably you gonna get reaction from "elektronic builders " who have done this or that diffrent, but to be that good in all of those fields , house reno, woodworking, video editting ,metalworking, elektronics , and driving (haha) i am blown away.
Hat off to you sir
Serioulsly dislikes??? You dont have to "like" or be interrested in what he made, read the article and see "how" he made it and dare to dislike!!
He doesn't excel at "getting to the point" in his video.
Yes, more show and tell, great to see the depth of your skills. I like how you build everything to last. Not to mention your design is fricking beautiful.
John, that is truly a work of art! Thanks for sharing this, so cool! Lovely !
Amazing build, I can usually see multiple uses for items but floor bars as heat sinks! That is 'out of the box' thinking. I really have picked up some good ideas from your content.
I'd love to see more of this. It may not be germane to most of the content on your channel but I think that your regular viewers still appreciate the craftsmanship. I personally come from an electronics background and this is super impressive!
This wasn't boring John. Good stuff. I would guess many of us viewers (your viewers) have built similar things making what you just shared a very interesting watch. It's interesting to see how you do things. I like your style and mannerisms, and usually find myself hitting your channels first. Beautiful job and serves as inspiration to us to get back in the shop and get those ideas into reality. The amp should be an interesting watch as well.
Wow, you weren't kidding that's unbelievably impressive!
from scratch! I am impressed as f**k mate. you deserve to be proud of yourself. so much work as well.
Yeah! Let's take a look at that guitar amp. Beautiful piece there John
that amp looks incredible ! been a viewer for quite a while now but never had an idea you where sufficient with electronics to ,for that alone i give a big thumbs up
Cool! The heatsink solution is really clever. Definitely interested in a show and tell on the guitar amp.
So very gorgeous. And YES! More amps!
That is a beautiful piece of hi fi John. Thanks for sharing!
Colour me impressed! That is one beautiful amplifier. In my younger days - decades ago, I also built direct coupled amps and speakers. What a hoot that was, and yes, I've forgotten most of the theory involved as well. Now to go research what you did regarding your speakers.
Amazing... Please upload more audio related videos. Would love to watch a video about those tower speakers...
Nice work John, you are a man of many talents!
John I'm 24 and I forget how stuff I built works from just a few years ago. Happens to everyone, almost all skills are highly perishable. Beautiful amp buddy, I bet that system sounds amazing.
Woodworking meets amp design, best possible content. Would absolutely love to see the guitar amps all these years later
John, that thing is *AWESOME*.
Please, Please, Please create more videos on creating electronics enclosures --- design, layout, making it look good, and answering the age old question of "Now, where should I put this knob?"
..... Especially if that knob goes to ELEVEN.
That thing is absolutely beautiful. Amazing work, its a bit big for a 600w amp, but its not just an amp, its a work of art.
Man that's definitely impressive. I have a paint-by-numbers cascode kit to resurrect my trusty Hafler that let out the magic smoke after 35 years of service, and when I didn't get everything together right the first time I set it on the back burner of the healing bench. That was a year ago now. Someday soon I'll get it apart to get it together properly. What a rabbit hole analog electronics are. Mad props brother.
I've had sixty years of USAF &contractor experience in radar, telemetry and satellite ground station engineering and still find Electronics aNEVER boring!.. I like the way your mind works and I find all your projects interesting.
Wow, that is absolutely gorgeous. I would like to see more electronics projects too.
i dont know much about amplifiers but that is very cool way past what i can grasp
Amplifiers make small signals larger. They raise the amplitude. That's about all there is to know about them. So now you're an expert on the topic. I suppose there's a bit more to it but not much. Details.
Well stated with the amplifier rating being 100W for all three. It's important to match the path and to allow headroom for transients. Great design and execution.
Not boring at all. Absolutely Awesome and with the timber looks very high end
Yes, I would like to see the amp. Thanks for sharing John
That IS absolutely impressive... and beautiful. I'd love to see these kind of build videos (woodworking/electronics design and build).
John, I’d love to see more projects like this.
Looks awesome! I don't know about home-grade style ones, but I work with professional ones, and we turn them on/off in a specific order to get rid of any backfeed caused by turning on/off all the audio sources, it's always amp is last on and first off.
We do this because if you turn the amp on first and then each audio source, as you turn on each audio source you end up with the 'thump' sound from the power being applied to each audio source that gets transmitted down the line.
Very cool. I like the heat sinks. They are functional, structural, and look awesome too.
That is so cool! The thresholds were an amazing idea!
More of this John! I'd love to see an hear about the guitar amp. I'm sure the whole community would love to see a series of build videos for a new electronics project.
As an audiophile with some very high end components-I would say what you made is impressive!
You are one of the most talented guys I know...honest.
You sir are a man of many talents. Beautiful and functional. Well done!
Yes John would love to see your guitar amp and the construction you used for it.
show and tell of the guitar amp, please!
I'm impressed. You are a fearless lifetime learner!
Thank you John. I liked the article too. Very neat and nice design aesthetic. I am interested in the amp too.
After reading the title of the video I was expecting a woodworking video, and I was pleasantly surprised to find out that the object of this video combines four areas that I have interest in one way or the other; woodworking, electronics, upcycling and design...
Thank you for the video extremely impressed I definitely was the furthest from didn’t falling asleep. 👍🏻👍🏻
More electronics please, I build tube guitar amps but also enjoyed your old video on building your guitar amp and have watched it many times for the past years.
You weren't kidding, this thing is impressive! Everything looks so neat and tidy inside, even the hand-etched boards. Great use of found materials, I would have never guessed.
That is really impressive! Not boring at all. I'll be looking out for the guitar amp video.
Love that you upcycled the sheet metal and thresholds. Looks awesome. I'd love to see the guitar amp. I have an old Roland Blues Cube that I would like to re-skin and maybe augment a bit.
John, there is more to you than meets the eye! I had no idea you were capable of such electronics! That is, by all accounts, one hell of an amp! Yes I would love to see the guitar amp! I'll bet is nice! Great video. Thanxz.
John, I was fast asleep and then you woke me up with this very interesting show and tell. Sure, lets have more on your electronic design build projects. My father, a ham radio hobbyist, was into that area of design build and this brings back some nice memories of being the son and gofer. And you shouldn't worry over much about your first video's deletion. On a show and tell like this not much has to be rebuilt if you need to repeat and retell - consider it a rehearsal. You must have heard that one approach is illustrated in the old book Mythical Man-Month, Chapter 11. Plan to Throw One Away, by Fred Brooks - so one got thrown away.
very cool!! ..i built a very large 4 way sound system a few years ago for the home cinema room. speaker building and analog crossovers are fun, but i did not build an amp. its good fun to build sound systems - i wish more people today would take time to do it. thanks for sharing that awesome build.
Oh my, i´m truly impressed. For doing something like this wanting is not enough, a lot of raw and trained talent is needed. It looks imposing and beautiful, i specially like the home made heat sinks, very clever. I also checked your three way speakers, Again positively impressed.
Simply amazing. The whole time watching I’m thinking about how it must sound awesome.
Let us hope not. The purpose is to sound natural.
John, definitely and amazing project! I would love it if you could do a show and tell on the guitar amp.
Hi John. It would be very nice to see your guitar amp. Mainly because I have been thinking about building one of my own. BTW your video on your wooden computer case inspired me to build my one.
Thank you for the content!!!
Very nice! As an older guy, I can relate to how easy it is to design electronics and later forget exactly why I did something the way I did.
Electronics, that plays right into my wheelhouse. I would like to hear more about your electronic designs.
That is one behemoth of an amp! Beautiful work, John! Definitely something to be proud of. You never cease to amaze me!
Thank you for reaffirming it’s ok to scrap jigs that work for better ones. I always felt guilty and wasteful doing that. As always you’re projects are very impressive.
Would love to see more electronic videos from you. That amp is truely badass!
This is awesome John! Love the blend of skills to create something so intricate/functional and super attractive to look at. This seems like such a challenging, yet 10x rewarding build.
Looks sweet! Would love to see the amp too.
You Need to bring that amp down for a colab video with my buddy glenn over at specter media group
love to see the amp too
I agree - let's see the AMP
Yes please on the guitar amp!
Thanks for sharing, you are truly a man of many talents. Love all of you Video's
A beautiful work piece! Thank you for sharing this John!
Awesome job with the amp! always enjoy watching your channel ! cheers!
WOW that was so interesting. Yes more of these please. I'd love to know the other things you've built. Thank you for doing this video again!