| Re: Top Plates [message #30607 is a reply to message #30591] |
Sat, 19 February 2005 14:21   |
Skip Pack
Messages: 51
Registered: May 2009
Location: Hollister, California
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As a non_participant, but interested obseerver, I wanted to float
an idea here on top plates. When I built my Foreplay a couple of
years ago, I wasn't totally comfortable with the thin top plate
though it doesn't seem to have caused anyone any difficulties
(the new Bottlehead kits are coming with thicker plates). I
for reasons that changed, got two Foreplay kits, so I built the
one preamp using two plates with a layer of soft, thin
packing foam in between. There are enough through mounting screws
to hold it tight, and it is very stiff, and very dead. My only
reservation was problems with heat and flammibility. The Foreplay
has always run cool, and there have been no problems. I'd think this would work with any metal. You would need to
make sure you had a good connection between plates to avoid
making a funky capacitor, and grounding the plate(s) to anything
other than power ground would probably be bad. Skip
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