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For this kit, no design work was necessary from my side. So the "only" thing I needed to do was follow the instructions and solder all the components. Hmm, since I like making my own designs making the amp had no priority and as a result it took more than 6 months to complete the board.
On the picture you can see the two heatsinks I mounted to the Tripath chip and the voltage regulator. These heatsinks were taken from an old PC power supply. Also shown on the left side of the board: I used terminals for conneting the power and speaker cables instead of soldering them directly to the board.
On the left is a 225 VA Amplimo transformer, the input RCA's are connected using twisted pair (UTP) cable ust like the stand-by switch on the front panel.
After fnishing the PCB, I found the remaining components. The transformer is from Amplimo (2x22Vac, 5.11 A).
For cooling of the Tripath chip I used an aluminum heatsink which I took out of a broken computer power supply. I used a smaller version heatsnkfor the 7805 voltage regulator. The rectifier bridge doesn't get warm at all.
About twee weeks after finishing the amp I decided to buy the add-on to the kit: a second recifier bridge and two large capacitors. The add-on components will provide the amp with more power during heavy use which is recommended especially when used in bridged mode and when "difficult" speakers are connected.
Not that I planned to use the ForT disco work, but for 20 euro's including shipment the package was delivered to my door, and it was one of those things that may not be available anomore when you change your mind just a little bit too late.
The aditional components are placed without problems on the open spaces on th PCB. However, one of the capacitors is soldered close to the 5V voltage regulator and I had to twist the regulator and its (small) heatsink other wise there was not enough room for he capacitor.
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