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Welcome to the Gainclone Gallery where I hope that pictures of various Gainclones (chip amps) will inspire others to have a go themselves!

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Pedja Rogic's GC built for a friend. Pedja Rogic built this unique looking Gainclone for a friend. Interior view of Pedja Rogic's 'round' GC. You can see more pictures of Pedja's work on his own site HERE.
Fedde Bouwman's neat integrated Gainclone Fedde Bouwman's neat integrated Gainclone which he has named the Thor Amp after the designer of the inverted GC, Thorsten Loesch. More details on Fedde's site. A closer view of Fedde Bouwman's neat integrated Gainclone A closer look at the neat interior of Fedde Bouwman's Gainclone.
Markku Pöysti's GC. Markku Pöysti built this version of the Gainclone and is offering PCB's for those that want to copy his design. The interior of Markku Pöysti's Gainclone. The interior of Markku Pöysti's Gainclone. More details on Markku's site.
Maarten Platenspeler's beautiful Gainclone monoblocks Maarten Platenspeler's beautiful Gainclone monoblocks were built in these off-the-shelf cases and look very classy. More details on Maarten's site. Matthew Cattle's GC set up using a portable CD player for the source. Matthew Cattle's GC set up using a portable CD player for the source. More details on Matt's site.
Paul Hilgerman's preamp and Gainclones. Paul Hilgerman's LM3875 monoblocks shown here with his preamp/active crossovers. Paul Hilgerman's Gainclones in his system set up.. Note the small size of the two GC monblocks when compared to the preamp.
Front view of Al Crook's Gainclone. Al Crooks attractive OPA548 based GC, with Schotky diodes, a 24-0-24 transformer and 2 rectifier bridges per channel with two Rubycon ZL 1000uf caps. Rear view of Al Crook's Gainclone. This GC uses ordinary metal film resistors, Rubycon ZL 1000uf decoupling caps, and Evox input and decoupling caps. A Vishay/Sfernice pot is on the input.
The authors own GC monoblocks in cherry veneer. My own Gainclone monoblocks. With cherry wood veneer and mahogany front plates. Full details on my Gainclone page. The author's matching passive preamp. The matching passive preamp is in fact just a stepped attenuator in another 'pod'.
Russ Wilhelm's Gainclone with separate PSU Russ Wilhelm was inspired to try a GC after visiting DD! He originally knocked up his GC on a plank of wood but after hearing it, knew that it deserved a better 'home'. Russ Wilhelm's oak cased GC amp. The oak case was hand crafted using a mitre saw, then stained and finished with a few coats of linseed oil. Full marks for orignal design!
Rearconnections of Russ Wilhelm's GC amp and PSU. Russ's PSU uses four 20 volt, 2 amp transformers since these were available locally for 5 USD each and the heatsinks were 4 USD each helping keep the build cost to around 100 USD. Interior of Russ Wilhelm's GC. The PSU is separate to keep any magnetic fields away from the amp circuit. Both interior and exterior finishing is to a very high standard.
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Last update: 20th July 2004 - Copyright © 2003/4 Decibel Dungeon - Author Nick Whetstone