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Minek's Audio Amplifier Workshop Hand-built power amplifiers, 2015-2026 |
www.minek.com Last update: October 25, 2026 |
WelcomeThis is a workshop catalogue of amplifiers I built, tested or developed. Each project page combines image gallery with downloadable simulations, layouts, schematics and reference documents from the working archive. |
CATALOGUE STATUS 34 amplifier projects 1224 gallery images 99 downloadable files Download minek.lib Page built with assistance of CODEX AI. |
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| 2020-05-25 | Square Law Amp | 6 | Ian Hegglun’s square-law approach adapted to HEXFET outputs, progressing from simulation to hardware and thermal-bias experiments. |
| 2020-07-15 | Unusual amp from 1987 | 89 | The central project notebook: LMK and Wiederhold descendants, multiple output technologies, and later Alexander, Darlington, mirror-VAS and Hafler designs. |
| 2021-02-08 | LatFet Amp Based on Philips AH578 | 11 | A modern lateral-MOSFET adaptation of the Earl Rapp / Philips circuit, plus a complementary HEXFET proposal and PCB collaboration. |
| 2021-06-20 | HexFet Amp Based on Philips AH578 and LMK | 10 | A symmetrical, push-pull development combining Philips front-end ideas with the LMK approach; completed and evaluated in use. |
| 2021-12-18 | Groner Topology Power Amp | 1 | Samuel Groner’s front-end/VAS concept adapted into an op-amp-input power amplifier with a reusable MOSFET output platform. |
| 2023-01-25 | 30W amp (triple emitter follower) with TIP3055/2955 outputs | 3 | A small bipolar power amplifier with predrivers, drivers and outputs, Darlington VAS and two-pole compensation. |
| 2025-02-08 | Fast MosFET amp with LT1223 opamp front end | 4 | A fast Alexander-style design followed through lateral MOSFET, HEXFET and bipolar experiments, including a January 2026 LT1056 recovery. |
Underlying ideas retain their stated origins, including Hegglun, Lomakin and Parshin, Wiederhold, Rapp, Groner, Alexander, Strickland and Hafler, Elvee, Hugh Dean, Rod Elliott, Quasi, and others. These pages present Minek's builds, adaptations and experiments without claiming authorship of every underlying topology.
Values and performance figures in project discussions are author-reported unless clearly identified as simulation. A scope rise time is not automatically a universal slew-rate measurement. Listening notes are personal observations. Intermediate simulations and board revisions may have been superseded; inspect the project history before building anything.
Questions? Email me at minek@yahoo.com|
LT1056 BJT Amplifier January 2026 | Alexander-style / BJT | Built The successful bipolar-output revision of the high-speed experiment. Replacing the LT1223 with an LT1056 and revising compensation produced stable hardware; the archive includes sine- and square-wave tests, the PCB work, Gerbers and LTspice files. [11 images] [1 downloads] |
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LT1223 HEXFET Amplifier April 2025 | Alexander-style / vertical MOSFET | Built A vertical-MOSFET version of the fast LT1223 front end, built on a new PCB. The project record documents stability work, heatsink temperature sensing, bench waveforms and the compensation used to control ringing. [0 images] [1 downloads] |
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LT1223 Lateral-MOSFET Amplifier March 2025 | Alexander-style / lateral MOSFET | Completed A supply-pin-driven LT1223 front end with lateral MOSFET outputs. The build progressed through oscillation diagnosis and compensation changes to a completed, very fast amplifier documented with final assembly photographs and extensive scope captures. [36 images] [1 downloads] |
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Passive Current-Dumping Amplifier February 2025 | Current dumping | Completed A passive current-dumping development documented from circuit and PCB through bench tests and finished hardware. The local archive supplies its LTspice simulations and board files; the linked discussion preserves the design context. [24 images] [3 downloads] |
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Op-Amp Circlophone December 2024 | Circlophone / op-amp input | Completed A 2024 return to the Circlophone concept using an op-amp input stage. The archive follows simulation, PCB manufacture, first tests, waveform checks, enclosure work and active cooling through the completed amplifier. [39 images] [1 downloads] |
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Hafler P7000 / Hawksford-Cascode Revision January 2024 | Hafler-inspired / MOSFET | Completed A completed revision of the Hafler-inspired amplifier using a Hawksford cascode VAS. Both channels were assembled and used; the record includes the revised circuit, PCB, measurements and final hardware. [25 images] [3 downloads] |
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Wiederhold HUF75842 Quasi Amplifier December 2023 | Wiederhold / logic-level MOSFET | Completed A small quasi-complementary Wiederhold-style amplifier using fast HUF75842 N-channel MOSFETs. It was completed as a compact two-channel amplifier; this page is built directly from the working archive because it was not present in the old gallery index. [12 images] [2 downloads] |
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Hafler P7000-Inspired Amplifier November 2023 | Hafler-inspired / MOSFET | Completed A simplified recreation inspired by Jim Strickland's Hafler P7000 and its unusual push-pull VAS. The hardware worked closely to the simulation and was completed as a two-channel amplifier. [29 images] [3 downloads] |
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Php Hawksford cascoded VAS Amplifier October 2023 | Hawksford cascode related experiment | Built A compact amplifier experiment preserved with its schematic, LTspice revisions, populated board, scope testing and assembled hardware. [12 images] [1 downloads] |
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B44 3055/2955 Triple Emitter Follower January 2023 | Darlington VAS / BJT | Built A roughly 30-watt bipolar amplifier with predrivers, drivers and TIP3055/TIP2955 outputs in a triple-emitter-follower arrangement, combined with a Darlington VAS and two-pole compensation. [29 images] [1 downloads] |
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LMK 3055/2955 Amplifier January 2023 | LMK / complementary BJT | Built An LMK-family implementation using readily available 3055/2955 complementary output devices. The page preserves the circuit evolution, board construction, test setup and waveform record. [34 images] [1 downloads] |
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SauberKraut Amplifier November 2022 | Mirror VAS | Built A previously unpublished build using a mirror-VAS direction. The working archive contains the simulation, Sprint Layout PCB, board package and construction photographs. [22 images] [1 downloads] |
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B44 Blameless Amplifier August 2022 | Darlington VAS / MOSFET | Built A Darlington-VAS amplifier developed on the reusable output-stage platform. The record covers simulation revisions, PCB work, assembly, offset checks and bench testing. [22 images] [1 downloads] |
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LMK Alexander Amplifier April 2022 | Alexander / MOSFET | Built An Alexander-derived front end with a folded-cascode VAS, built on the modular MOSFET output-stage platform. Hardware, test images, PCB files and simulation variants are included. [21 images] [1 downloads] |
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LMK Groner Amplifier April 2022 | Groner / MOSFET | Built Samuel Groner's front-end/VAS concept adapted into an op-amp-input power amplifier on a replaceable daughterboard and reusable MOSFET output stage. [29 images] [4 downloads] |
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Beta Nirvana Class-A Amplifier March 2022 | Nirvana / Class A | Completed An op-amp-input development of Hugh Dean's Alpha Nirvana Class-A amplifier. The page documents the as-built circuit, two channels, test waveforms, cooling and completed chassis. [25 images] [1 downloads] |
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LMK / Philips AH578 Hybrid September 2021 | Philips / LMK / HEXFET | Completed A symmetrical hybrid joining Philips-inspired push-pull VAS ideas with the LMK approach. The final two-channel amplifier, boards, test results and numerous LTspice iterations are preserved here. [25 images] [1 downloads] |
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LMK Baby Beast August 2021 | LMK / high-power HEXFET | Built A higher-power LMK development using three output pairs. The archive records prototype boards, device matching, current sharing, protection changes, stability work and final assembly. [43 images] [2 downloads] |
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Philips AH578 Lateral-MOSFET Adaptation January 2021 | Philips / lateral MOSFET | Completed A modern adaptation of the Earl Rapp / Philips circuit using an op-amp input and lateral MOSFET outputs, built in an aluminum chassis with repurposed server heatsinks. [28 images] [1 downloads] |
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Wiederhold 1977 Quasi 2N3055 December 2020 | Wiederhold / quasi-complementary BJT | Built A quasi-complementary Wiederhold build using 2N3055 outputs. The project moved from initially oscillating hardware to a working revision and includes detailed bench and analyzer records. [24 images] [3 downloads] |
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Wiederhold 1977 Quasi HEXFET November 2020 | Wiederhold / quasi-complementary MOSFET | Built A quasi-complementary version of Michael Wiederhold's 1977 topology using N-channel power MOSFETs, documented through board manufacture, assembly, simulation and bench tests. [45 images] [5 downloads] |
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Wiederhold 1977 Lateral-MOSFET Amplifier October 2020 | Wiederhold / lateral MOSFET | Built A return to Michael Wiederhold's 1977 folded-cascode topology with an op-amp input and complementary lateral MOSFET outputs. The prototype worked without value changes from the simulation. [33 images] [4 downloads] |
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Lomakin & Parshin (Radio 1987) September 2020 | LMK / complementary BJT | Completed The Radio-magazine Lomakin-Parshin circuit became a working two-channel amplifier and the starting point for a long series of LMK variants. Original article material, PCB work, measurements and BJT/FET studies are included. [40 images] [5 downloads] |
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Square-Law Amplifier July 2020 | Hegglun square-law / HEXFET | Built An adaptation of Ian Hegglun's square-law design using an op-amp input and vertical MOSFET outputs. The archive follows simulation, PCB and hardware work, compensation experiments, cooling and analyzer tests. [26 images] [5 downloads] |
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EZ-Dump Current-Dumping Amplifier April 2020 | Current dumping | Completed A personal build and development of Elvee's EZ-Dump current-dumping amplifier. Schematics, simulations, board layouts, construction photographs and QA401 measurements are collected on this page. [35 images] [4 downloads] |
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Alpha Nirvana Class-A Amplifier April 2020 | Nirvana / Class A | Completed A completed build of the xrk971 / Hugh Dean Alpha Nirvana Class-A amplifier with external power supply, speaker protection and temperature-controlled fan cooling. [32 images] [1 downloads] |
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Circlophone Amplifier November 2019 | Circlophone | Completed A personal build of Elvee's Circlophone concept. The substantial record includes circuit variants, PCB work, assembly, enclosure, clipping indicator and later measurement sessions. [53 images] [3 downloads] |
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Aluminum NMOS100 Amplifier May 2017 | NMOS200 family | Completed An NMOS-family amplifier assembled in an aluminum chassis. The gallery records PCB revisions, construction, power supply, bench loading and the completed amplifier in use. [51 images] [3 downloads] |
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Wooden NMOS Amplifier June 2017 | NMOS200 family | Completed A distinctive NMOS amplifier housed in a hand-finished wood enclosure. Construction photographs cover the electronics, heatsinking, casework, final assembly and listening setup. [55 images] [3 downloads] |
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NMOS250 Amplifier June 2017 | NMOS200 family | Built A high-power NMOS-family build documented through home-made and factory PCBs, SMD experiments, grounding corrections, loading tests, waveform checks and final test rigs. [83 images] [3 downloads] |
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Project 54 Amplifier May 2016 | BuildAudioAmps Project 54 | Completed A detailed Project 54 build record: home PCB work, populated boards, thermal assembly, switch-mode supplies, protection, enclosure and final testing. Local design PDFs and the LTspice file are provided. [105 images] [5 downloads] |
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Project 42 Amplifier June 2016 | BuildAudioAmps Project 42 | Built A BuildAudioAmps Project 42 build with PCB layouts, BOM and design documentation, assembly photographs and bench-testing history. [31 images] [3 downloads] |
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Project 101 Amplifier June 2016 | Elliott Project 101 | Completed A build based on Rod Elliott's Project 101 MOSFET amplifier. The gallery follows the boards, wiring, power supply, heatsinks, enclosure, testing and final assembly. [64 images] [3 downloads] |
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First NMOS Amplifier December 2015 | NMOS200 family | Completed The earliest NMOS-family build in this collection, with an extensive chronological record of prototypes, wiring, grounding, chassis work, successive revisions and finished hardware. [58 images] [3 downloads] |
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Speaker Protection Systems 2015-2020 | Protection / switching | Supporting project DC detection, delayed connection and solid-state speaker switching developed alongside the amplifiers. Schematics, PCB layouts, device data and built boards are collected here. [23 images] [16 downloads] |