Anyone Try These Bigguns From LMS?

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I need some bigger enclosures, mostly because I'm a dink who still leaves room for a battery in most builds. With some boards, even a 1590BB gets tight.

Anybody try these black powdercoated BB2's from Love My Switches? Under 9 bucks, not bad. They DO give a disclaimer that they'll be imperfect (bubbles, etc) but I wonder HOW rough they are... https://lovemyswitches.com/1590bb2-125bb-enclosure-bare-aluminum-powder-coat/

I had been looking at Tayda's which are only a little cheaper, but seems like some people might be having chipping issues with their powdercoated enclosures lately (not the UV problem)...
 
I really like them. They are like eggshell in terms of glossiness. But yeah, not perfect, but it’s never bothered me.

This is one of those bad boys:
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Thread 'Meatballs are the best pizza topping. Fight me! (Aion Lovetone Meatball)'

Here is the 2nd of my four planned Lovetone builds. I’m not entirely happy with how the jack situation went… the jacks I normally use for input and output would not fit, the expression and loop jacks needed to be turned on their side… I accidentally drilled the trigger jack in wrong spot (thank god for Bondo)… my wiring ended up being messier than I like… all in all it was kind of like putting a ship model in a bottle.

That all said, it worked straight away and sounds great, the exterior looks good to me, and I'm never going to open it again anyway haha.

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My Boss builds that are white base have all been the 125b version:
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Thread 'Boss DS-1 (TA7136P with 1S2473 diodes), and SD-1 (with 1S1588 diodes).'

I have been curious about the TA7136P magic in the DS-1 for a bit and @Guardians of the analog recent build pushed me over the edge.

I figured why stop with the TA8136P, and obtained some 1S2473, and 1S1588 diodes too.

My train of thought went to building a SD-1 too. Both the DS-1, and the SD-1 used the two different diodes types at different times. My armchair guess is the early examples used the 1S2473 and later ones the 1S1588.

After auditioning the two diode types I ended up choosing the 1S2473 in the DS-1 (a little rougher), and the 1S1588 in the SD-1 (a little smoother)...
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Zanshin said:
I really like them. They are like eggshell in terms of glossiness. But yeah, not perfect, but it’s never bothered me.

This is one of those bad boys:
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Thread 'Meatballs are the best pizza topping. Fight me! (Aion Lovetone Meatball)'

Here is the 2nd of my four planned Lovetone builds. I’m not entirely happy with how the jack situation went… the jacks I normally use for input and output would not fit, the expression and loop jacks needed to be turned on their side… I accidentally drilled the trigger jack in wrong spot (thank god for Bondo)… my wiring ended up being messier than I like… all in all it was kind of like putting a ship model in a bottle.

That all said, it worked straight away and sounds great, the exterior looks good to me, and I'm never going to open it again anyway haha.

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Isn't that a 1790? My eyes have convinced me.
 
jcpst said:
I picked up a BB2 from LMS a while back…

The black powercoat had no major issues.
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Zanshin said:
I really like them. They are like eggshell in terms of glossiness. But yeah, not perfect, but it’s never bothered me.
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Absolutely, I'm sure their standard powdercoated enclosures are top-notch. I'm specifically wondering about the imperfect black BB2's they kinda shoved into the Bare Aluminum 1590BB2 listing. So that's what you got, @jcpst? Good to hear they're decent!

This is what they say:

"For only $1 more! Choose the Black Powder Coat. The finish is not for perfectionists, and you should expect to see some bubbles or other slight mars. We'd give it a solid 7 out of 10. But, for only $1 more, we think it's a pretty darn good value."

I'm not sure if any other sizes even offer this option, actually!
 
Ive bought a few of them. I noticed a few imperfections. Nothing major. But it is noticeable in my opinion. I probably wouldnt use them for a build i was building for someone else and charging them.
 
Locrian99 said:
Ive bought a few of them. I noticed a few imperfections. Nothing major. But it is noticeable in my opinion. I probably wouldnt use them for a build i was building for someone else and charging them.
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Very good to know, thanks! I'm still kinda getting my feet wet (only a year in) so they'd really be for my own use/testing. I suppose I could just stick with bare aluminum, but I figure the black might be a good surface to screen print or use paint pen on.
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It doesn’t help that matte black seems impossible not to scuff.
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Oh, are they matte black? They don't mention that, but since you've bought some you'd know! Hmm the bare enclosure is sounding better and better, ha...
Feral Feline said:
They don’t “scuff”, they “Relic”.
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Eh if I want relic I'll toss it in the dryer with a bike chain... 🚲
 
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