What is the best shape for a Pleiades V6 prepreamp?

Instead of cylindrical.


Perhaps of triangular cross section with rounded off corners.


Can this be made opaque perhaps with plexiglass?


The triangular shape leaves space for a long Bulgin 3 AA battery (one battery after the other along their length) to fit which has a small crosse section.


So at each triangle the XLR chassis connectors can be mounted at each center.


How and where would the ring Magnetec input and output transformers be mounted?


How about the electron tube?


It would be a good idea to have everything develop according to the schematic.


One component after the other as signal is increased.


Firstly the female Neutrik XLR then input transformer then electron tube then output transformer then output Neutrik XLR.


Trying to visualize a 3D Pleiades V6.


Triangle cross sections could be used to mount the female XLR and battery holder. Then one for the input transformer. One for the electron tube. One for the output transformer.


Like triangular shaped toast bread spaced accordingly.


Or would a traditional rectangular box with the tube and octal base transformers sticking out be more beautiful?


Other option may be a rectangular cigar type box with sliding lid and all components inside. Made of wood?


In any way plug in octal transformers would be useful to choose different inductance for bass proximity compensation Pleiades filters for different mics, different sound capture distance, different instruments etc.


Another idea coming by chance while looking for enclosures at mouser.com is using an octagon (orange?) aluminum diecast box made by Hammond.


See next euroelectron post.