Haven't posted here for ages.
Here's what I recently built for Gary who is head of Music at KIng's College.
Images too big to drop here so check my FB page:
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Scratch build Stereo Valve Amp
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Scratch build Stereo Valve Amp
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Re: Scratch build Stereo Valve Amp
wow. You should be very proud of that. True craftsmanship.
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Re: Scratch build Stereo Valve Amp
Just added more description to post, And yes it is one of my better projects. Sounds astonishing!
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Re: Scratch build Stereo Valve Amp
Looks awesome! Is the work for stereo amps more complicated than guitar amps?
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Re: Scratch build Stereo Valve Amp
The circuitry is quite similar but the aim is no distortion or hum/hiss.Lostininverness wrote:Looks awesome! Is the work for stereo amps more complicated than guitar amps?
Layout is important in both Guitar and HiFi builds.
Speaker Output Transformers for HIFi have a wider frequency response and good ones cost a shitload.
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