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my preamp.. The Bastard
6j5gt tubes
sound great

not finish with the case yet but it will come
 

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Many thanks rdf...
It took a lot af time to put these together... it seems a never ending process, mainly in a country like mine, where the valve art (tube factories, tube inventory etc) was sent to the trash.
It's difficult even to find sockets!!

Anyway, right now, not minding any of these hindrances, I'm doing another tube amp, just to be "stuborn"....

I have some other projects done: as soon as I have time I'll post pictures.

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Ricardo
 
ddd: thanks for your kind words...

See these two other pics: ultralinear amp, cathode bias, chokes for main B+ and another one for B+ input section branch.
Using 6550C Svetlana for about 40WRMS per channel.
Very nice sound.

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Ricardo
 

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Point to point wiring/circuit build-up (my way....)

Hello

Just wondering if the way I build my circuit boards would be of any help/interest to the DIY tube people...
The support plate is made of fenolic resin (very tough...), 2 mm thick, the tag strips are fixed through holes and copper rivets to it.
After that I solder the rivets heads onto the terminals (tag strips bottom eyelets) to provide good electrical contact and rigidity.
I paint my plates black.
The rest is pure hard work... days and days of it!

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Ricardo
 

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