Ugly prototype contest
I was amused to see some good-natured jibes in Phred's direction in another thread; the subject was a prototype that he made. Particularly amusing to me, since if that's his worst, it's better than my best. Compound that with EC daring me to show my work, and it can mean only one thing: ugly prototype contest!
Now, I have to admit that I'm terribly impressed with the quality and appearance of so much of the work shown here by the members. A lot of it is real audio eye-candy, masterpieces of design and execution. I'm in awe of the guys who can pull that off. This contest is for the rest of us.
My first entry dates from a few days ago, during a discussion of the influence of an input tube's cathode source impedance on feedback ratios. It's the Mullard input stage, executed as only a real artist like me can:
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