Hi all,
My son is interested in making an amplifier to go with speakers that we have built. He wants to have a tube amplifier (because they look cool!), but I am thinking that a gainclone with a tube pre-amp would fit the bill. While he is interested in building audio things, I know from past experience that spending months investigating and experimenting will kill the project.
I have built lots of speakers & a couple of gainclones and kinda understand them, but do not even pretend to understand tube amps. I am looking for a straight forward way of having some fun building an amp with my son. I am interested in any DIY kit, DIY diagram/parts list, or even a Chinese pre-built from eBay, if it will work.
Anyone have some good links or know how to pull this off easily??
Thanks,
Bret
My son is interested in making an amplifier to go with speakers that we have built. He wants to have a tube amplifier (because they look cool!), but I am thinking that a gainclone with a tube pre-amp would fit the bill. While he is interested in building audio things, I know from past experience that spending months investigating and experimenting will kill the project.
I have built lots of speakers & a couple of gainclones and kinda understand them, but do not even pretend to understand tube amps. I am looking for a straight forward way of having some fun building an amp with my son. I am interested in any DIY kit, DIY diagram/parts list, or even a Chinese pre-built from eBay, if it will work.
Anyone have some good links or know how to pull this off easily??
Thanks,
Bret
tube pre-amps could work well on gain clones.. here's a link for you DIY 12AU7 Tube preamp. the circuit is simple and easy to build... just a caution unlike gain-clones, tube projects work on very high voltages, so be careful...
I am sure there are some 12v Tube Pre's around.Have you looked on ebay?
Here's one - might be rubbish
Tube 6N3 Buffer Audio Preamplifier Pre AMP Kit For DIY | eBay
Here's another
http://www.ebay.com/itm/DIY-AMP-Boa...852?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ab3da8684
Here's one - might be rubbish
Tube 6N3 Buffer Audio Preamplifier Pre AMP Kit For DIY | eBay
Here's another
http://www.ebay.com/itm/DIY-AMP-Boa...852?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ab3da8684
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Have a look at
Oatley Electronics
They have a couple of simple valve preamp variations to look at.
Rgds,
el Blakko
Oatley Electronics
They have a couple of simple valve preamp variations to look at.
Rgds,
el Blakko
Depending on budget, you could also look at
6N3 Tube HiFi Buffer Audio Preamplifier - Boards | Kits | Components | Modules | Tools
They have a support forum here at Diyaudio.
Rgds,
the blakktard
6N3 Tube HiFi Buffer Audio Preamplifier - Boards | Kits | Components | Modules | Tools
They have a support forum here at Diyaudio.
Rgds,
the blakktard
preamp
try these guys! they have lots of support and some really nice designes reasonable price great site...GlassWare Audio Design Software
try these guys! they have lots of support and some really nice designes reasonable price great site...GlassWare Audio Design Software
Depending on budget, you could also look at
6N3 Tube HiFi Buffer Audio Preamplifier - Boards | Kits | Components | Modules | Tools
They have a support forum here at Diyaudio.
Rgds,
the blakktard
thanks--I didn't know they had a support forum here. I'll check that out!
Your son just needs a "Quickie"
Quickie battery powered directly heated tube preamplifier kit
Quickie battery powered directly heated tube preamplifier kit
Well....my son doesn't like the 'sub-miniature" tubes.
They don't meet the "visual" aspect of the project!
Oh, well.....
That Bottlehead Quickie looks interesting and I might consider building one in the future. I think the Aikido 9 pin or octal all in one kits might also be a good tube preamp for the gainclone because I've also been researching which tube preamp to build for my gainclone amp.
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