Second that. George has a style and simplicity we don't see these days. To quote 'that' guy - If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.Just learned something new.......nice!
Thank you for the quick response😊
I ordered the mic29502 chips from https://www.futureelectronics.com/Got a hold of TSE 2 board. Planning to get a 300B amp built, but parts wise struggling. Especially the IC* once... any lead on from where I can get a hold of the parts would be a great help.
Rgds
The rest I got from mouser or on ebay. I found everything but one ic in the states.
hope this helps
Steve
Just go for it. Its got beautiful sound with high efficiency speakers.I am very interested in this board for a 2a3 build, I really like the simplicity of this circuit for my first big tube amp
Grab a pair of the 5842 driver tubes. I find they are hard to get.Got a hold of TSE 2 board. Planning to get a 300B amp built, but parts wise struggling. Especially the IC* once... any lead on from where I can get a hold of the parts would be a great help.
Rgds
I am looking for parts 1st else, no point in buying the tubesGrab a pair of the 5842 driver tubes. I find they are hard to get.
After several PM's it was discovered that his board is an original TSE. The sharp regulator has been extinct for several years, and TSE builders or hoarders used up most of the remaining stock. The 10M45S chips are on the forever backlog list now too along with the MIC29502. Amazon shows stock in the 29502, I have never tried them to see if they are real.I thought other than the MIC29502, the rest should be ok. What else are you finding hard to get ?
Let's see, You are looking to buy OPT's from the USA, and I just got some OPT's from Poland. The EP transformers are good, but so are Toroidys which are far less money than the EP's even with shipping. I got mine from TME.Yup! I decided to build it, I've sent an email to George, hopefully the address from the website is still active. I can't PM here.
I plan to go with the EP transformers, maybe try some heaters mods later to learn more.
The first post in this thread has the info to get started.
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/after-a-14-year-run-the-tse-must-die.331038/post-5628284
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/after-a-14-year-run-the-tse-must-die.331038/post-5628284
Oh shucks, didn't realize it was a TSE-1. I have a spare. PM me and we can work something out.After several PM's it was discovered that his board is an original TSE. The sharp regulator has been extinct for several years, and TSE builders or hoarders used up most of the remaining stock. The 10M45S chips are on the forever backlog list now too along with the MIC29502. Amazon shows stock in the 29502, I have never tried them to see if they are real.
Let's see, You are looking to buy OPT's from the USA, and I just got some OPT's from Poland. The EP transformers are good, but so are Toroidys which are far less money than the EP's even with shipping. I got mine from TME.
It appears that there are a few potential board builders on this page. It is Ashwin004 that has an original TSE board. It is not clear where in the world he is located. I may have a spare Sharp regulator in a box of stuff somewhere and I probably have a dead board or three laying around that has a good chip on it, as they never go bad. I never saw one blow in 15 years unless the dumm blonde screwed up and hit it with way too much voltage. I'm looking at possible alternatives for the 10M45S, and as I stated before Amazon lists some Microchip MIC29502's.
I rarely keep more than a few chips on hand for my experiments, since the chip of the day changes often these days. I had several 10M45S chips, but at least one poster here knows where some of them went.
I rarely keep more than a few chips on hand for my experiments, since the chip of the day changes often these days. I had several 10M45S chips, but at least one poster here knows where some of them went.
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