Hello all, first post!
A couple of months ago, I went looking for a 2A3 SET kit to replace my aging Paramours. I looked at all the usual suspects: Stereomour, Monamour, Elekit, etc. I didn't want to go 300b, but I did look at AudioNote kit also.
Well Analog Ethos was mentioned a few times on other forums but besides that I couldn't find any info on them other than on the website. Kind of sketchy I thought.
The Legendarium kit however, was exactly what I wanted. Sort of.
I wanted a stereo 2A3 amplifier, not integrated, mainly because I wanted to keep my preamp in the chain.
So a couple of emails later, I plunged!
Kit was delivered two weeks later, the lead time stated on the website.
All the parts are neatly packed, double boxed with lots of foam.
Everything is individually bagged. No mistakes (except by me!).
Parts are all top notch, Hammond, Edcor, Vishay, Clarity, Alps, etc. Not much room for upgrades although I did purchase some gold pin Belton tube sockets (super tight!) and coupling caps.
Instruction manual is pretty hefty! Also includes a section on how tubes work. What's nice about it is that it just doesn't say to solder this to that, but it also explains some of the why and what you are doing. About 90 pages!
Chassis is very nice and comes finished as opposed to say, Bottlehead. Three color choices and the exterior wood is filled and sanded for a smooth no grain look.
Top plate is also finished well, thick and no burrs on in the holes. Very nice.
Here I am about to hang the caps:
One of the things I wanted was point to point wiring; least amount of stuff in the signal path and all that. The only thing about the Legendarium is the volume pot. I may bypass that later, or maybe just run my phono stage direct and lose the preamp.
I did change out the coupling caps to Duelunds:
The Legendarium sounds great! Pretty much walks all over my old Paramours!
It comes stock with Electro Harmonix power tubes, EH drivers, and a JJ 5U4GB rectifier. I rolled them all out and run all NOS RCAs, which really make this amp sing!
As I mentioned earlier, I couldn't find any info on this kit, so I hope this post helps folks looking for more info. Perry, the owner is super nice and answers emails quickly! I did have a slight user error problem and he was right there to help. Also interesting is that the construction manual is available for downloading so you can see what you are getting into. Nothing to hide here!
Analog Ethos also has a few other kits and all of them are also available assembled.
I highly recommend! Easy to build and it sounds awesome!
A couple of months ago, I went looking for a 2A3 SET kit to replace my aging Paramours. I looked at all the usual suspects: Stereomour, Monamour, Elekit, etc. I didn't want to go 300b, but I did look at AudioNote kit also.
Well Analog Ethos was mentioned a few times on other forums but besides that I couldn't find any info on them other than on the website. Kind of sketchy I thought.
The Legendarium kit however, was exactly what I wanted. Sort of.
I wanted a stereo 2A3 amplifier, not integrated, mainly because I wanted to keep my preamp in the chain.
So a couple of emails later, I plunged!
Kit was delivered two weeks later, the lead time stated on the website.
All the parts are neatly packed, double boxed with lots of foam.
Everything is individually bagged. No mistakes (except by me!).
Parts are all top notch, Hammond, Edcor, Vishay, Clarity, Alps, etc. Not much room for upgrades although I did purchase some gold pin Belton tube sockets (super tight!) and coupling caps.
Instruction manual is pretty hefty! Also includes a section on how tubes work. What's nice about it is that it just doesn't say to solder this to that, but it also explains some of the why and what you are doing. About 90 pages!
Chassis is very nice and comes finished as opposed to say, Bottlehead. Three color choices and the exterior wood is filled and sanded for a smooth no grain look.
Top plate is also finished well, thick and no burrs on in the holes. Very nice.
Here I am about to hang the caps:
One of the things I wanted was point to point wiring; least amount of stuff in the signal path and all that. The only thing about the Legendarium is the volume pot. I may bypass that later, or maybe just run my phono stage direct and lose the preamp.
I did change out the coupling caps to Duelunds:
The Legendarium sounds great! Pretty much walks all over my old Paramours!
It comes stock with Electro Harmonix power tubes, EH drivers, and a JJ 5U4GB rectifier. I rolled them all out and run all NOS RCAs, which really make this amp sing!
As I mentioned earlier, I couldn't find any info on this kit, so I hope this post helps folks looking for more info. Perry, the owner is super nice and answers emails quickly! I did have a slight user error problem and he was right there to help. Also interesting is that the construction manual is available for downloading so you can see what you are getting into. Nothing to hide here!
Analog Ethos also has a few other kits and all of them are also available assembled.
I highly recommend! Easy to build and it sounds awesome!
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One week with the Duelunds playing a few reference LPs:
Bass is tighter and more articulate; I can hear the strings now and not just notes. Cymbals have a more natural decay. Hi hats, rides and crashes all more natural and upfront, not hidden in background. Over all more dynamic and like a veil lifted, another layer of music uncovered. More detailed.
Not a super dramatic change, but a noticeable change still.
Going to recap my preamp to Duelunds too!
YMMV
Bass is tighter and more articulate; I can hear the strings now and not just notes. Cymbals have a more natural decay. Hi hats, rides and crashes all more natural and upfront, not hidden in background. Over all more dynamic and like a veil lifted, another layer of music uncovered. More detailed.
Not a super dramatic change, but a noticeable change still.
Going to recap my preamp to Duelunds too!
YMMV
i’ll bite my tongue with regard to objective listening. I do see they grounded the metal plates but I really wish these kits had a fully enclosed metal chassis (internal or otherwise). A nice stepped attenuator rather than the carbon/cemented volume pot would be the obvious ‘upgrade’ itch i’d have (or removing completely as your teamp is doing that).
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I saw from another thread this uses 12AY7 aka 6072. Is that what's in it? That's 25K plate resistance. I wonder what the schematic looks like.
Schematic is on the website!
I actually looked at some chassis, but decided to just use the kit. I would have had to custom order one for about another $200+ as the prefabbed ones were all a bit small or too short. I even considered fabbing one myself out of copper! KISS won out.
I'm also looking at the potentiometer, maybe an Audionote? If I decide to leave it in.
Left field choice, but I've seen a lot of recommendations for a linear 10 turn wirewound. Would need a big round knob for easy turning. Apparently studio engineers like them.
https://www.mouser.co.uk/ProductDetail/Bourns/3549S-2AA-104-104A?qs=8E7K6uVrowcGxGElVSCOrQ==