Hi all,
I registered as there seems to be a great community here to learn from and learn with. Over time I hope to have fun and safely explore some concepts as I dive into the hobby. Long term goals are to build a tube tester, a tube preamp, and then a couple power amps (SS and tube).
I already have really nice gear at home, but things do break and I want to be able to fix it or replace it with like circuits. In the past I had Audiolab 8000p amps that developed the same fault in the second amplification stage. Clearly the transistors there were at a failure point due to design or choice of part. I was able to rebuild the traces and put in replacement transistors, but I abandoned the project as I lacked the equipment to bias the circuit and the building and testing knowledge to ensure the rest of the circuit would operate safely and within spec.
So I'll lurk and learn for a while until I can ask good questions in the future.
Cheers,
Waffle
I registered as there seems to be a great community here to learn from and learn with. Over time I hope to have fun and safely explore some concepts as I dive into the hobby. Long term goals are to build a tube tester, a tube preamp, and then a couple power amps (SS and tube).
I already have really nice gear at home, but things do break and I want to be able to fix it or replace it with like circuits. In the past I had Audiolab 8000p amps that developed the same fault in the second amplification stage. Clearly the transistors there were at a failure point due to design or choice of part. I was able to rebuild the traces and put in replacement transistors, but I abandoned the project as I lacked the equipment to bias the circuit and the building and testing knowledge to ensure the rest of the circuit would operate safely and within spec.
So I'll lurk and learn for a while until I can ask good questions in the future.
Cheers,
Waffle
