I'm about to purchase an unbuilt Aikido Octal line stage kit, includes board and all parts to build the board along with a matched quad of RCA 12SN7 tubes. Comes with the manual for 100 bucks. I have heard good things about GlassWare kits and their performance.
What I want to do is to use this as a preamp to drive my Mac MC40 amps. I'm currently working on a Dynaco PAS3X, rebuilding with new boards and power supply but I'm thinking this might perform better.
I'm not familiar with building kits from scratch, this Aikido is going to need a PS and GlassWare is not getting back to me. Seems a common complaint.
So if I get this kit, what am I in for? Do the manuals give enough information for a tube novice to get by with?
By the way, this is not the stereo octal line stage shown on his website but an older version that has all 4 tubes in a single row. Rev B. Has anyone used this version?
So what advise can you guys give me?
Thanks
BillWojo
What I want to do is to use this as a preamp to drive my Mac MC40 amps. I'm currently working on a Dynaco PAS3X, rebuilding with new boards and power supply but I'm thinking this might perform better.
I'm not familiar with building kits from scratch, this Aikido is going to need a PS and GlassWare is not getting back to me. Seems a common complaint.
So if I get this kit, what am I in for? Do the manuals give enough information for a tube novice to get by with?
By the way, this is not the stereo octal line stage shown on his website but an older version that has all 4 tubes in a single row. Rev B. Has anyone used this version?
So what advise can you guys give me?
Thanks
BillWojo
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