Building a Chinese clone of ARC LS 10ish

[ozcal]

Hi guys, I am an audio enthusiast, retired and therefore on a tightish budget. I like to keep my mind active and building kits etc is the way I do it.
I have already purchased this kit : Hi End AudioResearch ARC Tube Preamplifier XLR Balanced Or RCA Input&Output,12AU7/ECC83+ECC88/6DJ8 Preamp DIY Kit-in Amplifier from Consumer Electronics on AliExpress and was just wondering if anyone else has built one and what the sound quality was like.
I have purchased a Hammond transformer to power the pre.
Thanks in advance,
Gordon

 

[rockerxx69]

did it work well in the end ????

 

[ozcal]

Hey Rocker , believe it or not I am only just about to finish the build. Loads of delays getting parts from China. Will update the thread once I have it up and running.

 

[turntablehead]

I bought the kit this spring. Just starting to dig into it now. Any updates? Will be glad to share notes.

My goal is to build best possible valve preamp and SS monoblocks.

Cheers
Barry

 

[turntablehead]

More discussions on this build at:
Investigating Balanced Tube Preamp

 

[petertub]

Hi guys, I am an audio enthusiast, retired and therefore on a tightish budget. I like to keep my mind active and building kits etc is the way I do it.
I have already purchased this kit : Hi End AudioResearch ARC Tube Preamplifier XLR Balanced Or RCA Input&Output,12AU7/ECC83+ECC88/6DJ8 Preamp DIY Kit-in Amplifier from Consumer Electronics on AliExpress and was just wondering if anyone else has built one and what the sound quality was like.
I have purchased a Hammond transformer to power the pre.
Thanks in advance,
Gordon

Interesting to see that the demo version uses JJ tubes ..


Did you get shematics for the board ?