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MiWi said:
There are some very nice tube-amps around here.
Very inspiring.
Couldn´t resist to build one by myself.
It´s the "triodino" 2A3 design.

Hi Michael!
looks great!
Real heavy, you can see it is made out of real stuff...
do you have the diagram somewhere?

cheers
gerrit

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Cheers, Michael
 
Pyramid-VII prototype. 6P15P driver tubes, local feedback in output stages (optimized for heavy to drive loads). Also, FedEx friendly: light, but stiff aluminium frame.

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Home stereo usage requires banana outputs and RCA inputs...


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Thankyou Steve Bench

Hi All
The first project I made I thought I had to use all the best quality components black gates etc this one I used apart from the spragues , components from farnell which I assume are good quality industrial components (no boutique stuff ) and was very pleased with the result . Apart from a little bit of hiss from the tweeters (EV T35b ) which are quite old and only audible with no volume and using AC on the heaters it sounds very clean . Thank you Steve Bench for your site it helped people like me who are electrically inept to have good sound . If you want a tube crossover which to my ears doesn't seem to add to the sound I can recommend this one .
Nigel
 
Circlotron mono blocks

Circlotron mono blocks based on 6P45S, ECC99 and 6SL7:
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Measurements:
o Bandwidth: 10 Hz - 100 kHz (-3dB)
o Max power output: 60 Watt
o Gain: 16V/V, 24dB
o THD (1dB below max Po): 0.1 %
o Output impedance: 0.32 ohm
o Signal/noise: -85dB (ref max Po)

10 kHz square wave response:
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Jan E Veiset
 
a guitar amp i built for a friend - a 10W SE High Octane from http://ax84.com/

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more pics:
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- DIY aluminum chassis and boards.
- variable cathode bias pot with RCAs for the test points.
- paralleled octal tube socket to roll a variety of PTs other than the EL84.
- DC supply for filaments and LEDs. i intentionally dimmed the pot LEDs compared to the Standby and Power LEDs so that my friend can decide how bright he wants them.

my friend runs a CNC machine at a cabinet/mill and will be enclosing it in a proper cab made out of birds eye maple and sapele, with an acrylic window to show off the blue tubes. i think we're going to name it "SaFire".