After a 14 year run, the TSE must DIE!

[v4lve lover]

Tent supplies are very different, i should know because i inadvertently ended up copying the design and adding my improvements to it.



DHT heater supply design



Regulated DC filament supply


Do yo mean those? If you can live with worse efficiency a L200 is superior because you can set the current at approx 150% of what the tubes normally draw. Three terminal regs have a bit of spread in the current limiting threshold.



There is some discussion about the use of current sources, i reckon that a pure current source is bad for lifetime source: i heard that trough the grapevine.

[sunil]

So, thats my rig. The TSE-300b's power the centre co-axial (Altec 604e) and the Brook 12A Monoblock's power the Altec 515 bass units at the bottom.

The air-conditioning is really close to the right channel. Was wondering if somebody could tell me if thats ok. The left channel does cool, but not as much.
Will this reduce life or performance over time ?

The TSE just runs warm.

[Evenharmonics]

I wouldn't put tube amp on top of speaker.

[sunil]

Sadly, I got no other place to put it.

[Evenharmonics]

If it's up to me, I would move that dumbbell and put the tube amps there.

[hareynolds]

Originally Posted by Evenharmonics

I wouldn't put tube amp on top of speaker.

I've encountered some microphonic preamp tubes that would prove this point rather dramatically...

[sunil]

Originally Posted by Evenharmonics

If it's up to me, I would move that dumbbell and put the tube amps there.

I see what you mean. Its a small room and pic is distorted because there's actually very little place near that dumbell.

I've had no problems with microphonics whatsoever. I tend to use neoprene a fair bit to isolate components and its done a decent job with the vibration near the amps on top.

The AC is my biggest concern.

[Evenharmonics]

Or you can try these on the wall.

[hareynolds]

I confess that I LOLed a little bit.

[sunil]

Probably end up with perspex covers.