• WARNING: Tube/Valve amplifiers use potentially LETHAL HIGH VOLTAGES.
    Building, troubleshooting and testing of these amplifiers should only be
    performed by someone who is thoroughly familiar with
    the safety precautions around high voltages.

Gold mine of DI¥ audio tubes schematics from Japan

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Soundhappy, don't want to hijack your thread....

but I couldn't resist the Japanese fixation with the QUAD II. I had a Hammond 270FX and two 1608 transformers hanging around and built one of the EL84 QUAD "clones". JJ EL84s and Russian EF86 equivalents. Russian K40-Y coupling caps. I subbed a GZ34 instead of silicon for the B+ supply and I (over?) indulged the Japanese fetish for filter chokes using three small Hammonds. I also made the EL84 cathode bias adjustable a la diytube.com Dynaclone. Sound? Not bad. Only about 10 watts. Sounds fine in a workshop system driving a small pair of Wharfedale Diamonds.

Cheers, Steve
 

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but I couldn't resist the Japanese fixation with the QUAD II. I had a Hammond 270FX and two 1608 transformers hanging around and built one of the EL84 QUAD "clones". JJ EL84s and Russian EF86 equivalents. Russian K40-Y coupling caps. I subbed a GZ34 instead of silicon for the B+ supply and I (over?) indulged the Japanese fetish for filter chokes using three small Hammonds. I also made the EL84 cathode bias adjustable a la diytube.com Dynaclone. Sound? Not bad. Only about 10 watts. Sounds fine in a workshop system driving a small pair of Wharfedale Diamonds.

Cheers, Steve
Super Cool :superman: Congratulations Steve!
Thanks for Your nice QUAD clone pictures :film: Applause
 
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Great! I love these amplifier designs that are symmetrical from the first stage on :up:!
Best regards!
 

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