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Re: Build a kit tube amp?
#60486 09/09/04 09:19 PM
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Agreed that a tube pre and SS power sounds good, this is what i run. You get the tube magic and ss oomph. Doing a home theater with the bottlehead amps, well you need a processor and then plug each one in for each seperate channel. But like i said, if you really want tube power for under 500 then vintage is probbly your only option. There are some amps cheap. ASL wave 8's for one, although they are no longer made. but also lack power. With a vintage amp theres a good chance you would want to replace the electrolytic caps and possibly other parts so you get some of that DIY in there too

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#60487 09/10/04 04:08 AM
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Here's some "cheaper" tubes amps
http://www.norh.com/

http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/archives/

2Xspd also recommended some great value tube amps in a previous thread a while back. Do a search you should find it.

With these you very well may not have to build your own. Unless ofcourse that's part of the fun for you.

Cheers, Jag

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#60488 09/10/04 04:19 AM
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Hi
Don't know of any new kits, Dynaco had some exceptional kits years ago - they are very highly regarded and can be found on ebay. Mapleshade, my absolutely favorite cable manufacturer, offers a line of upgraded, rebuilt vintage tube amps which I've had my eye on for a while.



Here's the link:

http://www.mapleshaderecords.com/tweaks/tubeamps.php


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#60489 09/10/04 04:33 AM
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Sorry 2xspd,
I didn't mean you knew of any tube amp kits but just great value tube amps, as an alternative to building.

Cheers,Jag

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That's what I was thinking, Jag. My all time favorite modestly priced integrated tube amp is still the Antique Sound Labs MG S1 15DT. With upgraded tubes it is an unbelievably great sounding amp - a perfect match for a pair of M3Tis (I tried a pair of M22s and they just didn't work as well with the 5 wpc amp). If you can handle a soldering iron without setting the hair on fire, I'd grab a pair of M3Tis, junk the stock capacitor and resistor, replace the former with a Jensen paper/oil cap of the same value, or an Audiocap Theta, and the resistor with a Caddock of the same value and just kick back and let the music flow.


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Re: Build a kit tube amp?
#60491 09/10/04 06:54 PM
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2x6 Spds,
Where did you buy the resister and capacitor and resitor from?
Thanks,
Lee


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#60492 09/10/04 06:58 PM
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2x6 spds,
Please excuse my previous reply I was distracted..
Thanks,
Lee


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I was distracted



by what??



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