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I found this thread on the Antique Radio Forums entertaining and a useful reminder to us to be realistic about getting replacement components. https://antiqueradios.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=379411

A year ago, I bought a huge power transformer from a Leak Stereo 50.  And then I recently got a pair of toroidal push-pull output transformers.  6K6 primary impedance and 49% screen taps. The transformers sound pretty good just hooked up to my Mullard 5-20 monoblocs, but I'm thinking of building...

A couple of years ago I built a clone of the Mars EL84 P-P amplifier. I admire the look and neatness of his chassis layout, so I studied and followed the pictures given here: https://www.avforums.co.za/index.php/topic,66441.0.html I later removed the tranformers from that build and to use on a...

I came across this page describing the hifi work of Andre Charlin. His amplifier layout is interestingly modular. https://charlin-lescharlinales.weebly.com/les-electroniques-charlin-agrave-tubes.html I wonder if anyone has come across his work before? The schematics are new to me. I'm always...

Sharing this amazing picture published in the New York Times of a lightning storm over Pretoria.  If only that raw electrical power could be accessed!

I found this an inspiring report of a book written in hiding during WW2 and published just after the war. It?s never been translated but the report has a link to the full Dutch text. https://makezine.com/2013/06/06/an-early-maker-story-from-holland/

I am a great admirer of Karel Mars' amps and follow his posts with interest. A while back, noticing that RS Components offers nice new output transformers suitable for a push-pull EL84 amp, I decided to try them.  The SA link for the OPTs is...