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Valve power amps: Options of a kit vs. "full DIY"
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<blockquote data-quote="Family_Dog" data-source="post: 62556" data-attributes="member: 82"><p>They're only 20W per channel, but somehow, valve watts always "seem" louder than solid state watts. That one and its twin, were actually built about 30 years ago (giving away my age here... let's just say I was very young when I first built them) and then I stripped them completely before powder-coating the chassis and rebuilding them with modern components. The other three are fairly recent, built about four years ago from scratch.</p><p></p><p>It doesn't take that long to build, the first one maybe but thereafter fairly quick. Working evenings and weekends, probably about a fortnight. I meant to document the last one I built, but that never happened.</p><p></p><p>They were used in a 5.1 home theatre system but since changing things around a bit at home, they are currently packed away until I make up my mind what I want to do. One quickly runs out of available space for a hobby like this! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>-F_D</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Family_Dog, post: 62556, member: 82"] They're only 20W per channel, but somehow, valve watts always "seem" louder than solid state watts. That one and its twin, were actually built about 30 years ago (giving away my age here... let's just say I was very young when I first built them) and then I stripped them completely before powder-coating the chassis and rebuilding them with modern components. The other three are fairly recent, built about four years ago from scratch. It doesn't take that long to build, the first one maybe but thereafter fairly quick. Working evenings and weekends, probably about a fortnight. I meant to document the last one I built, but that never happened. They were used in a 5.1 home theatre system but since changing things around a bit at home, they are currently packed away until I make up my mind what I want to do. One quickly runs out of available space for a hobby like this! ;) -F_D [/QUOTE]
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