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DIY Tube Amplifier

DaktologistDaktologist Global Moderator
edited August 2011 in Life
So the tube amp kit I ordered arrived today. If you are interested in vacuum tube electronics and want something easy to build that sounds good then this kit is for you. It is a 16 watt push pull class A amp using the 5670 triode and 6005 pentode.

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The 5670's are the small tubes on the left while the 6005's are on the right



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The tubes glowing in the dark, the blue glow being caused by stray electrons hitting the glass.

You can get these kits from Tube Depot for around $240 US


Eventually I will build a chassis for it but that is a different project
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  • SeitzySeitzy Acolyte
    edited August 2011
    Excuse my ignorance, but is this a Guitar Amplifier? or just a Stereo Amplifier?
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  • DaktologistDaktologist Global Moderator
    edited August 2011
    Seitzy wrote: »
    Excuse my ignorance, but is this a Guitar Amplifier? or just a Stereo Amplifier?

    Stereo amp. I don't play guitar.
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  • SeitzySeitzy Acolyte
    edited August 2011
    Daktologist wrote: »
    Stereo amp. I don't play guitar.

    awh too bad. I have a very good Kenwood Solid State amplifier already. I may try this one day though.
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  • DaktologistDaktologist Global Moderator
    edited August 2011
    The place I got it from sells tube guitar amp kits which are meant to be good.
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  • RogueEagle91RogueEagle91 Regular
    edited August 2011
    That's pretty fucking sweet, man.
    I'll definitely have to pick one of the guitar amp kits up.
    I take it the pcb boards are printed, so you don't have to do manual connections?
    Nothing's worse than having to do a cheeseboard circuit...
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  • MarineBoatMarineBoat Regular
    edited August 2011
    Fuck, jesus!

    I have a pair of 6AQ5's among others laying around (Basically shrunked 6V6's) that I've been wanting to do a single-ended with for a while.

    How's the sound on that jig?
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  • DaktologistDaktologist Global Moderator
    edited August 2011
    Pretty good. Puts my cheap homebuilt solid state stereo system to shame in terms of sound quality. The kit needs a ground connection though which isn't included in the original design, it hums like a motherfucker if it isn't grounded properly. it disappears once its grounded
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  • DaktologistDaktologist Global Moderator
    edited August 2011
    RogueEagle91 wrote: »
    That's pretty fucking sweet, man.
    I'll definitely have to pick one of the guitar amp kits up.
    I take it the pcb boards are printed, so you don't have to do manual connections?
    Nothing's worse than having to do a cheeseboard circuit...

    Yeah the PCB's are ready to go, just solder the components to it and its good to go. 30 minute job at the most.
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