Prior Art

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DC Coupled 6SN7 drive 2A3 Single End.  Really liked the sound from the James Transformers

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13EM7 Single Ended Amp.  My spin on the circuit from the late Fred Nachbaur.

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DC Coupled EL84-drive-EL84 Amp.  HK and Tamradio Iron.  Good performer once heaters were lifted to cathode voltage on the second stage.  Will post the schematic when time allows.

 

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Another 13EM7 amp.  Spunky sound in a small package.

 

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Skylark 2A3.  5 watts of magical SE mojo.  Met an ignominious and untimely death at the hands of the USPS.  Version 2.0 will be out sometime this summer.

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Halloween Amp from 2007.  Scary.

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Darling amp.

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Chevaline amp.  19FX5 spud amp.  Tube regulated screen power supply.  Punchy pentodes.

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6S45P-E Spud amps.

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Darling amp driven with 6AM4 triodes.  My spin of the classic.

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EL84-drive-EL84 SE amp.  Itty-bitty output transformers, big sound.

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Hellcat – 6SN7 Drive 6SN7.   2-1/2 watts of parallel single ended fun.

 

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Push-Pull 6AQ5 output, driven by EL84 Triode strapped input.  Different sound came out with a bit more bite than I prefer.  End user was into techno – made him happy.

 

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Cutesy Preamp.  Light on the big red switch draws more power than the rest of it put together…

 

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Beast from the East – US Glass, all oriental iron.  6AM4 driving 6BQ5s.  EL84/6BQ5 amps are nice – this one was phenomenal. On my ‘build another one’ list.IMG_0053

6L6GB SE amp.  6SN7 preamp with interstage transformer.  Gas regulated Screen supplies gave a cool purple and orange aura in the dark.

6 Responses to Prior Art

  1. Ancheol Chang says:

    Hi there,
    I am looking for a schematic of El84 drive El84 single ended tube amplifier.
    Could you kindly share the schematic?
    Hand written schematic is fine too.
    Looking forward to hearing from you.

    Thanks

    Ancheol

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  2. Daniel says:

    Do you think you tell me how you wire the 6am4 tubes? I have some, but they all seem to be microphonic. I must be doing something wrong.

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    • Hi Daniel,
      Thanks for the note! I have not had issues with microphonics, but I have at times struggled with ultrasonic oscillations, which can manifest a lot like microphony. What has worked for me is to completely clip off the redundant grid pins at the tube base (#’s 1,4,6 & 9), and to install a grid stopper resistor directly to the socket of the remaining grid pin location (#3). Exact Value will depend on your circuit. I hope this is of some help!

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  3. soundwise1 says:

    Love your works of art. Did you ever finish a Skylark 2.0?

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    • Hello, and thank you for your kind words! Skylark 2.0 / Granit Prime never made it off the test bench. By the time I had it sounding decent, it was an electronic Rube Goldberg masterpiece. Going a different route now – moving back to SE and building out a 71A amp running in class A2. Watch the ‘Oncilla’ page for progress.

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