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| Tekton Double Impacts @charles1dad Those are good questions! For a cost no object, I would likely go the exclusive film cap route in the power supply- since even the best 'lytics will tend to drift with age (however good quality modern caps last MUCH longer than those... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts I had actually shelved one a couple of months ago, but was thinking a pair of these caps in series would be perfect for the B+! | |
| Tekton Double Impacts I just saw that I could get a 280 uF in 1,100 volts- I'm sold! | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Bypassing ’lytics in power supplies is definitely a notable improvement- second only to using large film or motor-run caps (in my opinion). In speakers, I find it a mixed bag, but have had "decent" results in bypassing a large series midrange band... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts @mac48025 The Audyn True Copper series caps we used in your builds have competed favorably against the Jupiter and Mundorf caps at least in tube amps and preamps. I've seen several reviews where they stood head to head and even took home the ribbo... | |
| Aric Audio Systems Unlimited Preamp I've gone back to the Limitless on the site in lieu of the Transcend unit, as the majority of inquiries I had were looking primarily for a line stage (where the previous Transcend unit had a full tubes phono stage which added substantially to th... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Thanks very much, I appreciate the kind words! Best, Aric | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Hi Charles, Thanks for the kind words and sharing the driver info on your 300B.. It appears the 6EM7 was used to drive vertical deflection circuits in CRT TV's and can even be used as a power tube in a 1.5-2 watt amplifier. Definitely a lot of sim... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts @corelli - Indeed the transformers are Hammonds, and the output transformers are 30 watt SE units. I've compared them head to head with some others that cost twice as much (I won't name names), and there hasn't been any discernible differences I'v... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Also to note, it's midrange and higher frequencies that damage our hearing, lower frequencies (like earthquakes) don't seem to present much of a threat. | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Lula, The chassis is 18.5" wide X 13.5" deep x 3.5" tall, with the power transformer sitting about 4.5" above that (with the tops of the 300B’s extending above those about an inch). Weight is just under 55 lbs unboxed- closer to 60 lbs packed. The... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Thanks for the kudos Tom- I'm glad you're enjoying the 300B! Just a note for anyone curious for more detail regarding the amplifier. It uses a single 6SN7, that uses one triode of the tube for the input signal gain, and the second as the driver fo... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts @stfoth - Anytime! I'm always up for a new build. I'm up for pretty much anything, even custom builds if you had something specific in mind. @mac48025 - Thank you Tom- it's much appreciated! I made some good headway today- gotta call it quits for ... | |
| Tekton Double Impacts @evolvist - I almost spit my Cheerios out when I read that ;-) | |
| Tekton Double Impacts Just my 2 cents. The L pad or power dropping resistor would not need to be rated at that high of a wattage if it’s placed after the mid-range bandpass filter, since most of the low frequency content is already rolled off by the capacitor in the hi... |