"Dave xxxx" wrote in message
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Keith G wrote:
Well, after a week's heavy fettling (on and off) the triode amp is
making noises:



http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/keit...de_project.htm

snip

The Bad - It's humming like a good 'un and I suspect it's going to be
a bugger to sort....

The Ugly - Well, I think it's cute, but you'd never sell 'em looking
like this......

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/keit.../ampkit136.jpg

.....would you??

:-)

I like it,


Ok, strangely enough so does Shiny Nigel (and me), so you are not
alone........!! :-)


whats the damage to buy one????????????????????????????????


Say £500 worth of parts (comfortably) and a week of my time, so that would
be about £525 in total, but (as it is atm) it would hum loud enough to
silence a washing machine...... ;-)

Phil http://www.bluebellaudio.com/ says one of these ponced up with a fancy
chassis would/will cost anyone about £3,000. How much he would charge for
one made up in a similar 'lab style' (unpainted grey chassis, exposed
trannies, screw heads, bloodstains everywhere....), I don't know - give him
a call.

I gotta say it, present hum notwithstanding, the sound really is
*stunning* - and that's from a confirmed/committed valvie who's no stranger
to the Wonderful Sound Of Valvey Things (and whose current valve amps are
not ****e)......!!!

(Phil's just about to put a couple of 300B triode amps on eBay apparently!)