"Nick Gorham" wrote in message
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Trevor Wilson wrote:


What the OP needs to do is listen to those who are experienced with real
*buildable* circuits and follow the advice he likes the sound of best -
he's got to start somewhere and damn near every 'normal' PP amp on the
planet owes summat to the early Mullard designs (AFAIK) so why struggle
against it??


**Why trust what people say? Some people are seriously deluded. How is
Max to know if the people he is speaking to know anything at all? MUCH
better for him to listen to a product, BEFORE plonking down the cash.


Because the OP asked about BUILDING a amplifier, given you find this
mythical dealer that lets you geard some commercial amps, what then, ask
the maker for the winding schedule for their TX's

**How will he know what to build, unless he can listen to it? Valve amps
mostly sound different to each other. Their sound is largely differentiated
by the topolgy, the output transformers and the valves used. Without a good
listen to the amps, it is a total crap shoot. MUCH better to listen to
several amps and make a choice from those.



(Different with SETs of course, but I'd recommend a SET as a start amp
for a number of reasons!)


**SETs are for idiots.

"Why trust what people say? Some people are seriously deluded."

**Want me to explain to you why SET amps are for idiots? I'm quite happy to
explain in exquisite detail, that any technical person can understand.
You'll need to explain it to Iain though. He's not too bright in things
technical.

In any case, performing a blind test between a SET amp and pretty much
anything else is a most sobering experience.

Trevor Wilson