On Oct 31, 4:05 pm, Andy Evans wrote:
Quite a few of us started out by repairing our old Leak Stereo 20s and
the like. It's still a great road into amp building. for a first step
I'd do exactly that - buy a Leak Stereo 20 and upgrade it with modern
componants. It's all point to point wiring and totally accessible.
Plus you have the leak group as backing to talk you through it. Morgan
Jones even has a suggested circuit for it in his Valve Amplifiers,
which you absolutely must buy. (that's an order!!!)

I think to date I've been through about 30 different circuits in my
Leak Stereo 20!!!



I can offer you the very, very rare Leak Stereo 30 Plus at a good
price...

Andre Jute
"I was at a board meeting for the LA Chapter of the Audio Engineering
Society last night on XM Satellite radio audio and data transmission.
Sadly, we missed you there, and at the SMPTE and Acoustical Society
recent meetings as well. Everyone was asking, 'Where is that wonderful
Andre Jute? The world just doesn't rotate without him...'" -- John
Mayberry, Emmaco

PS ... Pay no attention, Max. This is an insider-joke. The Leak Stereo
30 Plus is a very early silicon amp and it is truly, truly wretched to
the extent that I almost give it the Australian pronunciation of "rat
****". Mind you, my Leak Stereo 30 Plus has appeared in Glass Audio,
the temple of the ultrafidelista tubies, where it is shown as the
distribution amp in my review of the Electric Tonalities SEX kit amp.
It must therefore be famous as the worst amp ever shown in GA.

PPS The SEX kit as above is super for what you want; SEX stands for
Single Ended eXperimenter's amp but the carriage from Poulsbo near
Seattle will be a killer. A super kit if it is still made is the Arion
Adonis (their base the last time I heard was in Northern Ireland),
about 20W from 5881, lovely casework with a polished stainless
topplate and excellent transformers designed by the sainted Simon
Shilton.