Hi,
"Philip Pemberton" <philpem_at_dsl.pipex.com> said:
> ben franchuk wrote:
> > Time to get a TUBE amp, at least you can fix them. :)
> You mean tube as in vacuum tube (thermionic valve)?
> I'd love a valve power amp but it would need at least one Phono input, three
> Aux inputs (PC, radio and CD player) and tape recorder in/out. All stereo.
> Catch is, the only valve amps I've ever seen like that:
> A) Look cool (but where are the Magic Eye VU meters?)
> B) Keep a room warm in Winter (not necessarily a bad thing)
> C) Cost a lot. We're talking ?300-?400 here...
> OTOH, I *could* buy a few 1T4s or similar and a pair of EM84s and build an
> amplifier myself. Now if only I could find a decent book on electronic
> design that gives more than a passing "These things are obsolete" mention to
> valves...
You'd be better off with EF86. ECC83 and EL84, EL34 6V6 etc, all of them
still in production. Transformers however are more difficult. They can
cost from 30 to hundreds of pounds!
An old copy of "Mullard Circuits for Audio Amplifiers" shouldn't be too
hard to find. Try Chevet Supllies for starters...
http://www.chevetsupplies.co.uk/
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Cheers,
Stan Barr stanb_at_dial.pipex.com
The future was never like this!
Received on Mon Dec 23 2002 - 15:07:01 GMT