EL84 SE UL power amp with attenuator

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This is a Decware inspired EL84 power amp with attenuation. My twist was to make a it a EL84 SE UL (not triode). Also I upgraded the PS a little. One PS tweak was to use a Russian PIO 4uf cap as the first cap in the PS. Also the larger electros are all snubbed.
The inter-stage caps are Audio Note Tin foil, mylar and oil. The amp I called "Tamarisk" - just like how it sounds. The finished amp looks good and not too heavy. Sound is a big step up from my already great sounding 6V6 - Ozzie tube SE UL amp. On live classical every part of the music has a layer. There every instrument is heard in its own layer and decay, reveb etc also have their own layers. If I had have paid $5K for this amp it sounds like what I would expect for that money.
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Edits: 11/13/15 11/13/15 11/13/15

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Topic - EL84 SE UL power amp with attenuator - mwhouston 18:06:24 11/13/15 (7)

Beautiful!... - musetap 10:46:39 11/15/15 (1)

RE: Beautiful!... - mwhouston 12:21:08 11/15/15 (0)

Nice looking - E-Stat 08:10:54 11/14/15 (0)

Great job the EL84's are one of the great sounding tubes - airtime 08:07:02 11/14/15 (1)

RE: Great job the EL84's are one of the great sounding tubes - mwhouston 13:49:17 11/14/15 (0)

Beautiful! - Steelhead Mike 07:13:39 11/14/15 (1)

RE: Beautiful! - mwhouston 13:50:39 11/14/15 (0)

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