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RE: A few quick(ie) questions.....

Thanks for all of the great answers! I'm feeling pretty good about this turning into a decent headphone amp.

As for the Hammond box, my idea was to flip one upside down over the batteries, but not attach it - similar in fashion to a transformer bin (though unsecured). It would be for looks as opposed to utility - all I would have to do to change the batteries is lift the box/bin. If I wanted to get fancy, I could put tabs on the box and make a few holes for it to "snap" in place, but I don't see much benefit. I just think the amp would look cooler with a hammertone plate and black matte battery box as opposed to bare cells - I'm more for a refined, pseudo "high end" look myself.

I may just mount the batteries underneath as some have suggested, since I never secure the chassis plate(s) on anything I build (I prefer them to "float" so I can get underneath easily).

One more thing: at only 3VDC for the filaments, do these tubes even glow? (Half of the fun is seeing the tubes light up in a dark room while listening to music - which is why I wish I had something with big 300B, 6L6 or 6AS7 tubes to show off. The 0D3 rectifier tube used in the Foreplay would look awesome as well....)


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