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In Reply to: RE: Where do you live? posted by robertd on October 20, 2009 at 19:08:31
About 12 years ago I decided that I was going to try to build something so I built a Nelson Pass design, Son of Zen. I had taken a soldering course at the local community college and managed to get the circuit assembled and also remembered to turn off the iron. It came time to turn on the beast and I ordered my young child and her friend out of the house and asked my wife to stand-by with the fire extinguisher. She didn't know whether to laugh or cry. To my great surprise, it actually worked and music came out of both speakers. After about two minutes, smoke started to come out of the amp and I shut it down. At that point I realized I needed more heat sinking and a lot more knowledge.
The point of the story is that the benefit of building a kit first is that you get detailed instructions and you learn lots of lessons about good layout etc. A simple and inexpensive ($99) example would be the new Bottlehead Quickie line stage which is battery powered and uses 3S4 tubes. (by the way, I have no financial interest in Bottlehead).
Finally, if you don't find anybody in Cincinatti, you would be welcome to come to a meet on November 15 in Stirling, VA near Dulles airport where you would hear a variety of stuff. It would be a bit of a hike for you, but a lot of fun when you got there.
ray
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