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Please, it's time learn tube basics.

Pat, from memory, your 2A3 was once cathode biased. If your circuit diagram is correct, the bias circuit, which was once attached across the +/-ve legs of your filament, have been removed. As drawn, your 2A3 is not biased; no wonder your amp does not produce music. I vaguely recall explaining this in a past thread.

Making significant circuit changes requires basic knowledge - so you know what is safe, what should work, and how to ask questions. What you are doing now is a crap-shoot. It can be dangerous.

I am simply not confident that you have sufficient knowledge not to be putting your loved ones and yourself at risk. I can't responsibly provide any advice to you - I won't be complicit in what you are doing.

Take the time to learn some basics. Please.

Edit: I should add that for non-EEs, learning the basics can be challenging (people learn differently). I'm sure inmates, including myself (where I can), would be more than happy to help explain the key concepts where required.

91.

"Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems to characterise our age." Albert Einstein



Edits: 02/22/17 02/23/17

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