The Amp Garage

Thanks for your reply! I dont have the pics with me, but last time I took the chassis out I had a good look at the whole circuit and everything looked absolutely stock. The only thing I ever did to the amp is replacing worn out output tubes by the same svetlana EL 34 that came in it when I got it 20...

Hi guys, My original 1987 early serial rev A Marshall 2550 silver jubilee keeps on blowing the 2 amp fuse. I suspect the original 1987 LCR caps to be the culprits, but these aren't made anymore. I have little technical knowledge, basically I know how to discharge caps, solder stuff, rebias but not m...

Thanks for your reply, So, just to make sure, you say that it is ok to set the hotplate 16ohms at a lower than "load" setting AS LONG as I have a 16ohms dummy load in the the speaker out and it won't damage the amp? Is that correct? I have 7 tube amps in the studio connected permanently to different...

thanks for your reply! Is this the kind of stuff we are talking about? https://www.tube-town.net/ttstore/high-power-resistor-15r-16-ohm-150-watt.html?language=en I will try that in the speaker out of the hot plates. I have both the 16ohms and the 8ohms model, I have modern stuff too (fryette, suhr, ...

Hi guys, I still have two venerable thd hot plate that have served me well as attenuators over the years. I sometimes use them as load boxes/di with an IR loader in the computer for recording. I always use them on the "load" position when no speaker is connected as per the manual. I recently had an ...