The Amp Garage

The two star grounds must be connected to the chassis. In the case where they would also be connected together, it becomes a one star ground.

Have you looked at this site?
http://www.geofex.com/Article_Folders/s ... targnd.htm
There is a good star ground example at the end.

I got the MIT book on eBay for a reasonable price. Sometimes, books are sold at a ridiculous price because they have the words "vacuum tubes" in the title.

I am living north of Quebec city; it is pretty cold here.

Very interesting. Thanks for the detailed answer. I myself have KOC TUT1 and TUT3. They are the ones I prefer so far even if sometimes I would like him to go in more details on the how and why. I agree with you about Zottola books; contents is OK but the quality/price ratio just does not make it a g...

Any book I have not mentionned and that should be on my wish list?

I was refering to the schematics here http://web.archive.org/web/20030328070332/www1.korksoft.com/~schem/newamps/soldano_slo100.pdf Using the Hammond site http://www.hammondmfg.com/1608.htm as mentionned by ODwan and maybe have a look at the November amp at AX84 which use similar but smaller transfo...

I may be the only woman in France who tries to build herself a tube amp... En effet, probablement! I do not have a SLO on hand (I wish I had one) but... what is your problem with connecting the 1650T? Can you be more specific? Also, what schematic are you using? Is it the one from SchematicHeavens?...

I have not read a lot of books written by knowledgeable persons. I have a couple of K O'Connors TUT books that I like but they are expensive and it took me long to decide which one to buy. I have a couple of small ones by Tino Zottola; not bad but cheaply constructed. It is often hard to make up you...

Hey CharlieW, you posted the same exact text on at least three different forums. What is your goal? Gather Gar points?

The guy has is own forum at http://com2.runboard.com/broskengineering.

I am not surprised he is the only registered member so far.