Any one been inside a Komet 19 yet?
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Any one been inside a Komet 19 yet?
Pics?
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No I haven't but always interested in what people can provide. I like the looks of the new K19 combo as well.
Mark
Mark
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I have the layout mapped out on paper. Tone control is Supro-style. Saturation control is the most unique element of the circuit. The rest is pretty standard 18 watt variation.
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What are they doing for the saturation control?
Tom
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I looked inside mine when I had it. Not an amp builder so have nothing to offer, other than most resistors had black heatshrink tubing on them to hide thier values.
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Re: Any one been inside a Komet 19 yet?
I'd like to see some photos. Apparently its all PTP.
From what the guys on 18watt and medler says, it's based off the SuperliteTMB, Volume 1 is just relabeled Saturation and it has a Supro Style Tone control.
Medler which supro model?
I'm looking at modding a Valve JR close to this with a better OT and a few more holes punched in the chassis
From what the guys on 18watt and medler says, it's based off the SuperliteTMB, Volume 1 is just relabeled Saturation and it has a Supro Style Tone control.
Medler which supro model?
I'm looking at modding a Valve JR close to this with a better OT and a few more holes punched in the chassis
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I'm bumping this thread because I want gut shots.
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I'll be happy with the topology.I'm bumping this thread because I want gut shots.
Is V1 a paralleled triode or is it cascaded?
If it's a paralleled triode it might be Supro Tone control which is tweed style with 500K pots & a 3.3n to ground off the tone pot & then into LTPI & then the saturation might be a PPIMV.
If it's cascaded it might be triode 1 into volume with 2-way bright switch, then into triode 2 & then into supro style volume & tone, into LTPI.
Anyone else got more info?
Rob
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This has been one elusive amp for sure.
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Actually I was giving this some thought last night after I was looking at Doug Hoffman's 18 watt stout schematic.
And I think the Komet 19 follows the same topology, however you have to swap the tonestack to the supro style & the Komet 19 has a solid state rectifier & there's obviously more differences between the two amps.
However, with the Komet 19 'saturation' control I think it just varies the grid bias after the second gain stage. I think there's a fixed amount and then the 'saturation' control just increases the resistance to ground.
And I think the Komet 19 follows the same topology, however you have to swap the tonestack to the supro style & the Komet 19 has a solid state rectifier & there's obviously more differences between the two amps.
However, with the Komet 19 'saturation' control I think it just varies the grid bias after the second gain stage. I think there's a fixed amount and then the 'saturation' control just increases the resistance to ground.
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Actually I meant to say that I think the 'saturation' control increases the resistance to ground BEFORE the second gain stage.However, with the Komet 19 'saturation' control I think it just varies the grid bias after the second gain stage.
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Hmmm. So it's just a gain control by another name (?) It sounds like two cascaded gain stages with a (gain/saturation) pot in the middle?RobBozic wrote:Actually I meant to say that I think the 'saturation' control increases the resistance to ground BEFORE the second gain stage.
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I haven't been inside one, but have heard a few in person. They sound like nothing more than a tweaked 18watt lite.
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Here's the preamp I've got in my little fixed bias 6V6 amp.
I think the Komet 19 is similar to this, except with the Supro tonestack & probably different preamp values.
Rob
I think the Komet 19 is similar to this, except with the Supro tonestack & probably different preamp values.
Rob
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I went & played with the homebrew amp today & will probably ditch that 'saturation' control as I had it in my amp. It's a good way to get a bit more crunch out of the amp, & a good way to tweak the gain as well.
Someone mentioned earlier that the Komet 19 is based of the 18 watt TMB Superlite, & I think they're right. Although that amp has a tonestack after the 2nd gain stage & the Komet 19 probably just has the 'saturation' control placed they're.
Someone mentioned earlier that the Komet 19 is based of the 18 watt TMB Superlite, & I think they're right. Although that amp has a tonestack after the 2nd gain stage & the Komet 19 probably just has the 'saturation' control placed they're.