The Amp Garage

I saw this thread the other day and debated posting, but in the end I wish I would have listened to the right person. At the time so many people were singing their praises that i figured I couldnt go wrong. I knew some forums didnt like their products but I knew that had some to do with 18watt stuff...

Hi, I dont post here often, I usually have nothing to add to the conversation because of the incredibly high level of knowledge that is here. But, I do have a good bit of experience with Weber kits and parts, especially their transformers. My first amp was a Weber 6M45 kit. It was a nice kit to lear...

hey guys,

I ran out of Carolina blue and I cant find it in stock any where. Do any of you guys know of any place that has some?


Thanks
Chris

Very true, the Weber kit was a fantastic deal. I got in on a special and paid under $400 shipped. It got me into building and their forum is wonderful

My first build was a weber 6M45 kit. I replaced the pots, jacks, and tubes almost immediately, these were the worst parts of the kit. Had i known more i would have replaced the resistors, signal caps and the goofy cap board too. The transformers weren't bad but really the best parts would be the cha...

A friend brought me a broken AC15cc to rebuild. I built an X10 in it and its fantastic. I just superglued some black aluminum to the inside of the chassis to block the un-used holes. He wanted to reuse as much as possible and it came out great, the only modification I did was to the chassis, I had t...

What about JJ EL844's from euro tubes?
I know some have flamed them, but I have a friend who is using them in an Orange AD30 and they sound really good. They will cut a few DB's and are cheaper than a power soak or attenuator. This with a nice and thick blanket might do the trick.



Chris

I didnt catch that the 50/2 had a different inverter. I just assumed the bias and rectifier were the main differences. Thanks =) I built the AC50 with the paraphase first and just changed it to the long tailed pair today. I really think I miss the paraphase inverter though. It seemed unique. Its the...

I cant find the picture now, but i saw a two channel one the other day. It was Vol, treb, bass/ vol, treb, bass / cut / on top and then on the back there were two more pots but i couldn't tell what they were. Im sure one of them was probably a MV.

I wonder if they kept the paraphase inverter.

The only ones Ive seen are single input single channel. On their web site they list 12au7 for v1 and 12ax7 for v2 and v3. I just built a single channel, cathode biased ac50 for a friend and while it had similarities to the sound clips of the X50 it didn't nail it. I built it in an epiphone valve jr ...

I finished the X10 on thursday and settled on a 12ax7 for v1 and 12au7's for v2 and 3. With a AX7 in v3 it was fantastic and by far my favorite, but it had virtually no headroom. With the AU7 in v3 I have way more headroom and not as much distortion but there is still plenty on tap. I really think a...

D95err I never considered power scaling. Its been a while since I looked into that. Is london power still the only ones doing it, or is there now a DIY route? Ian444 I built a bridged T attenuator a few years ago, Ill have to dig it out and try it again. It worked well and sounded pretty good, Phil_...

Sorry I didnt make it clear, the tubes I listed were ones I am thinking of as the power tubes. I just didnt word it very well :oops: Ive seen 6BX7's and 6SH7's used as low output power tubes in hifi before, and the 12au7 in the firefly. For the preamp tubes I have tons of tubes. From all kinds of 12...

Hey everyone, Ive been a long time lurker and Ive posted a few times here and there. This is by far my favorite forum to visit and glean info and ideas from so I figured Id ask you guys to help me with my next project. Im looking for a low power amp in the 1-3 watt range to use in Church. Ive been u...

Thanks for the replies and layout.

And thanks for the heads up on the PT. I'll have to get a zener diode to bring that down then.

Did you just use a zener, or the mosfet amplified version? What size did you use?

Chris