Thanks for your responses about EMLs!   Am I getting it right that solid plate EMLs are not more microphonic than, say, NOS RCA STs?   Did anybody try EML's fancy globes?   Btw, back to the topic of this thread, may I ask would anybody here be interested to order such an amp, maybe...

  Quote: Btw, why are you saying solid plates? Why not mesh?  

Quote: Here you go, THESE are precisely my current doubts! I was planning to do just that (I am currently using 2 RCA's, but still), but some people say that EML are extremely microphonic. The others (the majority, I must admit) say that they are the gods of 45. Whom shall I believe? I am...

No, 45 is the triode type. Quite silly naming, I agree :)   I have the same design as the original poster (and I have confirmed with the friend of mine who made the amp that the first one was his also), 5 tubes: a rectifier and 4 triodes. And 6 transformers. The only difference is that I do...

I have an almost identical piece of art from the same amp father. The fat boy runs a pair of Klipshorns, and those extremely sensitive babies (designed back in late 50's or early 60's, as far as I remember) form a perfect trio with him (and his 45's in particular). What can I say... you must...