[olblueyez]

Anyone make a kit of BOM and schematic for something like that?

 

[FallenAngel]

1) REALLY not many tube kits, when you're dealing with lethal voltages, people generally know enough to pick their own parts
2) Didn't think 12AU7 could drive headphones directly.

 

[Uncle Erik]

I found this one at Elektor which looks interesting. Also, I believe that you can build an Aikido with 12AU7 tubes - the Aikido is a nice design. So is Kurt Strain's amp over at HeadWize.

I'm sure there are more, but those are interesting. The Kurt Strain would be a good project, provided that you want to do the chassis work for a point-to-point amp. It involves much more labor and planning than skill. The Aikido is a little more complicated, but you can order a PCB for it.

 

[olblueyez]

Thanks

 

[nikongod]

The akidos are a pimptastic circuit. Dr gilmore has even mentioned them quite favorably in a few posts!

you may prefer building the ocatal version, and getting 6sn7--12au7 adapter sockets. Although adapter sockets are something of a band-aid fix, this gets many more options, and 6sn7 is a nicer tube than the 12au7. if you get bored with that, you can build custom adapters and rebuild the boards to use 5687 or whatever as outputs.

 

[olblueyez]

It doesnt have to be the 12AU7, I just have a ton of them sitting around. I like the Akido best so far. The simplicity and PTP wiring of the Kurt Strain is attractive as well.