[jgwtriode]

Looks gorgeous! Nice color combo. That deep grey contrasting with the Clarity Caps.

jgwtriode

 

[L0rdGwyn]

Heater supply and B+ delay circuitry is up and running. Think that's where I'll leave it for tonight.



@jgwtriode looks like some text might be missing from your last post! (Edit: oh never mind, you saw). BTW, I have the feet for the red Airmid to replace those with missing O-rings. I will also be putting new gyrator PCBs in that amp before I send it to you, the most updated have an additional safety zener, better safe than sorry

 

[jgwtriode]

Heater supply and B+ delay circuitry is up and running. Think that's where I'll leave it for tonight.



@jgwtriode looks like some text might be missing from your last post! (Edit: oh never mind, you saw). BTW, I have the feet for the red Airmid to replace those with missing O-rings. I will also be putting new gyrator PCBs in that amp before I send it to you, the most updated have an additional safety zener, better safe than sorry

Thanks so much Keenan, appreciate that. Looking forward to it. Will get another payment off to you around mid month and hopefully by Mid February depending. Otherwise will throw some tax return money at it.

jgwtriode

 

[L0rdGwyn]

Back at it this morning, almost done actually. All working as intended, DC operating points are dialed in.

Just need to do the input and output wiring, which won't take long, then put some feet on the bottom. But first, lunch!

 

[L0rdGwyn]

All done, here is @pravous Airmid OTL in Anthracite Grey with dual mono Goldpoint attenuators.







And with some tubes, sort of a brutalist aesthetic with those Soviet tubes in.





Now for the burn in sounds good to me, and dead quiet. I kind of like the mono attenuators, really makes the amp dual mono from start to finish, pretty neat. Works great for channel balancing, @pravous.

 

[Monsterzero]

All done, here is @pravous Airmid OTL in Anthracite Grey with dual mono Goldpoint attenuators.







And with some tubes, sort of a brutalist aesthetic with those Soviet tubes in.





Now for the burn in sounds good to me, and dead quiet. I kind of like the mono attenuators, really makes the amp dual mono from start to finish, pretty neat. Works great for channel balancing, @pravous.

Lovely.
The second tube amp I owned was the La Figaro 339, which is also a dual mono design. If I ever have another custom amp built, I might go in that direction again.

 

[L0rdGwyn]

Taking things up a few notches with the all GEC squad.

 

[gibosi]

Taking things up a few notches with the all GEC squad.

It's a great looking amp. But I don't see a tube rectifier, C3g sockets and and one 6SN7 socket with 6/12/24 volts? So I don't think it's finished? Is it? lol

 

[triod750]

I kind of like the mono attenuators, really makes the amp dual mono from start to finish, pretty neat. Works great for channel balancing, @pravous.

I like that too and wonder why it isn't more common...

 

[L0rdGwyn]

It's a great looking amp. But I don't see a tube rectifier, C3g sockets and and one 6SN7 socket with 6/12/24 volts? So I don't think it's finished? Is it? lol

Lol I see what you did there different from the GOTL in a whole lot of ways.

 

[pravous]

Really looking forward to listening to this. Especially with the GEC quad.

 

[pravous]

As far as the dual mono goes, I have a slight hearing imbalance due to a career in the trades. In short hearing in my left ear is weaker than the right. I figured with dual mono I could adjust to what sounds right to me. Might also be useful for an unbalanced set of tubes as well. Regardless should be a big upgrade from my current self built BHC. Seems I am out of the greys so heres a picture of my current set up.

And a close up of the 7802wb I just aquired.

 

[L0rdGwyn]

As far as the dual mono goes, I have a slight hearing imbalance due to a career in the trades. In short hearing in my left ear is weaker than the right. I figured with dual mono I could adjust to what sounds right to me. Might also be useful for an unbalanced set of tubes as well. Regardless should be a big upgrade from my current self built BHC. Seems I am out of the greys so heres a picture of my current set up.



And a close up of the 7802wb I just aquired.

Looks nice! That is one rare tube. If you can snag a second one, they are excellent in this OTL.

I am listening with the HD650 right now, which I think is your headphone @pravous , pairs very well, I think you will enjoy it.

 

[pravous]

My set up is pretty simply. Flac>Node 2i>BHC>HD650. Have some upgrades planned for the future but I want to wait till things settle down so I can try the amp/tubes I like with some other headphones and then probably a new DAC.

 

[L0rdGwyn]

My set up is pretty simply. Flac>Node 2i>BHC>HD650. Have some upgrades planned for the future but I want to wait till things settle down so I can try the amp/tubes I like with some other headphones and then probably a new DAC.

Nice, I have a Node 2 up in my bedroom setup, its very convenient. Great feature is it has digital outputs, so you can pair a new DAC with it whenever you decide to upgrade but keep the convenience of the streamer.