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True... I might do a SS DIY some day but tubes are just more fun and the asthetic is cool as hell. Terrible reasons but gotta be honest I love the glow of tubes.

LOL the archives are huge enough material for many many books....

Read on tube amp safety. The Bottlehead Kits are great with very good documentation and very good forums for support. https://bottlehead.com/product-category/kits/

I would stick with BAT and look for a used vk60 or something like that. BAT pairs well with BAT and Victor is also a cool dude...

Anyone ever seen a Kenwood with tubes? KW220? I am not familiar?

I just got the first part of the vaccine. Yes I am worried about it being rushed etc but this isn't about me it is about keeping my family and friends safe. A buddy who was in the military said he has had dozens of injections without knowing what was in them or what they were for and he has already had the vaccine too...

Just finished rebuilding this Heathkit AA151 not as nice as the Fisher X100. It does have the cool 60's factor...

I'll need a few copies. Excellent...

Don't know why I love this song so much but ApeMan by The Kinks lives in my head rent free this week... This video and song is really cool.. A reference to Debra Pager snake dance scene..

I rebuilt a Fisher X-100 which is a PPEL84.. I like it so much I am rebuilding a Heathkit AA151 which is also PPEL84.. I love the green one... TOO COOL.

Ahh bummer. I'm in little rock.

Where are you in Arkansas? I see one big cap and two small elextrolytics...

why aren't they pushed into the corners?

If you are to the point in your system where your worrying about "line noise" than I suppose you have made it. However worry about line noise feels like audio hypochondria to me..

But it does keep the hum down.

If the power supply in your gear isn't good enough to clean this up what is the point? In my diy stuff the power supply is the biggest part.

I don't like to poke around a live amp. I just clip in enough multi meters that I don't have to move probes around. Then I turn the amp on take measurements turn it off. Then drain all caps before working on it again.

This is very helpful.. https://www.diyaudio.com/forums/tubes-valves/30172-safety-practices-ultra-voltage.html

I was so paranoid about seeing the electric blue jesus that I studied high voltage safety for years before working on a tube amp. I don't regret it and treat everything with respect.

Reform the caps get it working if possible then pass it on to a high end collector with deep pockets. 8-) I'm thinking of doing a WE91A clone or as an interestring experiment the WE42A.

The more original the Western Electric amplifier and "working" the higher the value. If I had a WE piece of gear I wouldn't lay a soldering iron to it. I'd sell it asap.

i had some roached damaged crossovers in my belles. I used some russian polystyrenes... They are great...

Here is another one from the shelf. It is an old Knight which had circuit boards in terrible shape. I gutted it and we kept only chassis tubes and iron. My friend Chris designed it as a PP triode EL37 with lots of bells and whistles. It is designed to be a little more gentle on the EL37s. It is silent even on Jubilees. I'm only worried about the wiring going to the internals of the power transformer. The rectifier tubes are two mullard gz34's...

Got the green jewel today. It really ties the amp together.

It was a facebook ad I paid 200 for the x100 and a tuner. Met him in a parklot and didn't get robbed lol... I found a site that did rub off lettering but it isn't cheap. Should look good. Trying to clean up some logos.