4krow
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IMAGINE WHIRLLED PEAS
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It is only right that I catch you guys up in this ad as to who/what/why is answered. I really enjoy building quality units. I used to do woodworking but have had an interest in audio since I was a kid. So, these one of a kind products are the result. Fortunately for you, my name isn't famous and so I don't charge much to these since it is for the love of it all. I do however, have to replenish my parts inventory, hence the modest charge for these one off units. Ok, here is the breakdown of the kits/parts: 1) John Broskie of GlassWare Audio designed the power supply used here along with preamp board which he calls the 'SRPP+'. It uses two 12AU7 tubes run at 200 VDC on the plate. Go to GlassWare Audio and read more there. While your at it, you can get an idea of what the ASR site has to say about this circuit as well. 2) The power supply uses two separate transformers. One for high voltage, one for heater voltage. They are both toroid types. The power supply board itself is very heavy duty by GlassWare. The model is the PS21. It handles both the high and low voltages. As it turns out, there are two 12 volt outputs and the SRPP takes only one, so, that is where I got the idea of adding a separate headphone amp. 3) The headphone amp is designed by Pete Millett. Pete comes from long ago with a background in HAM radio (remember those?). He is a well respected engineer whose products/builds can be found at DIY Audio. You will notice that the headphone board (blue board) uses a weird little square shaped tube. It is called the SP1 tube, and was originally used in products by Korg. People like Pete M and Nelson Pass took a great interest in designing circuits for this tube. Simple circuits with surprisingly good sound. Again, go to DIY Audio and look for the B1K NuTube preamp. That is a start. 4) I have gone out of my way for almost every part in this build to be way above the norm in quality and ruggedness. It is just the way that II think. Reminds me of the Decware products that I have owned in the past. Ok, enough for this. I'm tired of typing. Go ahead, ask questions.
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