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I worked on it some more last night but forgot to write the voltages down. From testing things earlier everything seemed ok, just a tad lower than what is on the layout and schematics since I had my variac running at ~115VAC to get the heaters right at 3.15VAC on both sides. I was thinking verify t...

What a great interview! Nice of them to zoom in on the SN stamp ;^), and this has to be the gold standard 102 sound sample.

Thanks for posting!

Pinned in D discussion section:
https://ampgarage.com/forum/viewtopic.p ... 89#p416389

I was about to say that to keep the 2nd gen's loading on the OD output, delete the 180k to ground and the 1Meg series resistor and go straight into a 250k pot for the added Ratio control. ...Should I pull the 180K and 1Meg resistor as the amp is now or is that for when it has been changed to the hy...

erwin_ve wrote: ↑Fri May 10, 2024 10:08 amStrange thing it happened to my mobile as well.

Same here.

Right now ampgarage.com is extremely slow/ not responding. I tried to answer some PM, after half an hour I gave up. This is showing up when answering a PM: That's the same error I was seeing when trying to view "New posts". Clearing the browser history fixed it. I just successfully sent and replied...

Have you made a voltage survey of the preamp?

Is it known that HAD oriented the caps in any certain way? I don’t see any obvious marks indicating that they were tested, and factory labels, if they have outer foil markings, may in fact be random. Without solid evidence I’d opt for the possible reduction in noise floor.

Yes, same deal. Double the secondary tap impedance or reduce the feedback resistor by 0.707.

Ok, looks like Clear History in the browser fixed it. At least I can get "New posts" to show activity, and "Board Index" works on my MacBook and phone browsers.

Same result here, but for me it's "New posts" that gets it. I thought cookies or something in my browser, but no dice.

I can't get "Board index" or "New posts" to show any content. Only "Your Posts", "Unread posts", and “Unanswered topics” work. I've tried deleting cookies, relaunch, restart; no luck. Safari browser.

It’s a little better on my phone, “Board Index” works.

Should I pull the 180K and 1Meg resistor as the amp is now or is that for when it has been changed to the hybrid design? I'm wondering if that has been overloading the OD and causing it to cut out. The 250k pot would be for the 2nd gen but with added Ratio/Level control like #124. I doubt that your...

The more I have thought over, the more I am leaning towards changing it to have the separate masters for OD and Clean. The design I have seen the most for this is in the attached PDF. I have two questions on this; 1. Why is the clean master not connected to the ground bus? The outer (brown in this ...

…the CMF60s at 1w 500V should be fine right? That sounds fine, but do you have a link to the datasheet you posted? It seems to show much higher wattage ratings than the one I linked. [edit: found it, CMF series. Those should be fine. Even though 0.5W is enough for plate loads, I'd go with the CMF65...