The Amp Garage

ok, rewired it. did some things i should have done the first time. a few more shielded wires, more direct wiring, 12v heaters done b4 wiring.... :D. pics: [IMG:131:160]http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g66/lastwinj/th_giving0.jpg[/img] [IMG:160:98]http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g66/lastwinj/th_el...

Well first off, Hi Germ and welcome to our nightmare! I'm gonna go out on a limb and assume that you're the same Germ that sent a preamp to Jim Heidinger? (He raved about it for weeks.) As for lead dress and layout in general, I've tried to copy from pictures and then reason why the designer did it...

thanx dai. i appreciate the kind words. in the pics it looks as if things are close, but i keep grids and plates at least 1/2inch away from each other. that far away is usually sufficient, even if in parallel. agreed that it looks a bit messy. i will be fixing that soon. :) the chassis is an 18w fro...

Germ, what kind of noise? Look at the Francesca pics in the Files section. Layout is key to the build. made a stupid mistake, and wired the heaters as 6.3, and the tranny i had custom made was 12.6v.... DOH!! i do forget things at times. so had to rewire with it looking like that. not an easy wirin...

built it up about a month ago, but had some noise. so, i am going to rewire it, and make a few changes. here are a few pics. i call her elena. [IMG:160:60]http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g66/lastwinj/th_elena003.jpg[/img] [IMG:158:60]http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g66/lastwinj/th_elena004.jpg[/...

i have found th euse of good quality relays to help. also, i put a 10uf cap right across the coil (my relays have the diode internal). but yes, here will always be some pop and one time or another. ever try teledyne relays? super expensive. used one on a guitar level signal for a/b switching. was al...