Hi There...My homebuild stuff

[Erik van Voorst]

The transformer for the filaments is a custom made Amplimo.
I mounted this Yamamoto-style meaning making use of tonewood...in his case he uses cherrywood.

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[Puffin]

Nice as always Erik.

[howlindawg]

That's either an enormous tube socket or you have tiny hands! ;)

[Barry]

That's either an enormous tube socket or you have tiny hands! ;)

I thought the 211 used a bayonet fitting to the valve base.

(Nice wristwatch by the way.)

[Erik van Voorst]

I thought the 211 used a bayonet fitting to the valve base.

(Nice wristwatch by the way.)

You are right a bayonet fitting is used to twist the tube in place....with this socket you press the tube in place ...the bayonet pin on the tube and the teflon vertical opening prevents it to make a wrong connection.

Still on topic:lol: the watch is a Sea Dweller Deepsea (James Cameron) which is also proof that the wrist and hand is above average...making the 211 socket really big......

[Erik van Voorst]

Today I mounted the Mundorf Mlytics 4 pins

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I marked them since they are a bit tricky to connect with In + and In - and Out + and Out -

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Despite being a testboard it starts to get the real look of an Amp by now :lol:

[Erik van Voorst]

Today I mounted the OPT's

I do hope the quality of sound from them is better than their grey coating...even touching with paper leaves marks behind.....and this despite the fact that the Japanese are known for their skillful coating...:lol:

Anyway I was going to sandpaper the lot and spraypainting it black so no big deal...but disapointing to say the least considering the price of those things. :mental:

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[Sovereign]

Very impressive, Super well done.

[Erik van Voorst]

Very impressive, Super well done.

Thanks

I made an alu support bracket to support the top platform and in order to mount some (experimental) stuff.

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It is becoming a heavy beast already.....I noticed that I am building the breadboard as if it is not at all experimental...lol....meaning if I scratch the wood I am disapointed...I know...pretty sick...

Btw the black patch is just a piece of misplaced carton to fool around with (transformersize)

[Erik van Voorst]

Today I made a few hardware additions in order to make life easier later on with experiments.
I repaced the wheels for feet...so much better.
I made another alu support bracket for mounting stuff and support the heavy trafos.
Besides a few fuseholders I also made a heavy duty wooden cocobola block with brass pin mountings for my
hook-up wire etc.


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[CornishPasty]

You definitely deserve some kind of an award Erik :respect:

[Erik van Voorst]

Well they gave me this title on "The Art Of Sound" and that means responsibilities, so struggling to keep up with this :lol:

[dimkasta]

Hey Erik

Good to see you on new adventures :)

[The_Lone_Gunman]

Quite simply amazing!!! Erik you are obviously a master, Rolls Royce build quality pales in to insignificance next to your stuff!!!!:)

[Erik van Voorst]

Finally my testboard is ready after building an Ongaku Clone with serious components and the sound is like "heaven".
When more time I will build a decent casing with nicer materials for it....but just to let you know.

Transformers are Tango, Tamura, Lundahl, Monolyth, Amplimo and Partridge.
Tubes General Electric, Sockets Yamamoto
Elcos Mundorf
Caps Duelund
Resistors Shinko

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