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Vinyl Grinder
06-02-2008, 13:49
My new Toy arrived this morning.Pickies with cover removed.Need a bit of a clean but in fine fettle...Look at the size of those transformers.:)

Fit perfectly into my proposed new vintage system..

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj292/ELPFAN/NewToy1.jpg

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj292/ELPFAN/NewToy2.jpg

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj292/ELPFAN/NewToy3.jpg

Anderson 'KT88'..45 watt per side...Some may have heard of Eric Anderson from Audion, Audio Innovations, Edison etc...No.1 European tube designer..

Filterlab
06-02-2008, 13:55
Man, that is one nice amp. Those transformers are OOJ! :eek:

How does it sound?

Vinyl Grinder
06-02-2008, 13:59
Thanks Rob, gonna give it a check over tonight before i fire it up.It a lot bigger than it looks in the picture.

Filterlab
06-02-2008, 14:06
It's very nice indeed mate, I bet it'll be a killer. :)

snapper
06-02-2008, 14:10
And it's in Manchester Uniteds colours as well.










Or is it Liverpools?

Looks good Andr'e,what are you partnering it with?

A nice LP12 perchance?





:p

Vinyl Grinder
06-02-2008, 14:28
A nice LP12 perchance?




:D...Still working on this turntables i'm building believe it or not...Have to get my thumb out...I was considering a passive pre so i'll build one & see..

God i'm one lazy dude latley..:(

Don't doo football but it matches mi carpet & curtains a bit.

Marco
06-02-2008, 14:39
Nice one, Andr'e. Looking good :cool:

Push-pull, I presume?

My 'thingy' uses KT88s, too ;)

Marco.

Filterlab
06-02-2008, 14:40
:D...Still working on this turntables i'm building believe it or not...

Is that the one with the acrylic base? That looks sooo nice, especially if the timing marks are polished off the platter. :)

Vinyl Grinder
06-02-2008, 16:36
Aye that ''Thingy'' got a name yet Marco?;)

That's the one rob..Yeh those bloody strobe markings are comming off..:o

That plinth actually met with a small accident, i'm on MK.2 at the mo..

Filterlab
06-02-2008, 16:43
That plinth actually met with a small accident, i'm on MK.2 at the mo..

Oh no, broke in half?

Vinyl Grinder
06-02-2008, 16:47
I was tapping a M6 thread in the face for the armboard fix & chipped the acrylic inside the hole slightly :rolleyes:..You can't notice unless you look closely through the end of the acrylic but it was bugging me...Me being me got the strop on & slung the piece...Start again different tactic.No tappic Acrylic, alloy insert tapped this time.You live & learn..:)

Vinyl Grinder
06-02-2008, 17:01
Here Rob..Still in prototype mode sat ontop of whats to be the feet (Upside down at the mo)..Another level to go underneith spaced of the top level yet.Don't you love that nice pink belt i made up to try...Those strobe prints have to go without a doubt.

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj292/ELPFAN/Prototype.jpg

snapper
06-02-2008, 17:13
Don't you love that nice pink ribbon I use to tie my hair back...Those strobe prints have to go without a doubt.

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj292/ELPFAN/Prototype.jpg

It's lovely Andr'e.





















:D

Vinyl Grinder
06-02-2008, 17:16
:p

snapper
06-02-2008, 17:32
Sorry Andr'e.

Looks very good without being over the top bling.

Are you going to be building 2 of them

:gig:

Andr'e and his wheels of steel.

:p

pure sound
06-02-2008, 20:16
Nice work Andre. Mayware on yet?

Vinyl Grinder
06-02-2008, 21:05
Only to try it guy.Sounds nice, i'll continued building it now..Keep tooned.

Vinyl Grinder
06-02-2008, 22:05
Man, that is one nice amp. Those transformers are OOJ! :eek:

How does it sound?

Rob checked it all out..No pre amp as yet so i hooked up the CD player with built in level control...First thing that hit me was SPACE, everything was massive, air around instruments, no edginess what so ever.God this is good...

pure sound
06-02-2008, 22:11
I know Erik of old. Very clever chap. I particularly remember one of his pre-amps.
'kin ell!

Filterlab
06-02-2008, 22:19
Rob checked it all out..No pre amp as yet so i hooked up the CD player with built in level control...First thing that hit me was SPACE, everything was massive, air around instruments, no edginess what so ever.God this is good...

Fantastic stuff mate, I love it when a new component is so good - makes the whole 'hi-fi' thing really worth it. :)

Vinyl Grinder
06-02-2008, 22:47
I know Erik of old. Very clever chap. I particularly remember one of his pre-amps.
'kin ell!

Guy do me a favour & try get hold of an e-mail address for Erik, he's moved back to sweden now...I can't get a circuit diagram for this amp...

Some top notch PSU caps & sprinkling od Audionote caps wouldn't go a miss...Hardly anything inside this baby..

Vinyl Grinder
16-02-2008, 17:24
Been Running this valve amp all day with Croft Pre amp..Bass responce is ripping my guts out to say the least....Problems..It's too much for me & the moaning wife...

Mike
16-02-2008, 18:46
Interesting looking amp!

What make KT88's are you using? Best I've tied so far are probably Svetlana's, I'm using some Gold Lion reissues ATM but I don't think they're as good as the Svet's, I'll have to swap back sometime soon to check.

I have a spare set of Svet's too if you're interested in trying some?

Cheers,
Mike.

Here's mine in action: (crappy pic though:()

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/4872/p2161339pl6.jpg

stupinder
16-02-2008, 19:39
yUM yUM That looks really tasty

Marco
16-02-2008, 21:08
Mike,

Looks nice.

Do you find the valve damping rings make much difference?

Marco.

Vinyl Grinder
17-02-2008, 00:01
I think '6550' toobs might be in order.Or buy a pair of 'JR149's...I could do with a small pair of proper speeks anyway considering my surcumstances....What a farking life i got eh!.

Mike
17-02-2008, 00:23
Mike,

Looks nice.

Do you find the valve damping rings make much difference?

Marco.

Yes... and no

The EAT Cool Dampers make a big difference on the small signal valves, as did Pearl valve coolers, but they looked gash.

The Golden Dragon dampers on the 88's don't seem to do much on those particular tubes, they are very solidly built with pretty thick glass and don't seem at all microphonic. They're much more effective on more, err, 'flimsy' stuff.

The biggest improvement of all was changing the feet for RDC2 cones and RDC cups, Nordost Pulsar Points worked well too. This could mean nothing more than I have a crap rack though!

Cheers,
Mike.

Mike
17-02-2008, 00:27
I think '6550' toobs might be in order.Or buy a pair of 'JR149's...I could do with a small pair of proper speeks anyway considering my surcumstances....What a farking life i got eh!.

Hmmmmm :nocomment:

Vinyl Grinder
17-02-2008, 12:53
Hmmmmm :nocomment:

Please do.Your witnessing an know it all going thru a crisis.:(