Anyone on here that can design and build the equivalent of the AN Paladin silver?
"The Audio Note (UK) Paladin Stereo Power Amplifier is a Pure Class A Singled Ended valve amplifier that uses the highly regarded 45 triode valve, producing a level of performance that is radically superior to the vast majority of current designs.
It has been specifically engineered for sonic performance rather than technical specification, and fulfils all Audio Note (UK) Level 3 criteria: -
Pure Class A operation
Zero Negative Feedback
Single Ended Output Stage
Valve Rectification
Directly Heated Triode operation"
"Materials and component quality
The Silver version builds upon the already superb performance of the standard Paladin, and features the following component improvements: -
Audio Note (UK) Tantalum film resistors
Audio Note (UK) Copper Foil signal capacitors
Audio Note (UK)IHiB C-core output transformers"
It doesn't have to look like the AN amp but I would prefer it to be well constructed and pretty and not have the appearance of a DIY amp. Another alternative would be to clone the Yamamoto 45 triode amp. The theme seems to be a minimal number of very high quality components
Thanks
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