First tube amp
Posted: January 23rd, 2015, 8:31 am
I am in the consideration stages of trying a tube amp. In making my decision I am thinking about a lot of different things. I am listing my biggest concerns and goals for the project to see peoples opinions, feasibility etc. Hopefully it will be a fun project for me, I will learn alot, and get to listen to some speakers that I will need to build lol.
1. I want to assemble it. I am more than fine with a kit, and don't really care if it comes from China. My soldering skills are pretty decent so I think I can handle this.
2. The transformer aspect worries me. Have heard of people getting nastily shocked.
3. Would like it to be stereo, have volume control.
4. Cost- I would really like to keep the cost to a bare minimum. This is for me to get my feet wet, so while I may be able to do this or that better for another 100 dollars, I would like to avoid those tangents. I understand there will have to be trade-offs to accomplish this goal at a low cost, but that's just part of my process. Honestly I would like to have the entire thing built for less than 250.00. This would not include the chassis, finishing etc.
5. Power output I would like would be 5 watts or so, maybe 8 watts.
6. Would like to build a kit that has great documentation so I can really follow it step by step. I have seen quite a few times where an obscure design is amazing, but the lack of documentation or readily available parts stalls things.
What does everyone think? Are my goals achievable? Any obvious problems with my ideas?
Thanks
Jeff
1. I want to assemble it. I am more than fine with a kit, and don't really care if it comes from China. My soldering skills are pretty decent so I think I can handle this.
2. The transformer aspect worries me. Have heard of people getting nastily shocked.
3. Would like it to be stereo, have volume control.
4. Cost- I would really like to keep the cost to a bare minimum. This is for me to get my feet wet, so while I may be able to do this or that better for another 100 dollars, I would like to avoid those tangents. I understand there will have to be trade-offs to accomplish this goal at a low cost, but that's just part of my process. Honestly I would like to have the entire thing built for less than 250.00. This would not include the chassis, finishing etc.
5. Power output I would like would be 5 watts or so, maybe 8 watts.
6. Would like to build a kit that has great documentation so I can really follow it step by step. I have seen quite a few times where an obscure design is amazing, but the lack of documentation or readily available parts stalls things.
What does everyone think? Are my goals achievable? Any obvious problems with my ideas?
Thanks
Jeff