![]() ![]() The most significant improvements came when I replaced the bridge rectifier with BYW96E soft recovery diodes, result bigger warmer smoother more extended sound. I have tried many combinations of valves (NOS and current production), and the best compromise I've found is Sovtek 12AX7WXT (not the+version), Sovtek 6SN7, and Sovtek 6V6GT. The amp is very good stock standard, but it does respond well to a bit of judicious tweaking. I have been the happy owner of a Kit 4 for almost 5 years, during that time it has never failed to musically satisfy. He's running an expensive and damn lovely sounding single ended solid state at home, but he is loving this amp ! My eldest step son Kenin Heavin is up for the hollidays, wants to take this amp back with him. ![]() I feel confident that if you LEARN HOW TO SOLDER you can build this amp for a fist project. With the frightful pricing of sinle ended amps, this is a honey. I have tried with it, I needed to bypass the volume controll, and replace the Sovtec 6SN7,s to get the amp "more better". Thansparent, punchy, extended but not rude treble. The only trouble I had was bolting the 2 output tranformers to the chasis, It was the combination of cardboard hands and the dyabolical nylon nuts ! Instructions were sequential and adaquate, I choose to use Audio Note Silver content solder, also from Steve, which to me sounds good,but is not as "wet' as other solders, so get it and fool with it before you put the iron on the first part. The product was well shipped, and the selection of Iron, capacitors, resistors and wire was all I could ask at this price point. I am not a technician, but am a keen hobbyist, enjoying his hobby, I find eqipment restoration and construction very satisfying and forever interesting.unless I an having troubles and want to put a bullet through said project or said self !I ordered a kit 4 from Steve at Angela Insttraments, to keep me busy while recovering from a surgery. As my interest in audio evolved I was drawn to restoring audio equioment. ![]()
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