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New Valve Project Completed

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I’m a newbie, but have been enjoying following the forums for quite a while. This is actually my third valve amp project. I build this one for myself so I wanted an original looking system. I made the chassis made it from scratch using a 1/8” copper stock and 1” copper pipe for the corner legs. I do a little gold-plating for a hobby, so many of parts are gold plated. The gold-plated copper parts initially had to be plated with nickel prior to the gold. Copper tends bleed through the gold if this step isn’t taken.

The power-amp circuit is based on the wonderful Dynaco-70 stereo amp (rated 35 watts per channel). I purchased a VTA70 modified PCB driver board and a PA- 060 power transformer (5 vs 3 amps as the original) from Bob Latino at tubes 4 hifi (http://www.tubes4hifi.com/ST70.htm). This allowed the use of four KT88 output tubes. Three 12UA7 triode tubes are used for the driver board in place of the original two 7199 tubes. Four Russian K42Y-2 (paper in oil) .22uF capacitors were used on the driver board. The two A-470 output transformers are original from an old Dynaco unit. There are four pots for bias adjustment on each of the output tubes.


I also incorporated a solid-state tone control / pre-amp circuit using a Philips TDA1524A tone chip. I’ve used this chip in the past and have been pleased with it. Two output headphone jacks were also added on the top panel. Currently I’m using my trusty MacBook Air as my music source, with the signal first passing through a BSR EQ 110X graphic equalizer. All labels were made on my mac. Simply for added looks, I installed five blue LED light strips on the outside of the bottom cover.

For speakers on this unit I’m using a pair of great old JBL PAT-40T studio speakers & a JBL PB-10 (10”) sub-woofer. I can honestly say, this is one of the best sounding systems I’ve heard. I really love that “warmth” the tubes provide! It’s amazing how music I’ve been listening to for years sounds so much better with the power and engineering of a really good valve amplifier!

A few photos of the project can be seen at: https://newvalveproject.shutterfly.com/

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