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No Regrets wrote:
Years ago, I built a push/pull EL84 tube amp to go with my Custom Tannoy Monitor Gold's...
I only built a tube pre-amp, and then another, and on the third one I pulled all the stops, but eventually abandoned the project because I figured out how to run my system without any pre-amp altogether (computer - optical USB to high output DAC, driving power amps directly), which was so dramatically better than anything the tube amps could do, it was the end of my stereo upgrade quest.
And a few years later I got tired of the whole thing. Amps and speakers for sale now, DIY amps are on the shelf, as I would not want anyone to deal with the problems such custom gear will bring with it (like cracking stepped attenuator, calibrated for my specific amps).
Anyway, I just sold some left over capacitors of that tube preamp project for over $500... and spent it on photo gear or Mini Cooper parts immediately
My now unused power amps (one of the few non-DIY parts in my system), all images with the Rokinon 85mm f/1.4. Power cords are DIY. All this is boxed up and ready to be sold if I ever get around to list this on Craigslist or ebay or Audiogon, etc.
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Rear of Odyssey Stratos Right Channel
Mono Extreme main board
What makes this an Extreme Edition
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