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Re: Kitty Hawk

12/21/1999 1:29 AM
Farrow	Re: Kitty Hawk Mike, if the guy whose OT fried was Dan Dunlap, I replaced it for him. The only things that seemed "extra-shoddy" on his were the power resistors between the filter caps on the power amp board, and they were off the board in the air secured with silicone (not HM glue...) But they were staked pretty well so I left them be. The pots are shoddy, and one of Dan's was replaced (master vol I think.) Tube sockets are also not too good, plus they're mounted to the board, so they're vulnerable to heat and they make the PCB warp. And the gain modes are crap, too. With a bit of work, you can get some nice tones out of it. I tried a 12AU7 in there and dimed the gain modes to make up for the vol. drop and it was much smoother. I was quite impressed with the clean mode (EL34) class A. Very nice. 6L6 was good too but the harmonic content wasn't as pleasing to my ears. Farrow http://www.skybolt6.com

12/21/1999 1:29 AM

Farrow

Re: Kitty Hawk

Mike, if the guy whose OT fried was Dan Dunlap, I replaced it for him. The only things that seemed "extra-shoddy" on his were the power resistors between the filter caps on the power amp board, and they were off the board in the air secured with silicone (not HM glue...) But they were staked pretty well so I left them be.

The pots are shoddy, and one of Dan's was replaced (master vol I think.)

Tube sockets are also not too good, plus they're mounted to the board, so they're vulnerable to heat and they make the PCB warp.

And the gain modes are crap, too. With a bit of work, you can get some nice tones out of it. I tried a 12AU7 in there and dimed the gain modes to make up for the vol. drop and it was much smoother. I was quite impressed with the clean mode (EL34) class A. Very nice. 6L6 was good too but the harmonic content wasn't as pleasing to my ears.

Farrow
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