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Re: EL84 Bias Questions

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6/23/2000 1:26 PM
Peter S	Re: EL84 Bias Questions I know, I know, I'll never get rich at it.....but that's why I do repairs, so I can afford to build the amps There's a great deal of detail in one of these things. I've tried to speed up the process, but I just cant do it without going into mass production or subbing out more of it. Peter S

6/23/2000 2:01 PM

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"The overhead on the amp building is too high to make any money on them, especially with 150+ man hours going into each unit and a lifetime warranty on them."

Although I didn't have THAT much time into my prototype amp, I had a lot into it, and realized, my time is worth something, and that it would be cheaper for me to have my cabinets made elsewhere, as well as chassis. (I've found that I can get chassis bent and punched for actually a few pennies less than i can get a blank hammond chassis for easily)

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" Just kidding.....actually she really likes my amp line......and she knows if I'm building or repairing.....I'm not playing one of my 50 watters cranked on 12.

From the general consensus on here, You (and myself included) are one of the LUCKY MINORITIES on here. It's a shame that more wives/girlfriends/fiancees/sig. others/etc can't be as supportive of this as ours are, eh?

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