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7/2/2000 10:17 AM
John	Build my own amp Can anyone point me in the right direction to website that will teach me the basics and all the rest so that I can have a go at building my own amp?

7/2/2000 2:30 PM

We have a number of projects over at AX84.COM which have been built by a lot of different people (which means many of them may have run upon the exact same problems you will run into while building)

There is a good chunk of reading material, as well as schematics, audio clips etc...

The main prerequisite is a basic soldering technique.

Check it out: http://www.ax84.com (or from the mirror link on the main Ampage screen)

Check out our discussion forum: http://www.ax84.com/bbs

7/2/2000 2:31 PM

John,

Go to http://www.ax84.com - there are several good starter projects there (I recommend the P1 for a first project, or the hi-octane version if you want high gain), and lots of help if you run into problems. Read the theory document on the P1 project page, it'll get you started:

http://www.firebottle.net/ax84/p1/ax84theory10b.pdf

Also, the guys here at Ampage are always willing to help and answer questions.

Good luck!

Randall Aiken

7/3/2000 2:16 PM

Also, if you think the P1 is out of your league, I'm still up for a simple (no frills) single-tube project using the 6bm8 tube. The 6bm8 includes a preamp triode and power pentode in the same bottle.

No one has expressed a lot of interest in the project because of the implications of "no frills", but I think it would be a worthwhile beginning project. The P1 was quite a bear for me as a first time project!

One tube would not be enough to get much if any distortion out of it, but it would be a bit simpler, and a nice clean design.

-Chris

7/3/2000 2:26 PM
Don Symes	Maybe a 6BM8 with a MOSFET cathode(source)-follower? (as an option, maybe)

7/3/2000 8:18 PM

Thanks everyone for your help!

The AX84 site is fantastic. I am still reading
the theory document on the P1 project page, but
once I have completed that I will start one of
the two projects you suggested. The P1 looks
like a great design and sounds great, as I have heard on Chris Hurley's web site.

I like the idea of a simplified amp to start me
off Randall. It's a bit scary seeing those high
voltage DC lines, and I am also having a problem
trying to find a power supply to meet the requirements of the P1 circuit.

Maby the simplified amp will be easier to build
and not cost that much?

Although I would like to move on to the P1 at a
later stage, because of the sound it produced.

Any thoughts?

7/3/2000 10:54 PM
John	A small amendment, "I like the idea of a simplified amp to start me off Chris." (Randall) sorry Chris I got you mixed up with Randall.

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