300b Mono Blocks...Yes, I think So!
Faustin
Posts: 1,149
in Electronics
Been looking for a SET, flea powered amp for a while. Had several come up, but I really wanted to try a 300b amp. So, a pair of Bottlehead Paramount 300b monos came up for sale. Decided to buy them and give them a go. They did not come with the manual so I ordered one from BH headquarters. Finally received it a couple of days ago and had time to sit down and go through 70 plus pages of build and test info. Looked over the amps construction and compared it to the instructions. Everything looks topnotch. Solder points are clean and neat. Checked resistance and voltage per the manual and everything checked out great, with the exception of the plate voltage on one amp for the 5670 tube. I adjusted that and have them warming up as I type this. These can also be rewired for 2a3 tubes. I have sold several preamps and am down to my Bottlehead Quickie preamp. I will probably pick up another preamp to pair with the Paramounts in the near future. I do like the Quickie, but I would like to try something that is not battery powered. That way I can power everything up and let things warm up for a couple of hours and not be burning up battery power.
Comments
-
Nice! Love the Bottlehead stuff!
Basement: Polk SDA SRS 1.2tl's, Cary SLP-05 Pre with ultimate upgrade,McIntosh MCD301 CD/SACD player, Northstar Designs Excelsio DAC, Cambridge 851N streamer, McIntosh MC300 Amp, Silnote Morpheus Ref2, Series2 Digital Cables, Silnote Morpheus Ref2 Series2 XLR's, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Pangea Power Cables, MIT Shotgun S3 IC's, MIT Shotgun S1 Bi-Wire speaker cables
Office: PC, EAR Acute CD Player, EAR 834L Pre, Northstar Designs Intenso DAC, Antique Sound Labs AV8 Monoblocks, Denon UDR-F10 Cassette, Acoustic Technologies Classic FR Speakers, SVS SB12 Plus sub, MIT AVt2 speaker cables, IFI Purifier2, AQ Cinnamon USB cable, Groneberg Quatro Reference IC's
Spare Room: Dayens Ampino Integrated Amp, Tjoeb 99 tube CD player (modified Marantz CD-38), Analysis Plus Oval 9's, Zu Jumpers, AudioEngine B1 Streamer, Klipsch RB-61 v2, SVS PB1000 sub, Blue Jeans RCA IC's, Shunyata Hydra 8 Power Conditioner
Living Room: Peachtree Nova Integrated, Cambridge CXN v2 Streamer, Rotel RCD-1072 CD player, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Polk RT265 In Wall Speakers, Polk DSW Pro 660wi sub
Garage #1: Cambridge Audio 640A Integrated Amp, Project Box-E BT Streamer, Polk Tsi200 Bookies, Douglas Speaker Cables, Shunyata Power Conditioner
Garage #2: Cambridge Audio EVO150 Integrated Amplifier, Polk L200's, Analysis Plus Silver Oval 2 Speaker Cables, IC's TBD. -
'grats.
Northern New England approves
Hard for me to think of 300B as fleapower though.
