6197 Spud - My first 'flea' amp...

RuSsMaN
RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
edited May 2005 in 2 Channel Audio
Picked this up at the Great Plains Audio Fest in Tulsa, OK this weekend. (I'll post another thread later with event photos)

My first SEP amp (Single Ended Pentode), running a pair of 6197/6CL6 power pentodes, and a 5Y3 full-wave rectifier.
Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited May 2005
    Back end....

    Sides and power tranny are matching 'blues'.
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited May 2005
    Only 1 capacitor and bias resistor in the signal path. The front mounted gain pot is wired directly from the rca inputs, to the power tubes.

    Telefunken output trannies, output is 2.2 - 2.5 wpc and it loves low impedance loads.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited May 2005
    Very nice, Russ! I'd love to hear it with my Cains.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited May 2005
    I'd love to hear your Cains on it too!

    Now, time to build some 8ft tall open-baffle jobs with some of these old Alnico drivers I have laying around.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited May 2005
    And I thought you were a Push-me/Pull-you kinda guy.

    Looks cool,

    DG
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  • BobMcG
    BobMcG Posts: 1,585
    edited May 2005
    Very nice! I'd like to hear it period!

    Have a good week guys! Bye!
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited May 2005
    Russ,

    Whose design is it? Is the circuit layout available online? Looks like a really nice prospect for a DIY project.
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  • unc2701
    unc2701 Posts: 3,587
    edited May 2005
    damn, you could almost do a circuit diagram from that picture!
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited May 2005
    Mike, you can find more info HERE.

    Scroll down to 6197 Spud.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited May 2005
    Thanks Russ! Great site there with tons of ideas. Jef is a real talent.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited May 2005
    Simple and sweet looking...

    What is it, about an 8" square footprint?
    More later,
    Tour...
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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited May 2005
    Awesome! The rectifier tube looks sweet. It looks like a 300B (my fav looking tube). Guts is nice too. Talk about KISS. Can't wait to hear what you think of them.

    Maurice
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited May 2005
    Yeah, about 8" square.

    It's just a coke-bottle 5Y3 vs the standard versions, which aren't much taller than the 6197's. I put em in because they look cool, I've never heard a difference in sound.

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited May 2005
    First impressions?
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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