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Nick Kershaw deserves a few tracks on a compilation: Don Quixote, Wide Boy!

first track to catch my attn was #5 (probably the most "catchy") , but since then #10 & #11 have grown on me beyond #5

Hi All, I discovered a CD that I listen to a lot now and drive my wife crazy with (even the kids are with me on this one). "Putumayo - Gypsy Caravan" Unlike many Putumayo recordings this one is very high quality and a couple of tracks are perfect for "audiophile demo" purposes. Contains a...

Then there is still a chance to have an "alternative" DVD!?  e.g. the stuff Barney Simon used to play, some of which became more mainstream in later years. e.g. he was the only guy to play "The Proclaimers" way back. Abyway, he issued at least on "alternative" CD, so perhaps he can help in...

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If I can chip in here, I listen to my self built Mars amp every day and I love it!  I use it on B&W 704's which at first I thought would be too large for a tube amp to drive, but in fact the amp has total control, lots of strong but controlled bass, clear and "musical" high tones, and strong...

How come kalahari lists this as coming from the Naxos label? http://www.kalahari.net/music/Awesome-80s-Music-Video-Collection-Vol-5/19738/40876963.aspx Or are they just confused (the others also have some odd labels mentioned)

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I now completed the amp cosmetically. I made a wooden fascia ("swart hout"), and mounted the name plate. Now it's done (for now!) Regards Leon

After some discussion with Karel I added a "soft start" circuit to the amplifier. Essentially now there is a 68k Ohm resistor (10 Watt total) between the rectifier and the capacitor bank. In parallel with the resistor is a mains "Delayed start" relay, that shorts the 68k Ohm resistor out of...

Good heavens, I am going blind! Luckily I'm not alone...

Thanks Ampdog, I'm not sure which is #112, but in the later photos you can see that the cap connectors were bent to bring it away from the resistor. The resistors are at the top of the cabinet, almost touching the metal chassis, while the caps are further away from the resistors and tube...

In my house, Dirk Diggler knob attached. I still want to make a face plate, but first will try to see if I can find a suitable rotarty power switch, and hopefully that soft start. 2nd is my attempt to catch the valve glow with my consumer camera.

Almost the finished product. Gold plated connection points all round. The power socket has some surge protection built in.

one last look at the power supply (also, speaker terminals connected to the OPT). Power comes in from the power transformer ( the lighter red pair coming in through the hole at the top). Goes to rectifier. From rectifier + side goes via 68Ohm 25Watt resistor to the first cap (bottom). From...

Most, if not all, of the finer components soldered. Here is where I made a 3D spaghetti circuit, which will probably look nicer if laid out on more of those connection bars, but this is the cowboy style. Looking at it now I have no clue as what does what, and to trace it on the circuit diagram...

Close up of power switch. Also the high voltage leads (blue/yellow & white/blue) from the OTPs are connected to the tube sockets. I honestly can't remember where exactly on the tubes they are connected to. Here I was still using the "connection bar" with wires to the sockets. Later on I got a...

Now the power switch circuit is wired up. From the socket, through the fuse, both lines isolated via the power switch, and back to the primary on the power transformer.  I still want to possibly change this to build some kind of soft start circuit, but it's difficult to get a switch that goes...

fat caps in place, rectifier in place, 400 (?) volt secondary from power transformer connected to rectifier, + side of rectifier goes to first cap (nearest the side of amp) via a 25W resistor, there to protect against startup surge. From there it goes through choke (also red wires), to the 2nd...