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I'm done & dusted for the month matey, as appealing as it is, it would be a impulse purchase! If it's still about tomorrow mate, by...

Appreciate the shout mate! Sadly I see its back with lower thc at the same old 85 quid. But I also see cb1 have it 75 so I might email...

I 'understand' very little about electronics but that's a very high voltage & current and fun trying to read the schematic :D my cap...

Those are more modern valves in that circuit. The extra screen iirc is to reduce plasma formation and arcing, the currents flowing in...

This place seems to get hit more than the CS sites I used to hang on. It's not even a controversial site.

Excellent stuff! Nice cabinets. I have a fair few Russian valves left as I travelled there widely and still do when well, I purchased a...

12.3v heater for the pentode and a cap to ground and I simply don't understand what appears to be the heater with a screen connection...

I've got 2 little bubblers like them mate and I find them really poor. Shame mine are for the TM2 or I would of gave you them

I found the small bubbler that came with my Aris was easy to overfill and that would eventually cause combustion and it did the same on...

In the short time since I posted I've made up 2 caps of Pineapple God and JFA mixed and started on the first and it working fine mate...

Sounds and looks great 👏

Valve radio stereograms were everywhere as a kid. Ours was a Decca, turntable was pants but the radio was spot on, I spent many a...

I scavenged a Philips bi-ampli radio stereogram from the tip a few years ago, still has the asbestos coated wiring afaik 😬 Sounds...

Thank you :) Valves aren't cheap but there's a company in Slovakia called JJ Electronics who make most of the common types, then...

Lovely point-to-point wiring and chassis/cabinet work Grumbleweed. I expect the valves are getting hard to find and expensive these days.