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RE: Tube matching in SET amplifiers

Posted by thetubeguy1954 (A) on October 2, 2021 at 13:00:00

In Reply to: RE: Tube matching in SET amplifiers posted by Whats-a-vacuum-toob? on September 29, 2021 at 09:49:05:

Hello, Again Whats!

First, allow me to thank you for the compliment about my Mastersound amp.

I checked out the link you provided and your CatSkin SET is quite the SET amp, my friend! The person who built it produced one of the nicest and neatest layouts of wires and components I've ever seen in any DIY, point-to-point, hand-wired amp in my life. You should feel proud to own such a well-built SET amp. IMHO just a little bit of wood would really dress that awesome little SET up quite a bit. I take it the red button on the front is the on/off switch? If so I'd place a piece of dark wood on the two sides and a nice piece of lighter wood on the front ---I'd leave the back as-is-- and I'd also use the same dark color of wood on the bottom as well.

Heck, What's, you could make it really simple and have it so your metal, CatSkin, SET, amp slides into a wooden box-like structure that's exactly as I described color-wise --unless of course there's another color pattern you'd prefer-- it would be so simple because there's no wood on the back of the CatSkin amp anyway, so you could take the amp and slide it front-first by placing it on the bottom wood piece and then slowly pushing it forward until the red on/off switch or power on light, slides through the hole in the front lighter piece of wood.

The wood would not only make for a very nice-looking SET amp, but since the wood is not actually to any of the CatSkin's metal, it would remain easy to make repairs "if" required. In any event, whether you choose to keep the all-metal Spartan look, or should you prefer to make it a little more home-friendly or even give it more wife/girlfriend appeal is a choice you'll have to make for yourself. I'm an earth-tone guy who likes the look of wood, plants, and earth-tone colors in my home! So I'd have to go for the wood look.

Whatever you decide in the end, let me know, ok? Like I said. there are no rights or wrongs, I'm just curious what you'll decide to do. Heck, you can even send me a private message if you so choose. One last thing if I read correctly your amp is only 5W? If so you'll need to be pretty selective in the speakers you'll choose to use! In any event, best of luck in your continued SET journey What's...



Thetubeguy1954 (Tom)

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