My new Bottlehead amp

[Wardsweb]

I just completed this custom version of a Bottlehead 6DN7 amp. It will be at the next Lone Star Bottlehead meet that is being held Oct. 8th at my place in San Antonio. You can get more info at http://wardsweb.org/LSB/ Russ you going to make it down?

http://wardsweb.org/audio/sexamp/sexamp3.jpg

[disneyjoe7]

Sweet dud Sweet :)

[ND13]

Very nice, what's the output rating?

[RuSsMaN]

I'll be there Luther. Simply outstanding work, as usual.

I'll shoot you an email with my current inventory, see what I might bring, and what I might leave behind.

Cheers,
Russ

[fireshoes]

I was checking out the pics of previous meets. Great stuff!

[Shizelbs]

Holy smokes. That is gorgeous.

[ode]

Dang that's beautiful

[Wardsweb]

Very nice, what's the output rating?

About 2 watts per channel into 8 ohms. Flea power but plenty for a headphone amp or pushing my Altec A7's (104dB)

[ND13]

How would it do driving, say, a pair of 96db speaks?

[unc2701]

How would it do driving, say, a pair of 96db speaks?


It'd go to 99db :D

or as loud as a pair of 88db's getting ~13watts

[gatemplin]

Amazing work as usual Wardsweb.

[RuSsMaN]

How does that work luther, with the tube being a dissimilair triode?

I see plate dissipation on 1 triode as 1 watt, the other triode 10 watts, both running Class A (single ended).

2 watts is more power than most people think, esp since tubes don't hard-clip like solid state does. I use my 6197 'Spud' Single Ended Pentode amp at the office, hooked up to my 87db Norh 3.0's, and it's more than enough for that setting. I MIGHT turn it up halfway on occasion (mind you there is no preamp stage 'push' either, just a CDP straight to the amp, through a simple volume pot on the inputs.)

Cheers,
Russ

[audiobliss]

Wow. Gorgeous, and I'm sure equally wonderfully sounding, amp. 104db!! :eek: That's amazing!

ND13, even though it'd get to 99db, using all it's watts to do that, I would think that's not a lot of room left for headroom.

audiobliss