DIY Zen Triode tube amplifier - part 1

[sweetgyy]

you moron dont cut it so damn short!!!

[MYTUBEISAPUSSY]

well, the jazzy backround-sound is kinda cool:

who is it ?

[ronbo191]

Whats the big deal? I have built Heathkit amps and Macintosh amps when I was in grade school with a lot more parts then you see here. This was common stuff 40 years ago. Tube amps were quite inexpensive before, why are we going back in time? Who in their right mind would spend hundreds of dollars on an amp producing about 10 watts?

[donnyab]

it's the quality of the ten not the quantity of the 80.....for someone who built amps in grade school you kinda didn't learn a lot about 'em

[computersolutions164]

Absolutely correct Sir !

[computersolutions164]

It rather depends on whether you want good clean pure 10 watts or a shitty Radio Shack / Tandy / Amstrad 10 Watts - huge difference my friend. Its because they physically move electrons through space rather than a solid material. Ever wondered why tube or valve amps always sound better especially at the bottom end, than the modern solid-state stuff ? Thats why valves are making a comeback, although they never really went away

[donnyab]

TAKE THAT RING OFF!!!!!

I know you are only soldering stuff but setting very bad example !

[bcdhifi]

LOL I was thinking the same thing.

[ahey4]

I checked the web site for this kit and it uses a pc board trace, But u have hard wired it. I am very impressed with your work and using pins 4 &5 to reduce 60 hz hum is nice.

Also where did u get the chassis, and did u drill out your mounts in advance with a template or did u use a drill yourself and did the work for the IEC HOLES AND TUBE SOCKET HOLES,SWITCHES,RCA AND SPEAKER POSTS HOLES?

[yomomtubes]

Why do you appear to be holding the soldering iron down so long? I was under the impression that you were supposed to get in and out real fast. I'm honestly very ignorant in the soldering department, and have only done a few things with it. Should I not as apprehensive as I am about overheating things while soldering?

[orwellian1984now]

You hold a soldering iron down on the peice of the part to warm it up (not the solder), it takes about 2-3 seconds, than you touch the solder to it, which applies the solder that takes a couple seconds too, I havn't even watched the video yet, but I hope that helps. It depends on your soldering iron's teperature too. The appropriot heat shouldnt take more than about 3-4 sec. TOPS to heat most parts to the correct temp. I hope that helped and wasn't ridiculously obvious.

[computersolutions164]

Modern semiconductors do not like heat. Valves and valve holders are ok though

[joesl8]

Another thing worth noting is that he's not soldering capacitors or resistors yet. They tend to fry faster than just pins and parts.

[computersolutions164]

I don't think I have ever had much of a problem with passives like R's n C's although some of the high precision passives can be destroyed by heat

[bcdhifi]

Small tantalum caps will heat up very fast!

[bcdhifi]

The size of the components and the material is a factor also. connectors with plastic bodies will melt if your not careful.

[zanderdrumzz]

what parts do you need?