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Can you give some advice please?

I got infected with the tube amplifier virus and would like to build one myself. No experience however... Though with the help of Stephe's wonderful videos and BOM info I feel rather confident. The room I play music in is rather small, about 15 square metres. The loudspeakers I have in mind will be a pair of monitors, F500 or something similar.

Do you think the EL34-6sq7 will be something for me or the 5751/EL34? Or do you have further suggestions?

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Matt

Nov 02

I think we are about the same age so your choice could be mine as well 😊. The Reisong A10 is about 750 ( Dollars) in the Netherlands at the moment, including all costs. The A12 just a little bit more. After adding some modifications the price of it will be slightly more.

The Elekit TU-8600S is much more , as you know. But I just came across a secondhand one

≥ ELEKIT 8600S Lundahl + matched buizen. — Buizenversterkers — Marktplaats

Price after some negotiating could be 1500 Dollars. Tempting.

Junkman George

Nov 02

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If you go the Reisong way, you simply throw the supplied tubes out and buy new ones (my cost is around $200), the handful of physical parts is around $25-$35.

You will need a pair of small side cutting pliers, a pair of small needle nose pliers (around $10 each) a phillips screwdriver (that you likely already own) a soldering iron of some sort, and some electrical solder ($10).

This gets you up around $1100, which makes that 8600s for $1500 look good.