Stutopia Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 7 hours ago, DoogyRev said: Not unless there was some DIY involved I had to clean an awful lot of 1980s cigarette smoke off the turntable and also paint strip and rattle can the heat sync lid off the amp! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybp Posted September 27, 2019 Author Share Posted September 27, 2019 16 hours ago, SuperStu said: Are we just hi-fi pic whoring now? If so... is it wrong if we are ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stutopia Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 47 minutes ago, andybp said: is it wrong if we are ? absolutely NOT! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortPaul Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 23 hours ago, SuperStu said: Nice touch with the handles! Are we just hi-fi pic whoring now? If so... Bought this second hand for my 18th birthday (Spring 1999) for £100 off my 6th form teacher. If there’s a better way to spend £100, I’d like to know about it! It went in storage in 2009 when I went to South America for a year. Then it came back out again in 2019 because I bought a house and also inherited this from my Great Uncle... The amp still sounded ok but had some issues (this model is prone to them due to its insane operating temp of 65C, being 30 years old and 10 years of no use) and went away for service and overhaul (all electrolytic capacitors replaced for high temperature audio grade components, much cleaning, re-soldering and many other small things). I absolutely love it. Nice 1200 mk2, I still have a pair of those 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybp Posted October 21, 2019 Author Share Posted October 21, 2019 well since there is little progress on the Z lately I thought I'd up date this thread at least I decided I didn't like the look of my valve amp so it's now a big pile of bits but after a few hours in cad I set my CNC router to work on some perspex,oak and black Bakelite it's looking like this might even get it finished this weekend 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortPaul Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Hey buddy are you a where bakelite contains asbestos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybp Posted October 21, 2019 Author Share Posted October 21, 2019 yea it's not actually bakelite but one of the modern alternatives Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortPaul Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 1 minute ago, andybp said: yea it's not actually bakelite but one of the modern alternatives Ahhh ok you had me worried then buddy, just looking out for you 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stutopia Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 This looks sweeeeet. I bet you could package these up as kits and make $$$$ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybp Posted October 23, 2019 Author Share Posted October 23, 2019 If my Nixie tube bases show up from Russia i may get this finished this weekend 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybp Posted November 9, 2019 Author Share Posted November 9, 2019 The Russians let me down so the volume display will have to be done at a later date just need to stain the oak to match my speakers 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stutopia Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 Glorious that mate. How’s the sound? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybp Posted November 10, 2019 Author Share Posted November 10, 2019 15 hours ago, SuperStu said: Glorious that mate. How’s the sound? Very nice but a little quiet mainly due to the fact that the Ruark Templars they're driving are infinite baffle sealed units so need to be driven a little harder not a big issue still loud enough to annoy the neighbors as to the sound and the argument between solid state and valve amps it's very subjective personally I like that valve amp sound and the looks but each to his own Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 20 hours ago, andybp said: The Russians let me down so the volume display will have to be done at a later date just need to stain the oak to match my speakers That looks awesome, good work 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 I recently purchased another amp . . . liking the improved sound that Bi-Amping brings. Time for you to build another 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybp Posted November 10, 2019 Author Share Posted November 10, 2019 4 hours ago, DoogyRev said: I recently purchased another amp . . . liking the improved sound that Bi-Amping brings. Time for you to build another Strange you should mention that I already have another 3 in the pipeline 2 are just because I have enough stuff sitting around and the third is the one i shall be keeping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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