Your channel is the best of its kind because you teach and demonstrate hands on in layman's terms without getting too deep into the technical aspects. I always learn something new. Love the latest educational videos. Please more of this stuff.
Thanks for this hands on instruction . Hope to see more of this type as I plan to build a single end amplifier and I need more to learn as I have limited knowledge about elektronics. Thanks
Very helpful I like learning for building tube amps. I want to build a SE 6550 1959 Black plate pair with drivers 6sn7 very new to this and you helped me understand the start of symbols. Thank you
Yeah, that would be me - I'm guilty! LOL!! I want to keep my mind active and try something new and fun while heading into my retirement in a few years! Thank you so much for taking the time to help out some of us who are new and somewhat clueless about this tube amp venture. I also have some video playlists saved from a few other channels that I'm going to watch also. I learned while I was in the Air Force to learn from a few people and make the best of it. Again, thanks for all you do for all of us who want to learn!
Thank you for refreshing some things. Note: The grounding of the circuit to the box / case could be lethal when touched ! Here in Germany there have been transformerless circuits known as "Allstrom-Gerät" (all kinds of currents, AC or DC) built in musiccentres ("Musiktruhe") or TV-Sets and Radios. The tube-heaters have been connected in series, so that 220 Volts are reached in additon of voltages of all used tubes. In all of these circuits, the outside of the devices, mostly plastic or wooden, was insulated (note: poti-knobs, screws or switches!) These setups ended about 1960 here. Nice video !
Actually that is why the safety/earth ground to the chassis with a 3 prong plug is important, so there can't be any lethal voltage. It will blow the fuse!
One thing I have noticed, especially in "modern" maybe computer drawn schematics. is that resistor values are done a bit differently than I am used to. In stead of 10Ω 100KΩ and 4.7KΩ I see 10R 100K and 4K7.
Using 4K7, 10R, etc., is actually for clarity. On older schematics, using a value like 4.7K, 6.8K, etc., was fine on the original copy. But, after being photocopied a few times - which is/was a common thing - the decimal would get lost and the value shown on the schematic would “appear” to be 47K, 68K, etc. Since schematics of vintage equipment were produced “pre-computer age” use of the R for values under 1K was (and still is) pretty common since the omega symbol was not available on typewriters. Just a little trivia….
we DO want to see more things like "this" :> We are here to learn. I want to know how to design an amp from a scratch. What tube to use as my imput, how to determine how much voltage swing it will make, how to choose what tube will be my second stage or phase splitter, how to determine my output tubes, how to match the impedance between stages, how to determine what loading resistor i should use, what output transformer impedance i should use on my output tubes, EVERYTHING ! :>
Oh part 2 already :) this should be fun... How about confusing everyone with a 6AR8 / 7730 symbol and asking people to 'name that tube' ? Ah breakdown of real live amps - nice - hey I was never too sure about the ECC85, wasn't sure how linear it was (I've got a couple) what's it like as a driver? Oh hold on 'BlueGlow' - not one of yours? Far as I'm concerned ECC83/12AX7 is best for HIGH impedance swing & linearity, and 6CG7/6FQ7 best for Lower RA stuff, like drivers - (ok apart from 6SN7 octal-heads) - how bout you? PS i had a couple of Trochotrons once - you might need to look those up ;)
My bad. None of my videos are scripted or rehearsed, so it's easy to slip. There is some creative editing and some swearing that ends up on the cutting room floor!
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Your channel is the best of its kind because you teach and demonstrate hands on in layman's terms without getting too deep into the technical aspects. I always learn something new. Love the latest educational videos. Please more of this stuff.
Thanks for this hands on instruction . Hope to see more of this type as I plan to build a single end amplifier and I need more to learn as I have limited knowledge about elektronics.
Thanks
Excellent Video . Being a Transistor Amplifier man I know very little about valve circuits, this is very well explained here. Thanks
Very helpful I like learning for building tube amps. I want to build a SE 6550 1959 Black plate pair with drivers 6sn7 very new to this and you helped me understand the start of symbols. Thank you
Yeah, that would be me - I'm guilty! LOL!! I want to keep my mind active and try something new and fun while heading into my retirement in a few years! Thank you so much for taking the time to help out some of us who are new and somewhat clueless about this tube amp venture. I also have some video playlists saved from a few other channels that I'm going to watch also. I learned while I was in the Air Force to learn from a few people and make the best of it. Again, thanks for all you do for all of us who want to learn!
Skunkie, you're cool as heck. I just stumbled across your channel the other day, and I'm so excited to learn more about tube amps!
Welcome aboard!
Thanks so much for taking the time to do this video, as Doc_Mayhem said, " today I learned a lot of things!!! " Me too :)
Thanks for your effort, today I learned a lot of things!!!
Thanks Skunkie!!! That was a great video. I look forward to more in this series.
Thank you for refreshing some things. Note: The grounding of the circuit to the box / case could be lethal when touched ! Here in Germany there have been transformerless circuits known as "Allstrom-Gerät" (all kinds of currents, AC or DC) built in musiccentres ("Musiktruhe") or TV-Sets and Radios. The tube-heaters have been connected in series, so that 220 Volts are reached in additon of voltages of all used tubes. In all of these circuits, the outside of the devices, mostly plastic or wooden, was insulated (note: poti-knobs, screws or switches!) These setups ended about 1960 here. Nice video !
Actually that is why the safety/earth ground to the chassis with a 3 prong plug is important, so there can't be any lethal voltage. It will blow the fuse!
Thank you for a very helpful video
Grazie Skunkie, sto imparando a usare le valvole ma anche la lingua inglese! a presto.
thanks for the informacion 😊
One thing I have noticed, especially in "modern" maybe computer drawn schematics. is that resistor values are done a bit differently than I am used to. In stead of 10Ω 100KΩ and 4.7KΩ I see 10R 100K and 4K7.
Yep, I find those sim drawn schematics hard to read in general.
Using 4K7, 10R, etc., is actually for clarity. On older schematics, using a value like 4.7K, 6.8K, etc., was fine on the original copy. But, after being photocopied a few times - which is/was a common thing - the decimal would get lost and the value shown on the schematic would “appear” to be 47K, 68K, etc. Since schematics of vintage equipment were produced “pre-computer age” use of the R for values under 1K was (and still is) pretty common since the omega symbol was not available on typewriters. Just a little trivia….
we DO want to see more things like "this" :> We are here to learn. I want to know how to design an amp from a scratch. What tube to use as my imput, how to determine how much voltage swing it will make, how to choose what tube will be my second stage or phase splitter, how to determine my output tubes, how to match the impedance between stages, how to determine what loading resistor i should use, what output transformer impedance i should use on my output tubes, EVERYTHING ! :>
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Oh part 2 already :) this should be fun... How about confusing everyone with a 6AR8 / 7730 symbol and asking people to 'name that tube' ?
Ah breakdown of real live amps - nice - hey I was never too sure about the ECC85, wasn't sure how linear it was (I've got a couple) what's it like as a driver? Oh hold on 'BlueGlow' - not one of yours?
Far as I'm concerned ECC83/12AX7 is best for HIGH impedance swing & linearity, and 6CG7/6FQ7 best for Lower RA stuff, like drivers - (ok apart from 6SN7 octal-heads) - how bout you?
PS i had a couple of Trochotrons once - you might need to look those up ;)
Quick correction. At 20:30 you say output but you mean power. Keep up the good work!
My bad. None of my videos are scripted or rehearsed, so it's easy to slip. There is some creative editing and some swearing that ends up on the cutting room floor!