Hey folks. Here's a few pics of my first build. Just waiting on the head shell from Trinity. I'll add another pic when it arrives & I've dropped the chassis in.
It's not a pro grade wiring job, but the thing fired up on the first try and everything works perfectly. I'm very pleased! Now I'm playing around with various tubes to find that magic combination. I just dropped a pair of EH EL84's in there (had GT EL84S in there at first) and it thickened the tone quite a lot. Have to get rid of the chinese pres though. Too raspy in this amp. I've dropped a Sovtec in V1 & it's better. Still get that raspiness from the others though.
The toggle switch on the back-left is the gain boost option (and it's a pretty huge boost, might I add).
If I've said this before, it bears repeeating. The folks at Trinity kick butt! Stephen Cohrs has been very helpful and supportive, although he'll probably tell you he didn't need to provide a whole lot of input for this one.
Kirb
P.S. Pardon the Christmas table cloth. Been there since december. Being single I don't worry about that stuff too much!
It's not a pro grade wiring job, but the thing fired up on the first try and everything works perfectly. I'm very pleased! Now I'm playing around with various tubes to find that magic combination. I just dropped a pair of EH EL84's in there (had GT EL84S in there at first) and it thickened the tone quite a lot. Have to get rid of the chinese pres though. Too raspy in this amp. I've dropped a Sovtec in V1 & it's better. Still get that raspiness from the others though.
The toggle switch on the back-left is the gain boost option (and it's a pretty huge boost, might I add).
If I've said this before, it bears repeeating. The folks at Trinity kick butt! Stephen Cohrs has been very helpful and supportive, although he'll probably tell you he didn't need to provide a whole lot of input for this one.
Kirb
P.S. Pardon the Christmas table cloth. Been there since december. Being single I don't worry about that stuff too much!


