Tube Amp Archive

Hi Craig I found your Thrifty Wreck design. Am I correct that you are talking about using that, but replacing V3,V4 and V5 with two 6F4P ? Would it be correct to assume that the split plate loads for the PI are to be retained? Also I found a datasheet but not an English one. Do you have a suggestion...

Well there's no denying the tone of a SE amp and the TMC-1 sounds very sweet! But I already have a 5w SE amp and I'm looking for the dynamics the TWE is famous for but that I can crank in my basement without my ears bleeding. Tubestore is local but even with saving on shipping I'd still be paying mo...

I did some searching around on the 18watt and watkins forums you had mentioned earlier on. I found a design called a microwreck on the PP section of the forum that sounds exactly like what you intend to do except the fellow used miniature military spec tubes. I think it worked out so well he left of...

Thanks for the warm welcome Craig I'm glad to hear you are still working toward something in the 2W range. Are you sure a similar action can't be had with a triode output? My understanding of these tube circuits is not that great yet but if I understand anything it seems that as the signal level ris...

This is my first post here. Many thanks to all the contributors and Katopan for all the hard work building, testing and documenting. I've been reading everything I can find about TWE amps but this thread is a goldmine! So back in 2011 before Katopan went whole hog and built a full blown clone he was...