Tube Amp Archive

My 50 watt 6L6 and EL34 amps, either HRM or non-HRM, both sound way better at all volumes than any 6V6 clone I have heard. The low volume argument is just not true. These are predominantly master volume amps and the biggest difference between 6V6 and 6L6/EL34 tubes, besides the 6L6/EL34 sounding be...

Funk,

Do you have any info regarding a speaker cab (not combo) and the rear port size? I will be building a speaker cab (1x12, 2x12, etc) and would like to experiment with the rear hole shape and size to see if I can come up with a similar "tuning".

Does anyone have an opinion as to whether installing 4 output tubes for the D-Lite build would improve tone in any way? The d-lite works well with JJ 6v6's and I was wondering if 4 of the same would be a benefit. Plates are running about 425v. Since the biggest draw on the heater current is the powe...

I know you've discussed capacitors and resistors before, but I sense that the 2W (not available in 1 or 1/2 watt) Kiwame carbon film resistors might be an ideal compliment for the "Dumble Sound". Has anyone used all Kiwame's instead of the typical Xicon Carbon Film's? If not, I will probably use the...