What's your budget, Martin? Is a kit out of the question?


Low! And I have become lazy in my old age. Yes, I can wield a
soldering iron with a fair degree of proficiency, it's a matter
of I just want an amp that's ready to go, known working, and
pretty!

I might _consider_ a kit.

Basically, I can't pay more than a meagre, say, 350 pounds.

(And how did you get in my noobie recording thread? :-)

Yeah, sorry, I followed up a thread by mistake, rather than
starting a new thread.

Also, I notice you said somewhere that's you're learning
some more about building valve amps, with the help of, I
think it was, Nick Gorham (?).

I am VERY interested in learning about how to design valve amps,
but before I do that, I want one for my hi-fi, that just works.
Then I'll worry about how to design them myself. I guess the
simplest design to start off with is a Single-Ended Triode
amp - would that be right? Only one grid to worry about, and
only one power valve. Might as well walk before one tries to
run!

But for now, I just want a working valve amp for my hi-fi.


Thanks for any help or advice.


Martin
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