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Location: Linn County, Oregon
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Originally posted by beepbeep
Pic of beautiful-sounding DIY OTL power amp built by Bernt Jansson. Many neat details. Tubes are PL509's and heat is wired in series and powered directly from mains. Separate & stabilized anode voltage.
You would need cubic dollars to actually buy someting like this. I think only Graaf does big OTL's nowadays. One nice day I'll try to pull it off on my own.
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This is funny! Most of you are probably too young to have ever seen pics of really antique radios, the stuff made in the early 20th century...tubes exposed, finely finished wood cabinet, dials & switches. The similarity is incredible! (edit)...I remember saving up paper route money so I could buy a portable (NO TUBES!) radio for $40...the transistor had just arrived upon the mass market. I suppose all of this is proof that the more things change, the more they remain the same...
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