10-24-2016, 09:21 PM
It arrived today! Took about 10 days from placing the order to arriving at our house.
The box looked beat - oh boy ...![Icon_neutral Icon_neutral](https://philcoradio.com/phorum/images/smilies/icon_neutral.gif)
Upon opening I found things packed to survive the abuse of coming halfway around the world![Icon_thumbup Icon_thumbup](https://philcoradio.com/phorum/images/smilies/icon_thumbup.gif)
It looks like a kit to me!![Icon_e_biggrin Icon_e_biggrin](https://philcoradio.com/phorum/images/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif)
These are the instructions???![Icon_eh Icon_eh](https://philcoradio.com/phorum/images/smilies/icon_eh.gif)
Ok, so here are my sentiments so far:
GOOD:
I like the idea of NEW for a change.
The chassis is fairly heavy, I kind of expected tinfoil.
Transformers all checked for continuity.
Nothing was ship damaged, tubes are all intact (nothing broken)
The design seems very simple.
Components seem decent quality upon inspection.
Price is very right - still waiting to see if a bill shows up from UPS tho ...
BAD:
Documentation - what documentation???
Only has a small schematic and parts list. I would at least like a diagram and/or picture to go by for component placement.
Can anyone translate Chinese?
I have requested at least a good quality picture of the completed chassis and a couple of technical questions concerning connection of the power transformer. I guess I will see how good customer support is on this. So far, tho, it seems overall good, worth the money. Not bad for less than $200, and I get to build an AMP kit! 8)
The box looked beat - oh boy ...
![Icon_neutral Icon_neutral](https://philcoradio.com/phorum/images/smilies/icon_neutral.gif)
Upon opening I found things packed to survive the abuse of coming halfway around the world
![Icon_thumbup Icon_thumbup](https://philcoradio.com/phorum/images/smilies/icon_thumbup.gif)
It looks like a kit to me!
![Icon_e_biggrin Icon_e_biggrin](https://philcoradio.com/phorum/images/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif)
These are the instructions???
![Icon_eh Icon_eh](https://philcoradio.com/phorum/images/smilies/icon_eh.gif)
Ok, so here are my sentiments so far:
GOOD:
I like the idea of NEW for a change.
The chassis is fairly heavy, I kind of expected tinfoil.
Transformers all checked for continuity.
Nothing was ship damaged, tubes are all intact (nothing broken)
The design seems very simple.
Components seem decent quality upon inspection.
Price is very right - still waiting to see if a bill shows up from UPS tho ...
BAD:
Documentation - what documentation???
Only has a small schematic and parts list. I would at least like a diagram and/or picture to go by for component placement.
Can anyone translate Chinese?
![Icon_e_confused Icon_e_confused](https://philcoradio.com/phorum/images/smilies/icon_e_confused.gif)
I have requested at least a good quality picture of the completed chassis and a couple of technical questions concerning connection of the power transformer. I guess I will see how good customer support is on this. So far, tho, it seems overall good, worth the money. Not bad for less than $200, and I get to build an AMP kit! 8)
If I could find the place called "Somewhere", I could find "Anything"
![Icon_confused Icon_confused](https://philcoradio.com/phorum/images/smilies/icon_confused.gif)
Tim
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