[TV MAN]

I've built several china HiFi kits and the single ended one (have a thread on it) worked and sounded pretty good. I built another using PP pentodes (have a thread on that one too) and it works ok, but just seems to lack something. I really cant lay my finger on what it is. I have pretty good hearing but I'm not so super picky that I look to hear certain sounds from a scratchy record. I can hear the horizontal running in a TV and many can't. I do like clean, hum/distortion, hiss free sound and I just never was satisfied with the run of the mill solid state stuff. I really learned that when I picked up a pair of Dynas from a stereo store years ago. It sounded so different, so much cleaner. I use a Pat 4 (Dynaco) with my single ended amp and bose speakers, and I do attest that it sounded really good. Much better than I expected. It quit tho and I haven't gotten into it yet to see why. I use the same Dyna Pat 4 with this PP amp, but it might need some new caps and driver transistors. Had to replace those on my 1st one. Sure, I can revamp my Mk 3 or st70 amps and crank on and may in the future, but I am going to experiment some with a pair of my own and see what happens. Not cheap but not big bucks either. I actually think I might do a different design on each one and see which one I like better. I really need to revamp my Pas 2 because I know it is a super good sounding preamp. I also have a nice "Sound Valves" preamp. So, the experiment is on! Let's see some smoke, sparks and have some fun!