hi Andy, Ok I got the Charlize today. Hooked up to a 9V simple adapter, quite a big one non switching type, adde3d a 1500 uf cap to the PS, soldered a pair of ...
Hello Thomas, Welcome to the Charlize user group. Let the Charlize to run in 50~100hrs and the sound will improve a lot. However, you need to have high...
One more point. The Chartlize and some Class T amp give a lod start up POP for some high efficiency speakers when switched on. This is surely not a good thing....
Dear Andy, Kharma et al: Of course I like the talk about the CHEAP T-amp. As a matter of fact, I had to see the hype, so I got one months ago thru group order...
hi Andy and all, The Charlise did improved over time, very easy on the ears. Yeo suggested using 12V instead, I did, but with Switching power supply, the sound...
Hi Doctorjohn, Which T-amp have you ordered? The one I am using is Charlize from diyparadise. It is said to be much better than the well-talked Sonic Impact...
Hi William, The Charlize draw less tha 1Amp. A simple calculation indicate that a 9AH SLA battery could last for 10~20 hours. You may consider a larger battery...
Can anyone help me figure out how to seperate a fisher tube amp and preamp. They were in a console and the preamp has to be plugged into the amp to turn it on....
Friends: I've carelessly admitted 5 new members. The first junk mail has appeared and I just removed it. I can't recall the other names, but am waiting for...
Hey man, I'm not a machine or a spammer. Just interested in getting good sound for peanuts. ... From: doclowther To: doctorjohn_CheapTubeAudio@yahoogroups.com...
I am no tech but I'll make a guess. With these vintage stuff it's actually the mains transformer of the AMP that provides all the electricity, although they...
Daisy, daisy, give me your answer do... ... From: doclowther To: doctorjohn_CheapTubeAudio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 7:56 PM Subject:...
Yesterday. we went to Wesley's place in Chai Wan. The same hi-efficiency open-back speaker box now house a 56-year old Loewe fullrange as woofer and another...
... hi there from the UK! your mention of the Tripath amps, t-amp etc encouraged me into buying a t-amp to play about and I have to admit after running the...
Hi doctorjohn I just had a thought: attach a mic to the transformer then it will be running all the time, when you play LP just reattach. Or open up the case,...
... http://www.bottlehead.com/et/adobespc/foreplay/foreplay_line_stage_kit.htm ... >300 ... Hi, Long time no visit to audio web and forum since set up...
Picked up one of these up yesterday ($12.95) It seemes to work fine on both AM and FM. Through some internet research someone suggested replacing the...
Regarding your message: [doctorjohn_CheapTubeAudio] Zenith K731 Tabletop (7 tubes) I will be out of the office starting 28-Jul-2006 and will not return until ...
I have a CJ PV 10 AL which uses 12AU7(2) tubes.I took out the original CJ tubes and tried JJ 12AU7 which didn't impress me.Anybody have one and what are your...
I have a CJ PV 10 AL which uses 12AU7(2) tubes.I took out the original CJ tubes and tried JJ 12AU7 which didn't impress me.Anybody have one and what are your...
Due to family matters I had quite neglected managing the site,and apparently had caused some new member applications rejected automatically by yahoo due to...
found the Dr. John webpage and had to sign up for the Yahoo group ! Here in my part of the US, it's pretty easy to find cheap tube amps - some people throw...
I'd like to see a lot of people who have labored with audio related web sites benefit from this. Folks, If you have a web site or blog, etc., you owe it to...
Any experience / comments re the W2M amp? I am familiar with the W3AM and W3M with collectable Acrosound tranformers, but have not heard a W2M (not Peerless...
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Pleased to see that you are up and running. I visited the group only a few days ago and was surprised that there was no recent activity. Good luck Barry ...
I'm looking at the pictures and wonder if anybody reverse engenieered that amp or knows how it differs from WEco amp (input stage and PSU) Are those 0.1 H 1.2A...