Thank you phatt. Does this trickery explain why it's as loud into 16 ohms as 8 ? I just assumed that as you loaded the outpput of the transistors it's decrease power ?
I wasn't interested in distortion, I just wanted something for practise. If I wanted singing distortion in a SS amp I'd build a Lead 12. (see what I did there?)
Hotone have built a floor mount amp with 2 of the models built in. The one I would buy is the Britwind which combines a plexi and AC30 in a 70W package, but they are far too expensive for what they are..
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/234080413858?epid=3049063806&hash=item368047a8a2:g:nTkAAOSw1T1cAAcz&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoDwDsL5qWEAqWy%2BJFDrTazBfqLcnXCktk7k87uz%2F9%2BJbxkVpC0AAWRsGFyqkVRuk217VbCghjYJx3D6PJnC%2FNGj%2FK0rzT6OaziCXKqVpurB7aMFa4r4K9vL%2BTe5nXWDvpv4rL2v%2FwEn1uDpgaD8KEiRj%2B1Lpvyb%2FAXgcGmAJcIadN1ETjwXdkk3xshg1%2Ba4kdV2iKERXGTQJ2CX96CN494c%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR9Crroi-YQ
As I say I can knock together a valve amp in some hours mostly from stuff I have laying around, but that was never the problem I was trying to solve.
Anyway have fun!
I wasn't interested in distortion, I just wanted something for practise. If I wanted singing distortion in a SS amp I'd build a Lead 12. (see what I did there?)
Hotone have built a floor mount amp with 2 of the models built in. The one I would buy is the Britwind which combines a plexi and AC30 in a 70W package, but they are far too expensive for what they are..
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/234080413858?epid=3049063806&hash=item368047a8a2:g:nTkAAOSw1T1cAAcz&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoDwDsL5qWEAqWy%2BJFDrTazBfqLcnXCktk7k87uz%2F9%2BJbxkVpC0AAWRsGFyqkVRuk217VbCghjYJx3D6PJnC%2FNGj%2FK0rzT6OaziCXKqVpurB7aMFa4r4K9vL%2BTe5nXWDvpv4rL2v%2FwEn1uDpgaD8KEiRj%2B1Lpvyb%2FAXgcGmAJcIadN1ETjwXdkk3xshg1%2Ba4kdV2iKERXGTQJ2CX96CN494c%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR9Crroi-YQ
As I say I can knock together a valve amp in some hours mostly from stuff I have laying around, but that was never the problem I was trying to solve.
Anyway have fun!