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\nWK approached me and wanted to build diyparadiso.com’s<\/a> 6DN7 SE amp<\/a>. Since he professes he knows nothing about tubes, let alone wiring them, but could solder a little, I suggested: let me build this amp for you, then you can tweak it till… whatever comes home.
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\nOK! So WK proceeded to get the parts. It was unfortunate that I ran out of Hammond 125ESE that would have been great for this project, so WK got the Lundahl LL1663\/60mA.
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\nAnyway, this is a really simple, inexpensive project. The 6DN7 has 2 triodes in it. One works well as a driver while the other could function as power. All you need in a 2-stage SE amp!
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\nHere’s the schematic, redrawn from diyparadiso.com<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\nNote that diyparadiso.com recommends a B+ of 250V but this transformer winder made a mistake (again). Instead of giving 350-0-350V, he gave me 300-0-300V. Oh my… So this explains the lower overall voltages. The "optional" cap above can be used to peak the B+ a little up to 250V if you so desire. Tried it with 0.02uF (paralleled 2 pcs of 0.01uf\/1000V) and the B+ is about 245V. Close enough. Please don’t go overboard with the capacitance here. With a higher B+, power output is closer to 2W. <\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\nAnyway, what started as this…<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\neventually became this! The brackets are to fix a casing to cover the choke, power trans and output trans later.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\nWK did the chassis and layout, followed diyparadiso’s to a T. I did the internals. Look there’s more `air’ than components here. This will be easy for WK to swap components later. This is a working amp. Haven’t soldered in extra bypass caps yet though.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\nAha! 6CA4 rectifier and 6DN7 make good buddies eh?<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\nPretty good sound. Power is about 1.5W but doesn’t sound like 1.5W at all! This Lundahl has serious bass!<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\nSonics is different compared to my Darling. My Darling is sweeter and warmer (courtesy of the 5965 driver) but this guy is cheaper to build (only one tube per channel). The highs I found not as smooth as my Darling but since there are different components used throughout, it’s not a fair comparison. However, since it could do 2W, it’s almost 3 times more power than the Darling! Wow! : )<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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