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Forgot about the ground loop breaker... If you have one extra then please send it along and let me know how much I owe you.

It's only one for the 230v, put where the two primary windings are serial connected if I'm reading it correctly. It's also the small ones next to the output transistors which I'm not so sure about finding up here.

I did try it with some mod to the output and while it isn't great, it wasn't bad either. Slow, soft and very colored which suits some people. Now that is pure win. I wonder what codec they used for the sound on the stock machine and has anybody any idea how large the memory is in those cartridges?

If you have any spare thermistors then that would be great. I'm not sure I can get this size here... \

I bit of an update with this troubled beast. I might have over done the number of screws holding the bottom panel just a bit but hey... it's not going anywhere now!!!

Tivoli Radio Model 2 + CD player. It was for my mother but not a bad bit of kit for the 400$ new I paid for it. Hmmm how about we add a CD-rom drive to the N64 and make a PSX beater...

Happy Birthday!!

Yeah.... they do magical shit you know!!

Raises hand... U2 SUCKS!!!!

Moar Black Gatez!!!!!

Just watched Californication as well, good stuff.

Just ban the fucker, it would do you a lot of good.

Yeah EMP's (electro magnetic pulses) are a problme for headphone listening. "Oh no, I can't listen to my headphones with these damn nuclear bombs going off all the time... "

YGPM

This was indeed a DIYAudio transaction. There should even be some record of it here since somebody saw the listing and posted it if I remeber correctly. There are already two 550's and a single 450 in place so I just wanted to use what was already there. Let's see if Mouser offers me free Fedex International Priority like they did last time...

I hope they ban this idiot. I just removed the RCA sockets and it was a nice touch to not clean up the inside edges of the holes and thus damage the the plastic insulation washers. I did manage to mostly straighten out the the bottom panel and the LED's are fitted on the front panel. One question though, does anybody have a single ZTX450 sitting in a drawer somewhere? Looks like I'll be able to get the output devices here and then I only need the single ZTX450 to get it up and running.

I'm pretty sure there is no difference in the tubes. It certainly wouldn't be the first time importers add a label and some special version status to justify the extra markup. Being the Stax thread, many dealers are telling their customers that the II units is a Mk2 version and superior to the A...

Well it will stick around then until I've completed all the work on Stax transformers then we will find some use for it. Perhaps build a small pre to match it... Most excellent...

That takes skill...

Over on DIYAudio they've recommended the 4U version of this as the bare minimum but 5U being better. I'll probably decrease the bias a bit but adding some mass might help matters...

You are brilliant.

I can't find the voltage spec now but I seem to remember them being rated at 700v. I'll do some digging...

Nice!!! It will be nice to finally wake up the old Tannoy R2's. I'm pretty sure that this is a 330VA transformer and it is easy enough to see which are the primary and secondary windings but I really need the phase as well... \ Looks like Doug will get IRF's in this amp then.

It's been a while since I heard the reissue Mullards but the difference is subtle yet not that subtle. XF2's are well worth it for 200$+ since they will last a long time but I certainly wouldn't follow Michael down the rabbit hole. People with good taste or no sense of value... Now we just need a version with all Riken resistors to match the crazy Japanese esoterica (Sony, Denon).