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The Celtics, who just won on a stolen inbounds pass, unbelievable.

Yeah, nothing says "quality" to me like two empty tube sockets.

I guess I'm way down on points then, all my cables these days look anything but amazing (by techflex standards anyway).

So that makes it sound like they're going to try to take it live tonight but to expect periodic outages as they continue to tweak things. Translation, buckle up kids, it's going to be a bumpy ride.

They're like the tube equivalent of a VU meter, at least the type that I'm familiar with are. I didn't both to look up the specific type that this amp uses but odds are that they don't do anything other than complicate the build (two more heaters to wire) and are only there for aesthetic reasons. [edit]According to the info presented so far they look something like this: and act something like this: The one in my Dared knockoff is similar and is annoying as hell with the lights off, it's fracken bright as hell.

Just one more piece of advice, chose your builder carefully. There is a good bit of truth to the "you get what you pay for" axiom.

Happy Birthday, Jay!

If you know the right person the MAX would probably come in around $300, but I think you made the right call with the Lunchbox, I heard the V1 and it's a heck of a little amp and won't temp you to tube roll since there aren't many alternates.

In case you missed it, I'm one too.

Am I the only one turned off by magic eye tubes? They just strike me as a bit gimmicky especially on something that looks as nice as that amp does already.

Remember Dusty, you're a mod too.

I think this thread has run its course.

I'm pretty sure that the OP was all set when this thread died over a month ago.

There are other, more powerful beings than moderators...

There is no spoon? And PS, moderators can't change custom titles.

Nothing, but I'm shipping you something tomorrow. You stay out of this Salty, I got a prototype of your Gainclone working today.

Parts, parts and more parts. Worst of it is there's still more to order when I get back to the office Monday.

Happy Birthday!

I don't think the parts list is available, Jay, that's part of what would come along with the documentation of the amp.

The o'clock measuring system is pretty much worthless. Sorry to be so harsh but since the actual volume level will depend on the source, headphones and amp there's absolutely no way to make any sort of meaningful comparison from someone telling you that position their attenuator is at. Unless they happen to have the exact same setup that you do, which seems pretty unlikely. For what it's worth I usually listen with average db's in the low 70s as measured by a Ratshack SPL meter.

Ok, my advice stands, spend $125 on a Rockhopper mini3 w/ a gain of 5 and spend the extra money on something else. I'd be hard pressed to believe you'll find a better sounding portable even if you max your budget. You might find one with more features, but I can't tell you whether or not that matters to you.

It would be key to know what headphones you plan on using. And even with your generous budget I wouldn't bother with anything more expensive than a Rockhopper mini3.

I have to be brutally honest, $100 for a PCB, instructions and what sounds like just standoffs and a few other minor parts doesn't excite me enough to order it.