August 2001

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M500 Kit Building log

Review by Thorsten Loesch
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The Kits unpacked, Transformer covers removed to avoid scratching them. All Parts and used tools are in the picture.

 

 

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Right, prepared for the first step in the assembly, just got to have cool Drink before I start....

 

 

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That was good, now what are we going to do with that lot of overcooked spaghetti?

 

 

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Okay, wired up the bridge rectifier for the 300B Heater.

 

 

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Now I have finished wiring up the rectifier Valve - hey this is fun.

 

 

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Okay, the heater connection for the Driver Valve is done, I needed to extend the wires a bit to reach there.

 

 

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The wire and high temperature plastic sleeving to be used for most internal wiring.

 

 

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Inserting the ground wire from the Power Supply board and finished wiring up the Choke and other PSU bits.

 

 

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Wiring up the output Transformer primary.

 

 

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All sorted out for the 300B's Anode connection and the supply to the driver.

 

 

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One complete set of electronic parts. Now where do all these go?

 

 

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Wiring up the input connection. The input wire is my secret weapon - "Die Vergeltungswaffe" - superthin magnet wire with lots of air and shielding.

 

 

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The other side of the input wire, on the RCA input jack.

 

 

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The capacitor for the 300B Heater supply is fitted and the heater wiring completed.

 

 

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Driver Valves cathode resistor and Black Gate bypass capacitor fitted.

 

 

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All other passive components fitted to one amplifier.

 

 

 

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And the other fully wired Amplifier.

 

 

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Overview of both completed amplifiers, coming with liquid refreshment as well.

 

 

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After clearing the modification with the kit supplier this RC Combo biases the Driver Heaters to around 90V to avoid exceeding the Heater/Cathode rating of older 6SL7 Valves, this is now included as standard.

 

 

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Voltage balancing and discharging resistors for the power supply, again this mod was cleared with the factory and is now fitted as standard.

 

 

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Voltage divider and balancing resistors fitted and wired up.

 

 

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Completed amplifier, fitted with the protective cage for the valves. Time to take them into the lab for testing and then into the living room for listening.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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