"Build your own stereo vacuum tube amplifier! This class will offer instruction and guidance while you build a commercially offered stereo tube amp kit. Tube amps have a cult following and are known for lifelike presentation of recorded music. They allow the listener to get closer to the music, are emotionally involving and look really cool.
This kit is offered by S5 Electronics, http://www.s5electronics.com/tube.html. The 12G is an 8 watt, stero integrated amp. The 12G is a Class A amplifier and uses 4 10GV8 triode-pentode tubes. This amplifier is best suited to higher efficientcy speakers 93-100 db, but will play well through most commercially offered speakers. The 12G can be driven by an I-pod, CD player, tuner or your laptop.
The class will consist of practical discussion about the easy to build kit but will also offer discussion of how to solder,commercial recordings, diy high end sources, vacuum tube lore and audio tweaks for this kit. This class aims to give the participant a rounded view of audiophiledom and to desconstruct the exclucivity of "high end" audio. This puts the user in control of the sound they're looking for and is a spring board to other audio projects and most importantly is a way to get closer to the music."
Stereo Build-1
"Build your own stereo vacuum tube amplifier! This class will offer instruction and guidance while you build a commercially offered stereo tube amp kit. Tube amps have a cult following and are known for lifelike presentation of recorded music. They allow the listener to get closer to the music, are emotionally involving and look really cool.