Donnie B.
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Badass.
What's the blue micro-pot next to the filter caps for?
What's the blue micro-pot next to the filter caps for?
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Racerxrated
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Bias pot
dstroud
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wow very cool!
MetalHeadMike
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Built like a brick shit house...just icing on the cake.
Donnie B.
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Interesting location. Not sure I've seen one that far from the tubes/close to the PS caps.
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I haven't either. But i have always had pcb amps.
SBlue
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I never get tired of looking inside a Wizard. Those amps are built like tanks!!!!
SpiderWars
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Are the heaters DC? I noticed they are untwisted.
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I don't know. I really didn't try to follow any of the circuit. I think you may remember me staring at the chassis of the avenger. With the pcb, it was one of the simplest circuits possibe for a high gain amp. But this one is so different in layout. the pcb traces kind of gave me a pathway. I was so overwhelmed when i looked at this. I would have to compare it to a jcm or jmp maybe.
skoora
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The prices on Wizards are comical. 5k plus for a 100 watt head.
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How many watts should one get for 5K? I think i could play a 200 watt amp maybe. I don't think I would want any more than that. Even that, I would have to take it outside. My bedroom is only big enough for 150
Donnie B.
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not big enough. It is actually my den. But I push it with 100 watts
Just how big is that bedroom?
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khprojects
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5k usually gets you about 60 maximum, so 100 is a good deal
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I don't know. I think Skoora knows something we don't. I had never thought of wattage/$. But it is a lot easier to quantify tone that way.
Donnie B.
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FourT6and2
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Shouldn't matter. AC heaters don't necessarily need to be twisted pairs to be noise free. But no, looking at the photos it appears to be regular old AC heaters. The bus bars terminate at a terminal strip which goes straight to the PT primary side for 6.3v AC.
Seems like a reasonable location to me *shrug*. Located near the other PS, rectifier, and bias components.
What jumps out at you as being exceptional?
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panhead
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Looks like a hiwatt to a degree.
panhead
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Orange drops always scream cheap to me.
