Rocinante
Well-known member
Ugg.
I am so close I can taste it.
Okay so I have read (and reread) this thread and have taken days (then weeks) off to meditate on it and work on other projects hoping I would come back to it and it would hit me. Hit me it has not.
I have been reluctant to ask for help on this thread cause i figured somewhere, someone had already posted a problem similar enough to mine and that I just needed to find it but I haven't been able to. I am sure it's in here somewhere since i am so close and I think I remember someone posting with a similar problem but just can't find it and I give up and need to ask for help.
Or at least a point in the right direction.
First things first; this has been my favorite project to date. By far. I have learned soooo much reading this thread and building this thing. It feels like ten projects in one awesome one. Thank you Volker and everyone else; it's been a trip.
Onto what's up;
So I have only built one side using Edcor in and out (wsm 600/15k and vice versa) as well as using Kenetek's T4B. I am currently saving up for Sowter in and outs but might just grab some more Edcors until then.
I have also implemented the 25k pot mod using the required 75k resistor and 12ay7 tubes.
I have power and all my voltages are pretty on. I ran shielded wire throughout except for lights and what not.
When putting music through I have gain and not really compression or it feels like too much and it's drenched in low frequency I would even say there's a high frequency cut off. Everything sounds like its in a reverb tank. Vocals are almost non existent. They are in the background. It feels like a grounding issue but I have every ground in place, my star ground looks good and i have run wires to the front panel and sides. I also have zero noise or hum.
Audio comes through and the bypass works perfectly.
The gain works but I have to crank it and reading this thread that should not be like that at all.
I would really appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction. Maybe its a wrong resistor value somewhere but they all look right after checking and rechecking a bunch of times.
Here are some pics of the inside.
In the above pic the bh7 and ay7 are in the wrong places which I noticed right after taking it. I have swapped tubes since then and still my problem persists.
Here's the side without the tubes or T4B in.
and during daylight
Finally, just look at how awesome that looks, this needs to get working.
Please help me make it sound awesome too.
I am so close I can taste it.
Okay so I have read (and reread) this thread and have taken days (then weeks) off to meditate on it and work on other projects hoping I would come back to it and it would hit me. Hit me it has not.
I have been reluctant to ask for help on this thread cause i figured somewhere, someone had already posted a problem similar enough to mine and that I just needed to find it but I haven't been able to. I am sure it's in here somewhere since i am so close and I think I remember someone posting with a similar problem but just can't find it and I give up and need to ask for help.
Or at least a point in the right direction.
First things first; this has been my favorite project to date. By far. I have learned soooo much reading this thread and building this thing. It feels like ten projects in one awesome one. Thank you Volker and everyone else; it's been a trip.
Onto what's up;
So I have only built one side using Edcor in and out (wsm 600/15k and vice versa) as well as using Kenetek's T4B. I am currently saving up for Sowter in and outs but might just grab some more Edcors until then.
I have also implemented the 25k pot mod using the required 75k resistor and 12ay7 tubes.
I have power and all my voltages are pretty on. I ran shielded wire throughout except for lights and what not.
When putting music through I have gain and not really compression or it feels like too much and it's drenched in low frequency I would even say there's a high frequency cut off. Everything sounds like its in a reverb tank. Vocals are almost non existent. They are in the background. It feels like a grounding issue but I have every ground in place, my star ground looks good and i have run wires to the front panel and sides. I also have zero noise or hum.
Audio comes through and the bypass works perfectly.
The gain works but I have to crank it and reading this thread that should not be like that at all.
I would really appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction. Maybe its a wrong resistor value somewhere but they all look right after checking and rechecking a bunch of times.
Here are some pics of the inside.
In the above pic the bh7 and ay7 are in the wrong places which I noticed right after taking it. I have swapped tubes since then and still my problem persists.
Here's the side without the tubes or T4B in.
and during daylight
Finally, just look at how awesome that looks, this needs to get working.
Please help me make it sound awesome too.
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