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bigchips

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Hello from Lawrence, Kansas
« on: 9 Jan 2021, 04:40 am »
I am a long time audiophile in Lawrence, Kansas who has owned a variety of tube and solid state gear over the years.  I just built my first single ended KT88 tube amp based on the Blueglow/Abdellah/Kegger design and have had a blast working with a mentor on tweaking and improving it.  I also restore and repair vintage 70's Pioneer/Marantz/Fisher receivers.

Brett
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Re: Hello from Lawrence, Kansas
« Reply #1 on: 9 Jan 2021, 08:04 am »
Welcome Brett, please dont be shy to post photos  :thumb:
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Phil A

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« Reply #2 on: 9 Jan 2021, 12:26 pm »
Welcome!
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Re: Hello from Lawrence, Kansas
« Reply #3 on: 9 Jan 2021, 12:48 pm »
Welcome to A/C!  Those vintage tube amps and receivers are fantastic sounding pieces. Keep'em rocking.
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Re: Hello from Lawrence, Kansas
« Reply #4 on: 9 Jan 2021, 04:11 pm »
Greetings & Welcome to AC  Brett    :thumb:
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Re: Hello from Lawrence, Kansas
« Reply #5 on: 9 Jan 2021, 05:55 pm »
Rock Chalk Jayhawk from a former WuShock :thumb:

Alan
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twitch54

Re: Hello from Lawrence, Kansas
« Reply #6 on: 9 Jan 2021, 06:07 pm »
Welcome (Lawrence,Ks), the home of Martin Logan !
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steve k

Re: Hello from Lawrence, Kansas
« Reply #7 on: 9 Jan 2021, 08:48 pm »
and Sutherland. Rock Chalk from an alum.
Steve
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Re: Hello from Lawrence, Kansas
« Reply #8 on: 10 Jan 2021, 02:12 am »
Rock Chalk! from another KU alum.
Lawrence was also the home of a great AV store, Kief's. I miss that place.
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steve k

Re: Hello from Lawrence, Kansas
« Reply #9 on: 10 Jan 2021, 03:41 am »
That was the store owned by Gale Sanders--the originator of Martin Logan. I bought many records there.
Steve
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Re: Hello from Lawrence, Kansas
« Reply #10 on: 10 Jan 2021, 04:58 am »
welcome!!
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bigchips

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Re: Hello from Lawrence, Kansas
« Reply #11 on: 10 Jan 2021, 07:34 am »
Yes, a lot has changed!  Martin Logan still has offices here, but has moved their production overseas and Kief's is now a shooting range.  Also, Sutherland has moved his operation to Kansas City from what I understand. 

Here are some pics of the Blueglow KT88 w/Transcendar iron pre-tweaks.  This has turned out to be an amazing testbed for components and design changes and clearly demonstrates that *everything* matters. :)   





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Re: Hello from Lawrence, Kansas
« Reply #12 on: 10 Jan 2021, 07:48 am »
Wow very nice clean layout.
Do you think these Transcendar are better or worse than Edcor and Hammond ?
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bigchips

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Re: Hello from Lawrence, Kansas
« Reply #13 on: 12 Jan 2021, 05:52 am »
I have never made a direct comparison, but from my research there were others that liked the Transcendars over lower priced options.  One thing I do like is that they use heavy gauge silver plated copper PTFE wire for the connections which matched what I used throughout the amp. 
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Re: Hello from Lawrence, Kansas
« Reply #14 on: 12 Jan 2021, 06:35 am »
Thanks Brett, always wanted to know why they dont use the own transformers wire as leads tô avoid insert one more solder joint in the circuit.
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Re: Hello from Lawrence, Kansas
« Reply #15 on: 12 Jan 2021, 04:15 pm »
Hello Brett,

Welcoming you from just south down here in Oklahoma, good to have another Midwesterner on the 'Circle. Fantastic craftsmanship evident on your KT88 SET.
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twitch54

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« Reply #16 on: 12 Jan 2021, 05:58 pm »
Quote from: bigchips on 10 Jan 2021, 07:34 am
Yes, a lot has changed!  Martin Logan still has offices here, but has moved their production overseas

I know the subs have been assembled in China for many years but I thought the stats(hybrids) we still made in Canada ?
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