Just a heads up - I've been in discussions with Dirk at Tube Town regarding losing the speaker simulator part of their Tone Hound kit, basically so it's a reactive load box only a la Suhr / Aiken amps which supposedly accurately recreates the impedance curve of a typical speaker cabinet with a line out for silent recording into a DAW using impulse responses.
He's completed the 50 watt / 8 ohm one and it's for sale on their site at 79 euros - called the Tonehound Light. 16 ohm and 100 watt models are to follow, and I'll be putting my order in when they are.
https://www.tube-town.net/ttstore/Kits/Power-Suckers/Kit-TT-Tonehound-Light::7996.htmlCheers.
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I've just ordered a pair of the 100 watt / 16 ohm ones for the AC30's. I'll review them when they've arrived and been assembled.
They give the option on all their kits to buy the bare bones, or add the chassis if you want to. Some folks might want a combo or a head for example on an amp. You might choose to buy valves with an amp kit, you might not.
I chose not to buy the chassis as I want to put mine in a rack case. I don't want to pay for parts I don't want.
But I'm a different potential customer to you. Like I imagine most potential customers would be. Thoughts would be:
"So that price maybe looks good, I can solder, might be fun. Wtf, what do you mean there's no box?"
Ryanair crap finding it's way into many areas it seems to me.
And the majority of FX kit providers have the same arrangement and give the buyer the option of whether to buy a PCB, PCB and components, enclosure, enclosure drilled, enclosure drilled and painted, knobs, different knobs. All for more money!
The cheek of it.
Anyway, back on subject: The parts have arrived. Both inductors are.mich heavier that i expected which was a surprise and the load resistors are reassuringly massive.
I suspect the 50 watt kit would have been enough for the AC30's but safety first and all that, plus the fact that I want them in a rack space means the cooler running is a positive.
Will report back when I'm ready to start building, with pics etc.