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Neil Purling · 6th Feb 2013, 11:23 am

The audiophool can be quite ridiculous. If you were making a 3-3, like I did and insisted on a European name like Telefunken brand valves, the 3 necessary valves would be around £150.00.
I made mine with much help from Forum members: Power transformer, o/p, 50/50 smoothing can, and a Reflektor EL84 from a Rigonda.
These parts were all re-cycled via the Forum. The new parts I had to buy were the resistors & caps, plus the EF86 (Svetlana). The chassis was re-cycled from another project.
The o/p transformer was one of a pair from a old Armstrong receiver.
I have passed them on to another Forum member making a stereo 3-3, after I had Ed wind me a EL84 o/p transformer. As they were a pair it made sense not to hang onto them.
And so far I have had no problem with the used, ex-Rigonda Reflektor EL84.
They are not being ridiculously over-volted as they would in a guitar amp. I obeyed the official component values completely, and I suspect the EL84 is not run hard.

6th Feb 2013, 11:23 am	#33
Neil Purling Nonode Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Hull, East Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 2,087	Re: A well priced valve amp kit? The audiophool can be quite ridiculous. If you were making a 3-3, like I did and insisted on a European name like Telefunken brand valves, the 3 necessary valves would be around £150.00. I made mine with much help from Forum members: Power transformer, o/p, 50/50 smoothing can, and a Reflektor EL84 from a Rigonda. These parts were all re-cycled via the Forum. The new parts I had to buy were the resistors & caps, plus the EF86 (Svetlana). The chassis was re-cycled from another project. The o/p transformer was one of a pair from a old Armstrong receiver. I have passed them on to another Forum member making a stereo 3-3, after I had Ed wind me a EL84 o/p transformer. As they were a pair it made sense not to hang onto them. And so far I have had no problem with the used, ex-Rigonda Reflektor EL84. They are not being ridiculously over-volted as they would in a guitar amp. I obeyed the official component values completely, and I suspect the EL84 is not run hard.