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Re: Questions about Vintage tube DIY project

Dave -

The basic power amps are clearly the easiest to work on - especially those that were originally sold as kits. The availability of construction manuals and troubleshooting hints can be a great help as you rebuild.

As you know, Dynaco's are very nice in this regard. Parts availability is superb.

The Eico's are also very roomy and easy to work on, as are the early Heathkit Williamson series of amplifiers.

Integrated amps are also not bad to work on, but noisy/bad potentiometers and bad switches can occasionally be a problem. The Eico integrated amps like the ST40/ST70 are especially roomy.

Many of the Fisher and HH Scott integrated amps are common and very good sounding. Fortunately potentiometers are usually in good shape in the Fisher/Scott units I've seen.

A nice HH Scott Tuner/Integrated amp might provide a good option - and much easier to work on than any of the receivers. Any of the LK48/LK72/222/299 series for integrateds along with their companion tuners. Their kit tuner (LT110) can be nice sounding and often sells for a modest cost. Personally I prefer it to the Dynaco FM3 both in styling and performance.




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