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Title: Paramount amps acquired- can I get the assembly manuals?
Post by: Schroedinger on December 09, 2024, 02:42:13 AM

Hi, I purchased a 2nd-hand set of Paramount amps this weekend.  Can I have the original assembly manuals e-mailed to me?  Thanks.

Title: Re: Paramount amps acquired- can I get the assembly manuals?
Post by: Paul Birkeland on December 09, 2024, 04:24:11 AM

Can you post a picture of the bottom of one amp?  There are at least two manual versions that are very different from each other.

Title: Re: Paramount amps acquired- can I get the assembly manuals?
Post by: Schroedinger on December 09, 2024, 04:40:20 AM

Sorry forum noob.  Every time I try to post with an attachment, it tells me: "This page isn’t working forum.bottlehead.com is currently unable to handle this request."  The file is a 4MB .jpg.  It also won't let me post external links.  Can I just email the picture somewhere?

Title: Re: Paramount amps acquired- can I get the assembly manuals?
Post by: Paul Birkeland on December 09, 2024, 04:53:33 AM

I'd resize it down by 50% and that may work.

Title: Re: Paramount amps acquired- can I get the assembly manuals?
Post by: Schroedinger on December 09, 2024, 04:55:53 AM

OK lets try 50% downsized.

Title: Re: Paramount amps acquired- can I get the assembly manuals?
Post by: Schroedinger on December 09, 2024, 10:45:28 AM

Another chassis shot.

Title: Re: Paramount amps acquired- can I get the assembly manuals?
Post by: Schroedinger on December 09, 2024, 10:46:39 AM

View from the top.  It currently has a 12AT7; not sure if that was the original intent or not.  I assume 5670 is easily interchangeable?

Title: Re: Paramount amps acquired- can I get the assembly manuals?
Post by: Paul Joppa on December 09, 2024, 12:51:06 PM

The 5670 is not easily interchangeable with the 12AT7 - the pinout, bias, and plate current are all different.

The 12AT7 was used in the original version 1.0, which I believe is what you have. There was a revision 1.1 in 2010 which incorporated a new soft-start PC board and introduced the 5670 and a few other improvements. At that time, an upgrade kit was offered for owners of v1.0. I don't know whether the upgrade kit is still available or not.

Title: Re: Paramount amps acquired- can I get the assembly manuals?
Post by: Schroedinger on December 09, 2024, 01:25:21 PM

OK thank you Paul.  I would appreciate if you send the assembly manual to my e-mail when convenient.  I would also be interested in purchasing the soft start kit if you still offer them.  Best regards

Title: Re: Paramount amps acquired- can I get the assembly manuals?
Post by: Paul Birkeland on December 10, 2024, 06:03:15 AM

You can e-mail [email protected] regarding purchasing a Paramount 1.0 manual.  We do not offer the soft-start/5670 kit for the Paramount anymore, nor are we really equipped to offer a ton of tech support on it if anything goes wrong during installation.

Title: Re: Paramount amps acquired- can I get the assembly manuals?
Post by: Schroedinger on December 10, 2024, 03:50:53 PM

Thank you, I'll send an e-mail.