Amazing Crack...

[AllanMarcus]

This is not my build; this was built by a friend on Head-fi. To comment to the builder, Tom, please post on the head-fi thread.
https://www.head-fi.org/f/threads/crack-bottlehead-otl.476650/page-580#post-13528690

I had to share with the folks here because this is such a cool build.

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From Tom:

The VU meter lights are not as bright as they appear in the photo, I still have to tweek them a bit. With all of the work I have done on the copper plates I was not getting a real good ground yesterday but it took all of ten minutes to remedy that today. This sounds every bit as good as my stock Crack amp and perhaps a bit better with shielded cable.

Adding separate pots and VU meters did nothing to affect the sound IMHO. Running the amp off of preamp out on a Valhalla 2 amp so tubes throughout, I love the sound. Right now using a Tung Sol 5998 and GE 12AU7 cause it was handy. Front dual volume controls and no cables showing except for the headphone cable, jack is mounted on the right side of the cabinet. Now I am on to turning a second Crack into something similar.

[JeffYoung]

Sweet!

[neddoge]

Tom is truly a genius, and very giving of time, advice, and cables even.