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Offline 1026mind

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on: April 03, 2018, 08:43:11 AM
I am starting a new project, please feel free to post your feed back!
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Offline faskenite

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Reply #1 on: April 03, 2018, 10:00:09 AM
What are those tube sockets?  They don't look like they have solder lugs.  How do you solder pins like these?


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Reply #2 on: April 03, 2018, 11:27:41 AM
They are Yamamoto Teflon sockets, you solder them just like the turrets!
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Reply #3 on: April 04, 2018, 04:18:17 AM
I've had nothing but problems with those teflon sockets, and have often had to remove them from builds that come in for repair.  They will be a bit easier to get out of the Smash at least.

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Reply #4 on: April 04, 2018, 08:28:01 AM
What is the problem with teflon?  The material, the construction, or those pins?


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Reply #5 on: April 04, 2018, 08:49:07 AM
In my experience, the pins end up getting flaky pretty quickly.

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Reply #6 on: April 04, 2018, 02:12:16 PM
Paul are you talking about the Yamamoto Teflon sockets (bronze/silver/100% gold), or the cheaper Chinese sockets, with bronze/nickel/gold(33-50%) .  I have never had or heard of a problem with any Yamamoto sockets.  I have used quite a few of their Teflon sockets.


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Reply #7 on: April 04, 2018, 04:34:40 PM
My experiences were back before the Chinese sockets came around, or at least I hadn't figured out how to buy them yet.

I actually really like the Chinese 4 pin jumbo Teflon socket.

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Reply #8 on: April 23, 2018, 10:28:47 AM
checking voltage and i have very low reading on A4 and A8 and B4 and B8, also led don't ligtt up!
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Offline Paul Birkeland

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Reply #9 on: April 23, 2018, 11:39:22 AM
How about the rest of your voltages?

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Reply #10 on: April 23, 2018, 01:11:59 PM
solved, the two outside socket where mounted 180 degree off!
sounds amazing!


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Reply #11 on: April 23, 2018, 05:44:08 PM
Any pictures of the finished preamp? I would really like to see the underside. Based on your initial pictures it is probably one of the cleanest builds I’ve seen.

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Reply #12 on: April 24, 2018, 04:29:15 AM
Thank you!


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Reply #13 on: April 25, 2018, 06:42:45 AM
That is very tidy. Nice job.

Now I have an idea of what is possible when I build mine.

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Reply #14 on: April 25, 2018, 08:14:10 AM
I wouldn’t have been able to figure out how to solder those tube socket pins!


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