- Item: Tube Mono Blocks
- Type: 160 watt/side OTL - Transcendent Sound
- Posted: 11 December 2011
- Builder: Mark OTL
- Country: Australia
- Comments: 8
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Hi Guys. These are some shots of a project I finished a year or so ago. They represent quite an investment in time and money but the result has been more than worth it. The case work is all my design in acrylic, stainless and billet alloy. The peripheral circuits are mine too, lighting and power, but the signal processing is all the original designers, Bruce Rosenblits. I have added only the Mundorf silver/gold signal caps to this circuit, otherwise it is as designed. The sound of these amps is remarkable, they are the fastest, and most transparent amps I've heard, and being pretty ancient, I've heard quite a few. If you are interested in the build, I put together a site for the guys on the Transcendent Sound Forum to explain how these were built and some of the techniques employed. Go here - http://sharksphotos.yolasite.com
Cheers, Mark K.
Cheers, Mark K.
Comments
- Wardsweb
- 15 December 2011 at 08:45AM
- WOW! The attention to detail and the meticulous execution is superb. Something to be very proud of.
- BigAmpman
- 15 December 2011 at 03:00PM
- U Sir R A Perfectionist !!! These R Simply Beautiful !!! Job Well Done !!!
- Mark OTL
- 16 December 2011 at 04:01AM
- Thanks for your kind words guys. I am proud of these units,as should all the posters on this site. There are some remarkably talented people involved in this hobby.
Cheers, Mark.
- TubeHead
- 16 December 2011 at 06:52AM
- Sick !
- mwhouston
- 21 December 2011 at 02:34PM
- Very Impressed. Which part of Australia are you from? If you are nearby I would like to hear the amp.
- Mark OTL
- 22 December 2011 at 02:13AM
- Hi MW. I live in Geelong, Victoria, e-mail me if your near enough to have a listen and we'll set something up.
Cheers. Mark.
shark304@tpg.com.au
- zdravke
- 18 March 2012 at 02:31PM
- Wow, how much time you spent on this?
- Mark OTL
- 20 March 2012 at 04:47AM
- Hi Zdravke. This project represents quite a large investment in time,...about 50 hrs of design on the chassis and layout, and about 250 hrs total, of jig and tool developement, part machining/finishing, and wiring/construction. This was all spread over about 18 months with lots of starts and stops. I don't regret a minute of it. Lots of visiting audio heads suggest I should go into production, they sound stunning. Cheers, Mark.