Posted by Bob K on February 09, 2003 at 04:16:35

In Reply to: Re: Anybody want to hear about Ella? posted by Till E. on February 08, 2003 at 20:37:09:

Thanks for the writeup. It's good to know that someone is making a relatively easy EL34-based kit. That's how I got into this madness, with the late lamented Parts Connection Assemblage ST-40 kit, which I built when I didn't know a resistor from a capacitor. Although I listen mostly now to 300Bs, every time I put the ST-40 back in the system I'm amazed at how good it sounds.

Although it may be auditory hallucination, I wouldn't bet against the amps breaking in further. I remember that when I first plugged in my ST-40 it sounded like hell. I remember thinking I must have done something wrong, it was so bad. Although it improved after several days, it really took weeks until it got to the "acceptable" level, and it kept getting better from there.

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