I'm building a pair of williamsons but my whole system is balanced apart from this circuit. First thought was that I could just bypass the phase splitter with the balanced lines but of course that misses the input stage. I have very little knowledge of tube amps, built an EL34 single ended some years ago by following the schematic and it works fine but i dont know why.
Have a kit and circuit for the williamsons but purchased it a while ago and the seller (Bluebell Audio) is no longer around to consult. I can do the hack of tieing cold to ground on the input stage but since I'm building the things point to point it seems i could easily.build the circuit ij a different way, usibg the phase splitter as a second input tube instead as they are both 6SN7s.
Ideally I want a mentor, someone senior who will get some joy out of passing along the knowledge of traditional tube amp construction but any information that might point me in the right direction would be welcome.
Have a kit and circuit for the williamsons but purchased it a while ago and the seller (Bluebell Audio) is no longer around to consult. I can do the hack of tieing cold to ground on the input stage but since I'm building the things point to point it seems i could easily.build the circuit ij a different way, usibg the phase splitter as a second input tube instead as they are both 6SN7s.
Ideally I want a mentor, someone senior who will get some joy out of passing along the knowledge of traditional tube amp construction but any information that might point me in the right direction would be welcome.