That poor amp....

[techguy0192]

....what a waste on a hack job.

 

[clinic-audio]

yes !
first April , no ?

 

[damacman]

I saw that. Obviously, when this was done, a 25wpc tube amp was old news. Whoever put this together undoubtedly thought they had a major upgrade. And you never know - the amp could have been a basket case to begin with.

Fast forward three decades and it's . . . well, junk.

 

[Gazdatronik]

That's a lot of transistors. Might be good for 200w/ch. It may not be junk, but definitely not a collectors item. The ship of Theseus sails on...
I can only hope that the topology is electrically sound, and that it remains useful, and not dangerous or anything.

 

[radioactive]

The amp was built as part of a article in a magazine.
http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/RadioElectronics/Dec1973/RE_Dec1973.htm

 

[techguy0192]

The amp was built as part of a article in a magazine.
http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/RadioElectronics/Dec1973/RE_Dec1973.htm

Yup. Oh boy, they must feel like idiots now.

 

[c_dk]

http://www.smcelectronics.com/DOWNLOADS/1974

I googled "tiger amp" and found this......

It wasn't 74, probably 71 or 72 and a Tiger catalog was brought into a polysci class I had to take......bunch of schoolboys being fan boys that day.......

Somehow this unit strikes me a a weird bounding between a tiger and a Bonfigliaro design......a tiger and godzilla hybrid, lord save us all from smoke inhalation.......

 

[jayvis]

Boat anchor.

 

[Yamaki]

sacrilege...

 

[arts]

Poor thing

Boy,those RCA 40409/40410 transistors really were a popular driver choice in that era!

 

[Ohighway]

Rat Rod....

 

[Brice]

That MA230 on Epray is not bad either...

 

[techguy0192]

That MA230 on Epray is not bad either...

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Ruined.

What an idiot to think this modification was a good idea. The stupidity is only further confirmed with that $1480 buy-it-now price.