Electrohome Concord stereo EL84 amp

[diamondsouled]

Here's some pics of a nice Electrohome stereo EL84 Concord amp out of a console.

 

[jaymanaa]

She's a beauty, and I bet she sounds like it too. I'm guessing one of the rectifiers was for the pre.:scratch2: Good lookin iron, and the layout really reminds me of some Voice of Music EL 84 console stuff. Have you recapped it yet? That really brings these dudes back to life (or better).

 

[Urizen]

I like the way that chassis is laid out.

Nice grab!:thmbsp:

 

[bolly]

there she is Larry!

 

[E2theNth]

absolutely beautiful.

 

[Squidward]

She's a beauty, and I bet she sounds like it too. I'm guessing one of the rectifiers was for the pre.:scratch2: Good lookin iron, and the layout really reminds me of some Voice of Music EL 84 console stuff. Have you recapped it yet? That really brings these dudes back to life (or better).

I don't need to post now, Jay did it all for me (even down to the VM comments).

 

[Squidward]

OK, I will post!
When Jay says "one of the rectifiers might have been for the pre" (I'm paraphrasing), I hope that implies that the dual rectifiers were needed because of current draw, and not that they powered separate filters/circuits. If there were separate circuits (highly unlikely, but anything's possible), I would mod the amp to make the dual 5u4 work exclusively for the amp section that it is attached to. You are not powering a preamp along with it, so you might as well gain the benefit of using all of the rectification you got for the thing you're still using.

I bet, as usual, I'm clear as mud.

Good luck!

 

[diamondsouled]

Here's what she looked like after the rebuild:

 

[Blue Shadow]

Nice balanced layout to that unit. I like it.