300B Paramounts ...

[Rick58]

far from (actually light years from!) Wardsweb's level of finish!  but then whose aren't ...? and my 'woodwork' is especially pitiful. Oh well, they sound rather nice.

I have the teflon VCap (interstage coupling) right next to the big cathode/filament resistor (but the VCap can take heat, and the 300B circuit runs a lot cooler than the 2A3); the Silver/Oil Mundorf (parafeed cap) is rated at 'only' 55C but seems to be doing fine.

 

[Rick58]

another pic ... I made 4 pix ~120k each (thought the note meant each, not total attachment size!)

2 more to come ... (this pic is a little lower res/smaller ... but that's OK, the base looks better if you can't see it!)

 

[Rick58]

3 of 4

Here's my way cool 'tube cage' ... (oooohhhh!  aaahhhh!)  It's a dish rack thing from Target!  you'll see the method to my madness in the 'rack' installation below ...  :^P

 

[Rick58]

bdbdbdbdbdbdbd that's all folks!

This was after I first got the P'mounts; used a Puccini SE integrated amp as preamp. The cube vinyl storage on the sides plus the 'cages' keep the cats' noses from the hot bottles! and/or discourages them from making a pathway thru the amps ...

 

[arveedub]

Those cages are totally cool. Looks like a bit of a trick getting to the power switch, though.

I've often thought of making some sort of grill for my Paramours. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Doc B]

Our lawfirm has asked us to remind you not to dry dishes and play music through the amps at the same time.

 

[Rick58]

LOL!  the 'dishracks' are open on the ends, so one can turn on the amps somewhat easily ... I actually now have them plugged into a Monster switchable power strip.

It's like these were made for the Paramount bases! the width is perfect ...  I bent one set of the 'legs' over to help hold the top plate on during our California earthquakes ...  ;^D

'Sorry' #1: I got the power strip before (I found out about) all the Monster sue-happy hoopla ...
'Sorry' #2: I now use a non-B'head preamp with control voltage output to turn on the power strip ...