Rebuilt Quickie: "The Bonze"

[Bonzo]

Good evening to all.
I hope not to break any forum's rule or behave, but as I need 3 inputs I rebuilt a Quickie drilling my own plexyglass plate!
I use new cat5 wire, and I change output capacitors too (first with a pair of MGBO I wasn't satisfied of, then I use a pair of K75, much better!).
I love the sound of Quickie, in my opinion it's more musical than Pass B1 I also build.
Thank you for this awesome kit, it s really important to allow everyone to experiment the wonderful sound of DH tubes.

Ciao!

_edit: now she has a name ;-) _

 

[4krow]

"The Bonze"- it could work ...it could. Anyway, I have considered drilling a brass plate for a Quickie. I like the the looks of brass, and who knows, it might serve as shielding in some regard.

 

[earwaxxer]

Brass would look nice! Lots of good ideas out there.

 

[Bonzo]

;D
So she's christened "the Bonze".
I'm really happy with her, I'm enjoying some music as I'm typing.
Speaking about shelding I'm thinking about trying a plate made by a sandwich of alluminium/plexyglass/alluminium.
I spotted a seller on ebay who sells sheets of this material and I ordered 3 diffferent ones.
They look really good, I bought both brushed and painted ones.
Worth trying, IMO.

Ciao!

 

[4krow]

That sounds like a very good idea, using you imagination that is.

 

[4krow]

Ok, meester Bonzo, I looked on fleabay and didn't the plates that you are talking about using. Give me a guess as to where I might them.

 

[earwaxxer]

I looked on fleabay and didn't the plates that you are talking about using. Give me a guess as to where I might them.

Greg, you seriously need to get back on your anti-seizure meds...

 

[Bonzo]

Ok, meester Bonzo, I looked on fleabay and didn't the plates that you are talking about using. Give me a guess as to where I might them.

Here it is Greg (no affiliation with the seller, if I break any rules please feel free to remove this post).

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/170977603830?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

 

[Bonzo]

Greg, you seriously need to get back on your anti-seizure meds...

;D
When I started the rebuilt I spent more than

 

[4krow]

JBL l65 Jubal. If these are the speakers that I remember from waaaay back, they were the first great speakers that I ever seen. The ones I remember were floorstanders with a slanted front and that awesome tweeter that didn't look like a speaker at all. Do you have a photo of yours?

 

[Bonzo]

JBL l65 Jubal. If these are the speakers that I remember from waaaay back, they were the first great speakers that I ever seen. The ones I remember were floorstanders with a slanted front and that awesome tweeter that didn't look like a speaker at all. Do you have a photo of yours?

Yessir...both clothed and nude 
Mine are the "professional version": en3 enclosure (big 80 liters), but the same loudspeakers and the awesome 077 tweeter.
It was sold in Italy as a kit.
A nice buy for only 150 Euros (only the cost of foam replacement!)

 

[4krow]

Bonzo, I have thought it over, and I think that we should trade Quickies. Yah, that would be nice. I'm still working on mine when I get a chance. Volume problem after inserting the new volume control.

 

[Bonzo]

;D ;D
Do you mean a Bottlehead franchising?! It would be nice, if Paul Joppa agree  ;D

Or do you mean to arrange a meeting to listen to our Qs? It would be nice too!!

This w-end I invited a good friend at home: he confirmed Q is better than Pass's B1. We listened to a lot of music, from classical to jazz to good progressive rock... everything was very warm end involving, nice!

Now I'm hinking to put those 150h chokes in use... I'll keep tou posted!

 

[4krow]

  AHA!  Yes, the chokes. I did them and overall, I like them. Just another thing that I wish that I could switch back and forth,-from the chokes to the PJJS, both have their rights in circuit at different times.

 

[Bonzo]

The Bonze update!
New chassis done by my best friend,

new feet (Mapleshade-inspired),

choke, stepped attenuator and PIO output caps,

and some tube rolling ;-)

Ciao[

 

[mcandmar]

Nice build, curious to your hear your impressions on the various tubes, especially the Philips and Siemens..

 

[Bonzo]

It's hard to describe now, as my system had a lot of canges: new speaker cables (UBYTE), improved psu of my old ecl86 dual mono (now near tube maximum limit, more speed and power).
I based my judge fisrt on microphonic: Philips and Siemens gave me the less microphonic problems of the whole lot, then I hook the Quickie to Darling. The Darling gives a bit of "loudness" effect to the music, so if I don't see this effect I know tubes rolled off something somewhere... So Siemens are a bit bass-shy, but very detailed and "fast", Philips are more balanced but a touch less speed.
The other tubes (RCA, Sylvania, Mullard and RF-not pictured-) are good, RCA non JAN better, but Philips and Siemens are addictive
Always searching for some Telefunken to try them out.
Test disks
3d: any cd from Mapleshade;
Dynamic and speed: any old Dire Straits LP;
Tone test: ELP Picture at an Exhibition LP from Original Master Recording.
Ciao!

 

[Bonzo]

Another update:
I buy a NOS Telefunken pair on ebay Italy...only checked if they work ATM...stay tuned!
Now I think I have all the tubes I need...
Teles are really beautiful, with the old Italian tax stamp on it...lovely!

 

[mcandmar]

Can you post a pic of the tubes with Tax stamps?  I have a Marconi tube i got from Italy with unusual labels on it, always wondered what they were.

 

[Bonzo]

Here they are.
The stamp is similar to the ones you can find on vine bottles, I have a pair of lovely Marconi 6sn7 and a pair of 807 with the stamp on it.

Ciao!