thinking about building a quickie

[Paul Joppa]

... The cool thing is you can get both and experiment.

I effin' love it! A major point of all the entry level kits, and in fact everything, is to enable those who wish to try stuff, trust their OWN ears, and have a little fun!

 

[aragorn723]

I do like the sound of the chokes. IMO, if your system is a bit more 'revealing' the chokes add a nice smoothness. If you already have tubes thoughout it may not be a good thing, the PJCCS may be a better choice. The cool thing is you can get both and experiment.

i'm definitely thinking about going the choke route.  My amp is a BIG solid state pro amp (Inter-m R500) that's 250W X 2, so its powerful, but handles detail pretty well too.  There aren't any tubes in the system now, so maybe that's a good way to go?  I'm a little confused about how the chokes get wired up.  Paul mentioned using Hammond plate chokes with a 2k bias resistor-the chokes don't have a positive or negative side, right?  Also, would the 2k resistors (one per channel??) replace the existing resistors in the kit?  Thanks

 

[Paul Birkeland]

I'm a little confused about how the chokes get wired up.  Paul mentioned using Hammond plate chokes with a 2k bias resistor-the chokes don't have a positive or negative side, right?  Also, would the 2k resistors (one per channel??) replace the existing resistors in the kit? 

Most off the shelf chokes have no polarity, though the Bottlehead chokes and the Magnequest chokes have one wire that should go to AC ground (not the tube plate).  In the Quickie, you remove each 4K plate load resistor and wire a choke in its place.

The 2K resistors would replace the 1K resistors in the kit.

 

[aragorn723]

ok.. so there are 2 sets of resistors in the kit-1K and 4k?? 

 

[Paul Birkeland]

Yes, there is also a pair of 475K resistors in the kit, but these are not applicable to said modifications.