DIY bass headphone tube amp.

[Ziltoid]

That's my summer project, could some people give me home works to get started?

Here's some stuff I've checked out:
DIY Tube Headphone Amplifier | eHow.com

How to Build a Bass Guitar Headphone Amp | eHow.com

DIY Heaphone Amp help

HeadWize Library - Projects

Bass Guitar Headphone Amp? - diyAudio

I'd like to get home-works on what to learn in order to be able to build one (mainly electricity/circuity) wise, I did one class of eletricty and magnetism at colle and that's about it, other then that well I know how to solder and I've already made a small luminosity detector light and stuff like that.

[seamonkey]

It's 2011
Maybe you could do something of historical significance and like build a stone ax?
Unless you plan to starve the tube, real voltages are still high even for a headphone amp. A good thing would be to build several headphone amps and listen and measure them to see what objectively sounds best through critical listening.

[christw]

You can build a tube amp by using the flash circuit in a disposable camera as a power source. (You can also turn that circuit into a taser!) It'll have enough voltage to make you say ouch but not enough to kill you.

[minorthreat]

Check out:

Head-Fi.org - Headphone forums and reviews for audiophiles

You'll also find a discussion area that focuses on DIY projects:

DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Discussions

[Ziltoid]

Yeah, thanks I remember stumbling up that site.

Any body actually did what I want to try?

[Ziltoid]

Help bump

[zaubertuba]

LOL at the eHow article...it sounds so simple!

The DIY forum in HeadFi and the HeadWize projects are really good sources. Use the search function and dig around a bit--you'll find some neat stuff! Start by looking up "Millet Hybrid." That's an oft-suggested starter build.

You'll need an input buffer for your bass, going into your tube headphone amp circuit. It probably would be nice to add a switch between a stereo source input and your bass input, so you could use the amp for passive listening...or better yet, do a simple mix buss so you can practice with your mp3 player or your stereo. 'Twould be a killer practice setup!

The "instrument" sub-forum at diyAudio is a good place to get ideas for a preamp: Musical Instruments - diyAudio

If you register and post there, do your research and phrase your question carefully. They're kind of fanatics over there...

Also check out Rod Elliot's pages - lots of neat projects and useful whitepapers: Elliott Sound Products - The Audio Pages (Main Index)

EDIT: As far as myself, I've built a Cmoy and a balanced a47 headphone amp, but haven't done anything with tubes as of yet. I am gearing up for a "take-no-prisoners" solid-state bass preamp build, though.

[Ziltoid]

Thanks, lately I've been thinking about doing a very simple Cmoy headphone amp to practice with all this DIY stuff since it's as new as it can get to me, or close to.

starting with:
http://williamneo.blogspot.com/2008/...ifier-for.html

to then get my hands at the real task