Willsenton R8: Listening Test and Tube Rolling Advice

This video has my subjective listening impressions, the good and the bad, along with a plan for mods to resolve some of the issues I found. Also tossed in some tube rolling results!

This is a video series about the popular Willsenton R8 KT88 EL34 Push Pull tube audio amplifier. We will go through the repair this amp needs, testing and reviews of the amp as delivered, and then work on modifications to improve the sound quality and durability.

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The test gear I use in this video includes:

Analog Discovery 2 Kit
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BNC to RCA cable
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RCA Y cable
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A pair of 8 Ohm non-inductive dummy loads
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