Yaqin Tube Valve Amplifiers

Server upgrade

Dan Ashby — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:35:50 +0000

I’ve upgraded the server that this site runs from. It is now a P4 2.8 HT – it used to be an Athlon 2600XP. I’ve also tripled the RAM to 1.5GB. I’d love more bandwidth but I can’t afford it – sorry.

Dan

Higher quality MC-100B schematic is here

Dan Ashby — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:20:11 +0000

The previous schematic was a little tough to read. This one is much clearer thanks to Trevor Lowe.

http://yaqin.slickpepper.org.uk/amplifiers/yaqin-mc-100b

MC100B and MS-34D schematics added

Dan Ashby — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:55:09 +0000

A big thanks to one of the site’s readers, Steve Kulak, for donating these two schematics:

http://yaqin.slickpepper.org.uk/amplifiers/yaqin-mc-100b

http://yaqin.slickpepper.org.uk/amplifiers/ms-34d

Yaqin Tube Valve facebook group

Dan Ashby — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:50:44 +0000

I thought I’d make a Yaqin facebook group to see if it turned out to be a better place for discussion etc. Facebook allows uploading of images and a more casual interface than my website. Please join up and see how it works out. Ultimately it will only be any good if people use it.

Dan

Site back up and running

Dan Ashby — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:50:27 +0000

Dear visitors, after a downtime of about five months, I’m glad to say the site is now back up. This was an unavoidable result of difficult personal circumstances. All I can say now is welcome back.

Dan

MS-300B added to the amplifier section

Dan Ashby — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:45:19 +0000

I was given a schematic for this so have added it.

MS-12B added to the amplifier section

Dan Ashby — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:57:20 +0000

I was given a schematic for this so have added it.

MS-6V6 added to the amplifier section

Dan Ashby — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:04:04 +0000

I’ve got the schematic for this model and so have added a page for it.

Enjoy

Subscribable comments

Dan Ashby — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 09:23:12 +0000

I’ve added the excellent subscribe-to-comments wordpress plugin. I was finding it difficult to keep track of comments, and I hope this will help you guys and gals too. When you comment, simply make sure you choose to subscribe to the page and you will be notified by email when anyone else comments. The comments aren’t ‘threaded’, but they will hopefully be relevant enough for you to be glad of the notification. For those that are interested this site gets about fifty hits a day now which is quite sweet. I’m hoping to order a 100B soon and will publish anything of note when I do.

If anyone has an article or further information on Yaqin, please send it to me and I’ll be happy to add it to the site.

Dan

Cheap prices on premium Yaqin equipment

Dan Ashby — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:30:20 +0000

I’ve been trying to source a supplier in Hong Kong that will offer cheap shipping – preferably via sea mail to keep the price down. I’m hoping to make an order with a view to reselling but it would help if I could get some pre-orders (at least as a gentleman’s agreement). The more I buy in bulk the lower the price should get. There is also the consideration of customs duty when they arrive – this would have to be divided by the number of units and added to the final price. Approximate prices, minus customs duty and based on the current exchange rate and a bulk order of five same model units, are:

MC-10L – £200
100B – £310
300B – £400

If anyone is interested at this price (possibly less depending on the size of the order) please let me know. I wil be checking them for safe operating voltage when used within the UK.

dan@slickpepper.co.uk

UPDATE 03/10/08:

I’m afraid that personal circumstances have meant that I’ve put very little time into this venture recently. I’ve had some sporadic interest, but not enough to be able to commit to a larger purchase. The cost of shipping is so high and the worry of customs duty clearly (and understandably) puts people off. I will try harder though and who knows? – something might actually happen!

dan@slickpepper.co.uk