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So, something turned up the other day. Whatever could it be for? A Christmas project perhaps... 12 sheets of 32mm MDF 1200mm x 2400mm

To get a grasp of where I’m am going with this thread you need to of read or have read this article. https://www.stereophile.com/content/gramophone-dreams-34-salt-cellar-system If you go no further at the least it is in interesting read. Some will go “meh” others will take it on board to search for better reproduction. Maybe even build there own SC. The challenge I have given myself and would like to throwout to others is can you build or hobble together a “Salt Cellar“ (SC) system. The core of a SC system is purity of sound, dynamics and immediacy. These are the constrains/opportunities I’m am pursuing; a monaural system high efficiency speakers - horns where possible a tube low power Class A mono power amp or even tube integrated amp vintage tubes mono vinyl phono playback from mono cart or mono wired phono stage ultra short non shielded interconnects and speaker leads of Silver plated wire wrap wire ? Ive been tossing this temp system around since I read that article and now have (in my head) a whole SC system. So cutting to the chase I’m going to build a mono integrated wine box tube amp based on some vintage 807 and RCA 6SN7. Half the 6SN7 will be a single stage preamp and the other half the driver for a Suncalc designed 807 amp. Speakers will be my Beyma 12” concentrics with a Altec 511B horn and FatalPro driver. The horns will handle mid-range and the tweeter in the horns super tweeters. Overall efficiency about 98db. Im current working three other projects but now taken on a forth for a true SC system. Any other takers out there.

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