Sigh...How did I manage to post this in the wrong place? Wish there was a way to move it myself ?
So I don't even know how I came across this since I had no intention of looking for mods for my amp. Its my first valve amp and I've had it for 2 days and I have no idea about building amps or anything about the circuits. I just know that I came across a SUPER simple mod that is SUPER for me ?
The first ideas for making the class 5 quieter when crank were to plug a cab into the headphone jack but only halfway in, that way it becomes a lot quieter, I however don't have a cab...The other ideas were to wire a 1/4 inch jack to the speaker and plug it into the headphone jack halfway to get it at the lower volume and then plug it into the ext. speaker when you want it at normal volume (if i understood correctly...)
But there is a much more convenient way of getting the internal speaker to function at the lower volume. The awesome thing about this is it is really easy to do and once done makes it simple to switch between the settings (regular/bedroom).
Heres the link to the forum I found the mod on http://marshallvintagemodern.com/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=6532
The people discuss it there and the SteveD guy seems to be an expert (possibly the designer from what I've seen..) on the Class 5 and he says its basically wiring to do the same thing as the bedroom trick (plugging a cab halfway into the headphone jack...)
Heres pics of my amp:




I am SUPER stoked with this mod ? Though Im not sure if it would void the warranty by opening up the amp or not, probably would...
So I don't even know how I came across this since I had no intention of looking for mods for my amp. Its my first valve amp and I've had it for 2 days and I have no idea about building amps or anything about the circuits. I just know that I came across a SUPER simple mod that is SUPER for me ?
The first ideas for making the class 5 quieter when crank were to plug a cab into the headphone jack but only halfway in, that way it becomes a lot quieter, I however don't have a cab...The other ideas were to wire a 1/4 inch jack to the speaker and plug it into the headphone jack halfway to get it at the lower volume and then plug it into the ext. speaker when you want it at normal volume (if i understood correctly...)
But there is a much more convenient way of getting the internal speaker to function at the lower volume. The awesome thing about this is it is really easy to do and once done makes it simple to switch between the settings (regular/bedroom).
I have done this mod tonight and it works wonders! I get that awesome cranked distortion sounds from the amp at 10 but its at a volume that doesn't hurt my ears or disturb my parents ? its awesome!Originally Posted by Ad_02Std
I wonder if it's possible to re-wire the output to the headphone socket to the internal speaker, so that when the switch is on "headphone" it just switches to 1/4 Watt. Anybody tried that?
I just did this mod myself and it works perfectly. It doesn't interfere with any of the other functions of the amp (if you plug headphones in it still switches the speaker off) but when the headphones are not plugged in just switching to "headphones" runs the amp at 1/4 watt through the internal speaker.
The mod looks like this:
Enjoy
Adam
Heres the link to the forum I found the mod on http://marshallvintagemodern.com/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=6532
The people discuss it there and the SteveD guy seems to be an expert (possibly the designer from what I've seen..) on the Class 5 and he says its basically wiring to do the same thing as the bedroom trick (plugging a cab halfway into the headphone jack...)
Heres pics of my amp:




I am SUPER stoked with this mod ? Though Im not sure if it would void the warranty by opening up the amp or not, probably would...