Tube DIY Asylum: Re: Confessions of a plate choke convert & a few CCS questions (long) by Doug Flynn Do It Yourself (DIY) paradise for tube and SET project builders.

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Posted by Doug Flynn on June 3, 2002 at 14:39:40

In Reply to: Re: Confessions of a plate choke convert & a few CCS questions (long) posted by Lynn Olson on June 3, 2002 at 11:37:45:

Thanks for your reply Lynn

I guess I've been living in the Dark Ages when it came to drivers. Here I was, happy in my little "resistor loaded 6SN7 will do fine" world. The 300B (new version EH) sounds much more alive now with this driver. I had thought the EH300B a bit sluggish and lacking in the frequency extremes, but now I have a higher opinion of it (although I still don't think it does bass quite like the best NOS 2A3s I've heard).

I've done experiments in the past with high current drivers, and while I liked the gutsy drive they delivered, I could never stand the distortion introduced by the relatively low load resistor. Plate chokes (or trannies or CCS) change all that.

I've got a stash of 10s and 45s that I might employ as drivers. I'll let you all know how they sound.

Cheers
Doug

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