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Re: Do not be too quick to condemn the king of DHT's, the 300B

-- The 300B is still the King of direct heated tubes IMHO.Do you have experience with any of these triodes? --

I have heard the 300B, but in a valve-state type circuit. The sound was not too good untill i made it a all tube circuit. The tone was very warm and "pillow" sounding which i did like. The valve-state setup made the sound more "solid state dynamic", losing the "tone". (these were Tesla 300B's btw, not the classic WE)

-- I do,with the exception of the px4 and px25.I like all these tubes but in the long run I prefer the tone of the 300B.I don't think the 300B has a tubby sound at all,to me it's one of the most refined and mature tubes ever built. There is good reason for it's wide spread use.Do not take this post as negativly,because I mean it to have postive note. --

What don't you like about the 45 compared to the 300B?
Is the 45 "toneless"? What would you describe each tubes strong and weak points? I am actually tri-amping so i could use tube A on the bass, tube B on the mids and tube C on the treble. Using similar design ideas with each amp.

thanks,
-Mark


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