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Re: Do you prefer 3C24 or 841 as driver?

Posted by Jim Dowdy (M) on November 5, 2009 at 18:10:15

In Reply to: Do you prefer 3C24 or 841 as driver? posted by nc on November 5, 2009 at 17:22:18:

It is difficult to provide an easy one-size-fits-all answer. Do you prefer chocolate, vanilla or strawberry? If you prefer strawberry today, are you allowed to prefer vanilla tomorrow...or chocolate next week?

In all seriousness, I am not trying to be silly or to provide enigmatic distractions - tastes, situations, needs, and systems change and evolve. The setup du jour might not be the preferred approach next week.

There are times that the higher mu of the 841 will be critically important. One must also bear in mind that the 3C24 is considerably more difficult to employ due to its filament current (3.0 A vs only 1.25 A for the 841)...and its exposed plate cap also presents another potential complication.

I could make the case that the ultimate front-end tube is the 75TH; but do you want to deal with its rarity, its 12.5 A of (stereo) filament current, and/or its exposed plate caps? And after all that, is its mu of 20 adequate?

Having said all of the above, I find something uniquely magical about the cylindrical-plate Eimacs. But the 841 is probably the more practical all-around choice for most people.

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