In Reply to: what makes some 45 amps more layback , mello than other 45 amp (not switching tubes). posted by jj2 on April 5, 2006 at 06:12:36:
JJ2,You get 10 totally different amplifiers. I really hate it when people say that a tube say the 45 or the 300B sounds like let's say x.
Gang it's not the tube, it's the circuit. I have made 172 different 45 amplifiers. Some of them romantic, some crazy dynamic, some crappy (well those never went out).
With lower wattages it is in some ways easier to make a better amplifier. But to really get the most out of the tube, you almost have to discover what the engineers where thinking when they designed the tube. When I was in college I was always taught to look into the device and search out it's real potential.
This is why I would never use a pentode strapped as a triode. Common guys, just use a triode.
JJ2 as for your question... All of the above and the design.
Thanks
Gordon
J. Gordon Rankin
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- What do you get when you place 10 designers in a room? - Gordon Rankin 04/5/0607:19:25 04/5/06 (1)
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