In Reply to: RE: Initial A/B test between PP and SE 6bq5 amps posted by vinnie2 on June 27, 2017 at 04:02:16:
If they each had cobbled-together power supplies, similar output transformers, cathode bias circuits configurations... or some other dominating/limiting factor to which SETs are sensitive (speaker?), sure it can.
But sure, you may be hearing a larger difference between topologies SE versus PP than you are between tube types in your SE implementations - but you mention hearing differences between your SE implementations in your build threads.
I'd posit that SE is easy to well enough, but tough to well. I reckon I could easily and cheaply make a nice-sounding, but dull, unresolved SE amp with almost any common DHT. If I sued the same components and transformer quality with PP, the PP would probably sound more dynamic and resolved.
Cheers,
91.
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- RE: Initial A/B test between PP and SE 6bq5 amps - 91derlust 06/27/1713:20:50 06/27/17 (8)
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- RE: Initial A/B test between PP and SE 6bq5 amps - 91derlust 00:33:51 06/28/17 (6)
- RE: Initial A/B test between PP and SE 6bq5 amps - vinnie2 04:17:58 06/28/17 (5)
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- RE: Initial A/B test between PP and SE 6bq5 amps - TomWh 11:28:07 06/28/17 (3)
- RE: Initial A/B test between PP and SE 6bq5 amps - vinnie2 15:34:36 06/28/17 (2)
- RE: Initial A/B test between PP and SE 6bq5 amps - TomWh 20:47:26 06/28/17 (1)
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