Home Tube DIY Asylum

Do It Yourself (DIY) paradise for tube and SET project builders.

[ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] Thread: [ Display  All  Email ] [ Tube DIY Asylum ] [ Return to Search Results ]
[ Alert Moderator ]

RE: Fools Errand.

Ideal is NO capacitor. The larger it gets,
the more musical detail it shorts-out.

That ideal where an infinitely (large enough)
capacitor has minimal effect on music lies to us.

What it is really doing is shorting-out highs to ground.

I speak of an SE amp where the power supply is in
series with the tubes and the output transformer..
The self-bias cap is also included in this string,
so its qualities (sonically) are what you're going to hear..

Push/pull amplifiers exhibit remarkable freedom
from these effects-- I know of several good-sounding
push/pulls that use caps in the hundreds of uf.
Successfully. Try that on a SE amp and it will
drop dead!

For better or worse, the fact remains that SE amps,
if approached as a series string sound FAR more honest
musically than any push/pull. They are sensitive to parts,
but they are ALSO sensitive to music-- not just linear power
frequency response.

To get the best performance out of a SE, one must use the
lowest value parts, and the best quality parts, and
the lowest practicable plate currents that can be
gotten away with.

-Dennis-



This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:
  Kimber Kab  

Follow Ups Full Thread
Follow Ups
  • RE: Fools Errand. - tube wrangler 06/7/2101:49:22 06/7/21 (0)
FAQ

Post a Message!

 Forgot Password?
Moniker (Username):
Password (Optional):
  Remember my Moniker & Password  (What's this?)    Eat Me
E-Mail (Optional):
Subject:
Message:   (Posts are subject to Content Rules)
Optional Link URL:
Optional Link Title:
Optional Image URL:
Upload Image:
E-mail Replies:  Automagically notify you when someone responds.

[ Top Top of Page ] [ Contact Us ] [ Support/Wish List ] [ Copyright © 2024, Audio Asylum, all rights reserved ]
[ General ] [ Speakers ] [ Tubes ] [ Vinyl ] [ Digital ] [ Hi-Rez ] [ Video Asylum ] [ Cables ] [ Tweaks/DIY ] [ Music ] [ Films ]