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Tube amps - what 3 things…

Hello all,
 

I am close to purchasing a tube amp moving away from SS. So far I have listened to a pure sound, PL, and allnic. 


Question for all you experienced owners - if you could do it all over again, what 3 things/features would you look for in an amplifier and what 3 things/features would you not invest in again?

 

thanks

mpoll1
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ieales
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@alexberger 

The ESR would be quite different with parallel caps... and topology counts

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xenolith
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That's a very satisfying...and comprehensible!...description Ralph; thank you.  

 

 

alexberger
926 posts
 

Hi @ieales,

My friend does the same thing with 300B SET with Shishido schematics: ECC82 SRPP - direct coupling - 6F6 - interstage trans - 300B fix bias. The same excellent results.

 The ESR would be quite different with parallel caps...

Yes you right, but it is important haw to do it. When I parallel a bunch of big ~10000uF capacitors with one "bypass" 50-100uf capacitor it works. But when I tried to parallel 100uF BG with 50uF AN Kaisei Non Polar it causing sound smearing. 

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unreceivedogma
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I’ve got a NY Audiolab Futterman OTL3 that’s “hot-rodded” and modified to output transformerlesss triode.

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