Pantode and Tetrode What is the difference?

ya just gotta love the forum police

Thanks Ozzy for pointing my mistake so eloquently. I am truly sorry if I have offended you.
I will attempt to post on the correct forums in the future.

Thanks to everyone else that offered there expertise and advise.

The Hurricane does have a switch on the top T and P it does not have anything in the Chinese manual about that switch I assume from the posts the that is Pantode or Tetrode, does that mean that the amp will run a tube in ether mode regardless of the type of tube or is it asking for the type of tube I am using.

If any Mod can move this to Amps Ozzy would be grateful.

Thanks

The Hurricane does have a switch on the top T and P it does not have anything in the Chinese manual about that switch I assume from the posts the that is Pantode or Tetrode

What you are likely referring to--someone correct me if I'm mistaken--is the option to switch between Pentode or Triode mode. When running in pentode, your monoblocks will put out more wattage (200W), giving the music more punch and drive. To my ear, pentode is a bit more closed off in the midrange than triode (T on your amp) mode, which will lower the wattage (90w), but the sound is generally warmer and sweeter. If you are switching between the two, my understanding is that your amps require powering OFF before doing so.

I hope that answers your question. If you want a more technical explanation, I'd suggest searching the Web.

Don't worry about the forum thing too much. If in fact you are looking for advice that's that technical let me add something about pushpull and triode v. ultralinear. B/c of the suppressor grid on the EL34, you could say that usually it sounds better in ultralinear and as someone stated, peppier. It has to do with that supressor grid, electron cloud, maximum plate voltage thing; you can probably see how. The get up to a plate voltage, max out, and output constantly at that level (no overdriving like on guitar amps, as far as I know; someone correct me if I'm wrong on this one, but it's what I've been led to understand). This is why you see EL34 amps that are *specifically* balanced designs in ultralinear more of the time than with octals like KT88's; it's about creating a really super standardized power envelope for ultra-reliable bandwidth and no power spikes or dips base on load. The KT88/66/6550's sound better in triode for the most part because you kind of rev the plate voltage up as high as you can in Class A, with no cut off; not real efficient, and can lead to clipping, but that's why they sound purer. If you have transformers that can handle it, you get the benefits of Class A and the extra bit of bandwidth from a single ended design. Single ended like RCA plug vs. balannced plugs, where with balanced all the interconnects are grounded. Not single ended like a single ended tube design vs. a pushpull design; two totally different things. I'm surprised how often I see that particular confusion even in reviews. I've said this on another forum, but I'll say it here too: it's the difference between the sound of Sun Studios say (the EL34 camp) and like a great Verve recording (the KT88 camp), though not maybe as clear cut as rock vs. jazz.

Thanks
I am still a little confused about tube matching the Hurricane allows for each tube to be biased independently in this case is a matched pair still important.

In addition, I was going to buy a tube tester and had asked on THE AMP FORUM about which one would accommodate the KT88s and EL34s (for future experimentation).
One reply was that a small portable one would suffice but it would not "computer match" the tubes.
What makes a matched pair?