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In Reply to: RE: Some might have a different opinion posted by vinnie2 on October 18, 2016 at 15:30:55:
The tube mfrs and stores SOLD the tubes, equipment mfrs were locked into
a kind of watts/per dollar quasi horsepower race.
The hotter they ran the tubes, the more power per dollar they got.
WATTS was what sold. "Higher-End" (there wasn't yet any real high-end except for movie theatres) was what "quality" mfrs did-- ran tubes less hot, and charged more $ per watt.
That was still too hot by today's standards, but fortunately, some good
tubes (Gold-Lion or Genalex KT-88 as an example) could take it.
Today we can easily do with 1/2 watt much more than they could do with 60 watts. Running tubes extra hot does force better transfer efficiency
and in some cases, linearity thru the tube in question, but today we can solve these problems by advanced wiring, layout, and lowered system resistances instead of cooking vacuum tubes trying to force super-conduction.
It's just common sense to find a way to do it right instead.
-Dennis--
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Follow Ups
- RE: Some might have a different opinion - tube wrangler 19:28:19 10/18/16 (3)
- What does 1/2W do at 20-30Hz? - Triode_Kingdom 13:10:05 10/19/16 (0)
- RE: Some might have a different opinion - PakProtector 07:07:19 10/19/16 (0)
- RE: Some might have a different opinion - vinnie2 05:06:11 10/19/16 (0)
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