RE: Okay, I'll be the one to be burnt at the stake

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Posted by Russ57 (A) on December 4, 2016 at 18:04:59

In Reply to: What would set the tone quality of a system posted by airtime on December 4, 2016 at 08:41:55:

Charles, everything one might call the "vintage tube sound" is nothing more than poor quality/out of tolerance parts.....compounded with worn out tubes, poor circuit design, crappy wiring practices, and same old line up of tube choices. There, I said it, burn me at the cross now!

Those of us that have been lucky enough to hear directly heated triodes aren't likely to have heard much more than 2a3/45/300b. There are a better tubes out there like RS241/UX-210/UX-245/VT-52/UX-171A/31/275A.

Really your question is too big. Break it down into parts. Such as "what is the best output device....i.e. tetrode/pentode/triode and then maybe indirectly/directly heated. You could do the same with BJT/JFET/MOSFET.

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Topic - What would set the tone quality of a system - airtime 08:41:55 12/04/16 (13)

RE: What would set the tone quality of a system - Bold Eagle 16:02:49 12/05/16 (0)

RE: What would set the tone quality of a system - geezerrocket 19:48:55 12/04/16 (2)

RE: What would set the tone quality of a system - Eli Duttman 12:58:36 12/05/16 (0)

RE: What would set the tone quality of a system - Michael Samra 20:29:39 12/04/16 (0)

RE: Okay, I'll be the one to be burnt at the stake - Russ57 18:04:59 12/04/16 (2)

RE: Okay, I'll be the one to be burnt at the stake - airtime 18:46:32 12/04/16 (1)

Therein lies the problem. - Michael Samra 20:28:49 12/04/16 (0)

RE: What would set the tone quality of a system - DannyR 17:45:08 12/04/16 (0)

We have to identify - Awe-d-o-file 14:05:49 12/04/16 (2)

RE: We have to identify - airtime 16:30:37 12/04/16 (1)

RE: We have to identify - Awe-d-o-file 21:17:44 12/04/16 (0)

RE: What would set the tone quality of a system - tube Tom 08:58:40 12/04/16 (1)

RE: What would set the tone quality of a system - dls123 21:46:21 12/04/16 (0)

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RE: Okay, I'll be the one to be burnt at the stake - Russ57 18:04:59 12/04/16 (2)

RE: Okay, I'll be the one to be burnt at the stake - airtime 18:46:32 12/04/16 (1)

Therein lies the problem. - Michael Samra 20:28:49 12/04/16 (0)

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