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In Reply to: which rectifier tube should I use? posted by 6SJ7 on September 26, 2004 at 06:56:23:
No doubt in my mind - the 5AR4! Wonderful little tube. Even the dirt cheap Chinnese one's have worked just fine for me (nearly two year's service, 9 hours a day, 200+ days a year). Rated for 225 - 250 ma, so should handle both channels.
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- Re: which rectifier tube should I use? - mikeyb 16:47:47 09/26/04 (4)
- Great, thanks... Chinese one is much more affordable (NT) - metal005 23:40:59 09/26/04 (3)
- At least on one occasion a plain GE 5Y3 was superior to a Chinese 5AR4 - serus 12:23:32 09/27/04 (1)
- Re: At least on one occasion a plain GE 5Y3 was superior to a Chinese 5AR4 - Jim McShane 15:09:06 09/27/04 (0)
- Sovtek makes a better 5AR4 for not much more - mikeyb 07:16:57 09/27/04 (0)