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In Reply to: RE: your thought on this please . single GZ34 vs 2 x EZ81 parralell for preamp duty posted by lovetube on July 21, 2014 at 00:33:35
AZ1 and all the other mesh plate European models have the edge over anything to my ears. Yes - they cost more. But often you can hear a difference in a nice way. It gets less audible when you pile on the shunt regs, chokes, glow tubes and so on but there's a difference to start with which can still show through depending on the system. Since they're the best, I just fit them and forget it.
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For example, what "common" tube rectifier (e.g., 5U4, 5V4, etc) roughly corresponds to what "European mesh plate" rectifier in terms of voltage drop, filament voltage, and current capacity? I've got a phono stage with tube rectification, and I'd be willing to try a mesh plate type. I think I've got a 5V4 in there right now, and I like it very much.
Lew:
Emission Labs currently manufactures the AZ4 mesh-plate rectifier - this link contains info on that tube, plus some basic info on some of the others mentioned by Andy.
Look up these:
RGN1064
RGN1054
RGN2004
AZ1
AZ4
AZ11
AZ12
Some of these are very expensive now - basically for collectors. You'll probably get best deals on the AZ11. Needs to be mesh.
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