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In Reply to: RE: What power are you shooting for? posted by drlowmu on October 15, 2014 at 10:41:31
Don't overlook the 1626. They make really awesome 1/2 watt amps.
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The 1626 enjoys a following because it's inexpensive. However, the published curves don't look good, and reported distortion numbers are correspondingly high. There are a number of pentodes that will easily surpass this tube when run in triode mode.
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The little 1626 just has something appealing about it. 1/2 watt amps need to have a certain bloom very early on. They look like a micro sized power tube. My first suggestion was a triode 6V6GT. The 45 is the obvious choice in 1 watt amps.
Chip,Better than the 6V6 is a triode-connected 6AQ5, which I have done a few times since 2008, smaller more "explosive" and a kick - a** sounding tube.
I wanted, in addition to a 6AQ5, to do a SE DC 6AH4 amp, as no one has ever done it to my knowledge.
I have heard the tube line-up as a Direct Couple in a 1990s Art Loesch P-P amp I had on hand, a 12AX7 diff amp, DCed into P-P 6AH4GTs.
"How much nicer the tube combo operating as a mini SET will sound", is what I thought as I listened. I am only three hours labor away from discovering what it is like in SE. Exciting !!
Jeff
Edits: 10/17/14
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