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In Reply to: RE: And when you are ready to stop messing around posted by vinnie2 on January 20, 2016 at 01:55:49
I haven't heard a 50 but from what people say, if a 45 is "magic" a 50 is "super magic".
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For 25 years of my experience, the SET aficionados doted first on the 300B, then on the 2A3 and type 45. For more power there were other choices, but only recently have I ever heard of the type 50 used as an output in an SET. I've heard a pair of such amplifiers, and they really are excellent sounding. But why was that tube seemingly overlooked for so long? Rarity?
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JC Morrison wrote a 50 SE article for Sound Practices in 1994. He mentioned the difficulty in obtaining 50s even then and had a conversion for using 845 instead.
Wasn't that just for building the "dinosaur" amp? I don't think he meant you could use the 845 in other applications as well.
Limited circuit choice with NOS type 50 with 10k max grid resistance. EML makes a type 50 that overcomes this limitation. Not as readily available NOS and expensive.
Thanks. That probably explains it.
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Hello,
Do you have a schematic or link to share? If not how about some pics of your amp.
Regards,
David
From what I saw on Ebay they are few and far between as well, with a price to go with that. I think I had better stay with my 45's as I already have a good stock of those. Wouldn't mind hearing one of the 50's though. Actually, it's probably better that I don't as I am happy in my ignorance.
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Hopefully at a better price. I have not been able to find anything so far, only older ones on the Bay, and they are too high too.
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