Re: MV Rectifiers - Ugh!

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Posted by Derick on February 21, 2003 at 13:39:26

In Reply to: MV Rectifiers - Ugh! posted by Lance on February 21, 2003 at 11:34:16:

>>>Don't use MV....they are one family of tubes that deserve to be forgotten.<<<
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There are some who haven't forgotten them =^) Check out the link way below (article on Josh Stippich). It may be overkill or "wrong" but I'm not qualified to judge or challenge that. He is inspired by Sakuma and other Japanese tube circuit designers who abandoned conventions or regressed further back to 30's technology. BTW, Josh custom builds amps (his website www.electronluv.com is currently down, in there you will find his Eimac 75TL monoblocks 8W per channel with a lot of amorphous C-core chokes from Tribute) I take all of this with a grain of salt of course, it's all a matter of taste. And I know that MV's are a pain in the ass to use and implement, and as you cited the only real reason that some diy'rs like 'em is their low internal impedance that gives heftier bass compared to other rectifiers and of course the cool glow (I know it's kinda vain, but what you posted about 47's it made me imagine of a 83-47-300Bamp glowing in a dimly lit room) BTW, I think the commercial amps you saw with 866's are the ones from Legend Audio.

Anyway, I'm not about to do such project since I do not have the technical capability or even the budget to start one that complex (for me at least).

Here are some other links with MV rectifiers in amps:

www.vt52.com

http://www.audiodesignguide.com/se/katelelo.html

Some good read from Lynn Olson's site especially about the very early WE amps (no relation to MV rectifiers here, just some interesting stuff to read):

http://www.aloha-audio.com/library/index.html

http://www.6moons.com/industryfeatures/josh/josh.html (Open in New Window)

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Topic - 47'ing the Class A Joplin - Final Results - Lance 10:37:15 02/20/03 (25)

Re: 47'ing the Class A Joplin - Final Results - Ivan303 21:25:48 02/20/03 (24)

What about pentode mode? - Scholl 05:53:44 02/25/03 (1)

Re: What about pentode mode? - Lance 07:33:22 02/25/03 (0)

Re: 47'ing the Class A Joplin - Final Results - Derick 04:21:34 02/21/03 (20)

Re: We have done that... - Dave-A 16:28:12 02/23/03 (0)

MV Rectifiers - Ugh! - Lance 11:34:16 02/21/03 (16)

Re: MV Rectifiers - OK-OK-OK! - Lance 20:57:51 02/21/03 (6)

Re: MV Rectifiers - OK-OK-OK! - Ivan303 21:38:21 02/21/03 (5)

Re: MV Rectifiers - OK-OK-OK! - Lance 22:16:01 02/21/03 (4)

Re: MV Rectifiers - OK-OK-OK! - Dave-A 16:33:50 02/23/03 (3)

Seriously consider the 3B28 - Lance 17:50:30 02/23/03 (1)

Re: Seriously consider the 3B28 - Dave-A 06:30:02 02/24/03 (0)

More MV rectifier info. - Lance 17:18:11 02/23/03 (0)

MV Rectifiers - Mmmmmm Good! - Ivan303 17:59:18 02/21/03 (1)

Re: MV Thyratrons - Derick 18:14:06 02/21/03 (0)

Re: MV Rectifiers - Ugh! - tomt 17:23:03 02/21/03 (0)

Re: MV Rectifiers - Ugh! - Derick 13:39:26 02/21/03 (5)

Gassy Tubes - Lance 21:08:10 02/21/03 (2)

Re: Gassy Tubes - Ivan303 21:45:11 02/21/03 (1)

Re: Gassy Tubes - Lance 22:11:02 02/21/03 (0)

Re: MV Rectifiers - Ugh! - Derick 14:11:54 02/21/03 (1)

MV Rectifiers - Mmmmmm Good! - Ivan303 17:22:11 02/21/03 (0)

Re: 47'ing the Class A Joplin - Final Results - Kuei Yang Wang 07:10:50 02/21/03 (0)

Re: 47'ing the Class A Joplin - Final Results - Ivan303 06:35:42 02/21/03 (0)

Re: 47'ing the Class A Joplin - Final Results - Lance 21:50:07 02/20/03 (0)

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Re: MV Rectifiers - Ugh! - Derick 13:39:26 02/21/03 (5)

Gassy Tubes - Lance 21:08:10 02/21/03 (2)

Re: Gassy Tubes - Ivan303 21:45:11 02/21/03 (1)

Re: Gassy Tubes - Lance 22:11:02 02/21/03 (0)

Re: MV Rectifiers - Ugh! - Derick 14:11:54 02/21/03 (1)

MV Rectifiers - Mmmmmm Good! - Ivan303 17:22:11 02/21/03 (0)

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