In Reply to: RE: The Amazing Raytheon VT52.... Oh my !... posted by airairy on March 29, 2015 at 14:18:27:
Respectfully, honestly, to spend $1,000 or more on a rectifier tube is something I just CAN'T wrap my head around.
I could be quite happy with a brand new JJ 5U4GB, at about sixteen dollars.
**** I feel that there are SO MANY things WRONG with most tube amps I see, that the $984 dollar money difference can be better applied to the amp in FAR more performance-beneficial ways. ****
Things that come to mind are better (lower DCR) power transformers and chokes, much better high conductivity wire, and better power supply and Rk capacitors. Any and all of the above, individually or together, will TROMP any performance differences you can hear between these rectifier tubes we are discussing.
YMMV, fine with me !!
Cheers,
Jeff Medwin
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- RE: The Amazing Raytheon VT52.... Oh my !... - drlowmu 11:10:53 03/30/15 (1)
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