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RE: Not a big fan of the voltage doubler, nor the HEAT they generate

Interesting: Marantz 8 and 9's also used voltage doublers. Doublers were quite common in the old days. For modern designs, Quicksilver has almost totally ( i haven't see all his designs) gone over to a doubler system.

What is interesting is Mike has used the doubler for B+ supply for the front end tubes ( 600 volt B+ = 300 volt at the half way point) or for the screen 2 taps. This, in effect, enables him to run a non ultralinear output and also enables his amps to be stable running anything from a 6L6 to a KT 120



Edits: 04/19/15

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