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RE: Opinions please: need recommendations for a Triode driver for a 2a3

Posted by sser2 on January 26, 2017 at 16:25:42:
Jeff:

Your moniker suggests you should love 71A or 45 as drivers :-)

The purpose of the driver is to provide undistorted voltage swing of high amplitude. Voltage gain can be, and should be done in the preceding cascades.

6H30 or 6N6P have same plate resistance, higher mu, higher plate voltage rating, and excellent linearity. They might be the best choice if one is not crazy about DHT like yours truly.