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• Do you mean "sounds most like a DHT"? - andy evans 04:55:17 04/11/07 (0)
  In Reply to: Which power tube sounds most like SET? posted by gnugear on April 9, 2007 at 23:29:43:

  Any power tube can be used in a SET, assuming you can triode wire it. Do you mean which indirectly heated power tube sounds like a DHT like 2a3, 300b? I don't think any have that exact immediacy and clarity. If you're talking small tubes, 2C22 is the closest I know to a DHT small triode sound.

  In a sense SET and DHT are contradictory - SET tends to widen the sound, and DHT tends to concentrate it. Maybe that's the magical synergy.
  
  

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• Re: Which power tube sounds most like SET? - Michael Samra 22:24:40 04/10/07 (0)
  In Reply to: Which power tube sounds most like SET? posted by gnugear on April 9, 2007 at 23:29:43:

  I would have to say a 6L6g or an el84 sounds most like an set and in sme cases its better because of the power curve IMHO.
  
  

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• Re: It's all relative. - SirAnthony 21:12:59 04/10/07 (0)
  In Reply to: Which power tube sounds most like SET? posted by gnugear on April 9, 2007 at 23:29:43:

  I have a pair of BH Paramours with the iron upgrade. They use 2A3's in SET. They sound really transperant. Granted they may not be the top of the line in SET amps. But I have found an outstanding tone arm can bring alot of the SET transperency to a push pull. There have been times a system sounded too transperant (irritating). It just depended on the compination of tubes, interconnects and source etc. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. But could SET's be a little overrated? In my opinion synergy is the most important thing.
  
  

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• Re: Which power tube sounds most like SET? - Eli Duttman 13:58:07 04/10/07 (0)
  In Reply to: Which power tube sounds most like SET? posted by gnugear on April 9, 2007 at 23:29:43:

  Think smaller "Grasshopper". :~) The 6V6 and its close relations are extremely linear triode wired. They give nothing away to the REVERED 6SN7 in the linearity dept.

  A VERY nice 2+ WPC SE amp can be made from a 5965 and a pair of 6V6s. A preamp is not needed if a CDP is the source.
  
  Eli D.
  
  

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• Re: Which power tube sounds most like SET? - Anthony Dockrill 05:51:21 04/10/07 (0)
  In Reply to: Which power tube sounds most like SET? posted by gnugear on April 9, 2007 at 23:29:43:

  EL34 and KT66 in Triode mode sound nice. How close to DHT would depend on overall design. A good KT66 design will sound better then a poor DHT one but a good DHT will thump a IDHT
  
  

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• Re: Which power tube sounds most like DHT? - Chris O 04:54:52 04/10/07 (1)
  In Reply to: Which power tube sounds most like SET? posted by gnugear on April 9, 2007 at 23:29:43:

  EL34 has a fuller sound, typically.
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  • I like EL34 in triode mode too - Ray Moth 02:02:10 04/12/07 (0)
    In Reply to: Re: Which power tube sounds most like DHT? posted by Chris O on April 10, 2007 at 04:54:52:

    THat's what I have in my current amp. I read somewhere on the web that EL34 could be thought of as a poor man's 300B. That was a few year ago and I can't remember where I read it.
    
    

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