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In Reply to: RE: Cool little Sakuma Style 6bq5 amp posted by vinnie2 on June 02, 2017 at 16:36:12
It's hard to screw up the sound of a 6BQ5. You can drive it with a number of tubes, and it will sound amazing. Don't care for the 'AX7 in this situation, but the EF86 and other pentodes do a terrific job. The 6V6 is very close, perhaps not quite as dynamic, but a little more natural to my ears. Difficult to beat the cost of the Russian 6BQ5 these days. :)
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I think the whole idea is using a like tube to drive a like tube as Sakuma swore that it was the only way to hear the true sound of that particular tube. I did notice in the article that the first tube is triode connected while the second is pentode connected though. If I ever get two channels working I will have to try one channel each way and compare them with a mono source.
I have not tried the russkie 6bq5 yet, perhaps it's about time too.
Edits: 06/04/17
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