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" The "triode" distortion is heavy on 2nd order but also adds other harmonics at lower levels "

...." and the Pentode was heavy on 3rd order. " Heavy yes, tetrodes were even worse as I recall and that's why they invented the pentode.

many years ago I heard for myself that distortions were clearly audible betwixt the 2 types (2nd, 3rd) and I was not using an online "tube simulator", just plain old empiricism and the ears. There is another guy here on AA that uses the misunderstanding of ASR and the 'benign' effects of 3rd, and I don't know why it spread - I don't pay any attention to ASR btw.

Anyway, have a nice day and carry on with convincing others who refuse to be convinced



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