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In Reply to: Theoretics: PP vs PSE posted by thoriated_tiger on September 29, 2004 at 11:11:41:
Rough efficiency numbers. Supply, regulators, driver and filament power are all extra...SE 10-15%
PP, class A 20-30%
PP, class AB 50-60%SE is inherently class A. Both SE and PP class A consume maximum
power all the time. In fact, their efficiency goes up the more output power they produce...
Class AB consumes power on demand and would run much cooler, on the average. Now, which one would you rather have...If you're going for the sonics and are willing to "take the heat"
then your best bet is a large single tube in SE, IMO. To my ears, parallel tubes are not as coherent as a single one.
I've also heard extremely refined PP amps, like Lynn Olson's Amity.
Check it out.
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Follow Ups
- How much heat can you tolerate? - serus 16:05:54 09/29/04 (4)
- Heat? - thoriated_tiger 17:21:28 09/29/04 (3)
- Heat? Yes, heat... - serus 19:01:31 09/29/04 (2)
- I could always use this.. - thoriated_tiger 19:56:09 09/29/04 (1)
- Absolutely cool, that hot stuff... :-) - serus 21:03:58 09/29/04 (0)