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The shape might interest you but it is a very limited tube

not simply because it's a valve rectifier,

but because it can't cope with much capacitance.

less than many other valve rectifiers.

even feeding a choke it can't give you a high storage PSU.

High storage PSUs are a good thing. Always - if they are well designed and quiet.

Lastly, you cannot hear DC.








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Tim Bailey

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