[ARC5] 1626 tubes

[J. Forster]

He could have done the same thing, likely better in fact, with 4x 2N3055s.  What
a waste!!.
-John



fkamp at comcast.net wrote:

> With all the excitement and traffic regarding use of 1625s
> in audio applications I would have guessed that by now
> someone would have found the source of the interest.
>
> A year or more ago a fellow by the name of Bob Darrielak
> built an audio amp using 1625s as output tubes.  He called
> it the Darling amp.
>
> No, I am not making this up, honest.
>
> Having most of the parts needed, I built my version of the
> darling amp.  You can see it at > http://www.k5dkz.com/1626.html
>
> Is it better than any audio amp I have ever used?  No, but
> it does work well and drives a set of bookshelf speakers to
> earsplitting volume with no hint of distortion.  At least
> nothing I recoqnize as distortion.
>
> Regards,
> Frank Kamp
> K5DKZ