[ARC5] Our 1626s Go Audio

[J Forster]

Do you talk to trees too ? LoL.

I don't care about people using commercial tubes in audiophool amps. If they
want to follow some tube audio guru to the gates of hell, I could care less.

If you want an amp not to be "harsh" because of clipping, turn down the damn
volume. Virtually any power IC amp has better specs than a single ended tube
amp, even the best of them. If you want class A, use MOSfets.

BUT, the supply of WW II and other Mil tubes is limited. It will never get
any better. The audiphools have this love for transmitting triodes, like from
the T.1154, and those are all but impossible to find any more. After all,
some have "black plates" which, as every audiophool knows, sound 7.69 dB
better than silver plates.

THAT pisses me off. A lot !!!

FWIW,
-John

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Ian Wilson wrote:

> Well, at least in this case I can offer a sort of A/B comparison.
>
> A couple of years ago I built a 2-channel single-ended amplifier using
> 6B4G's and a couple of Hammond single-ended transformers (designed
> for higher saturation current than push-pull service transformers).
>
> A pair of 6SL7's provide voltage gain.
>
> I have this connected to a pair of cheapish speakers. It is driven from
> the audio output of my PC.
>
> The sound is very appealing, compared to a (not cheap) amplified speaker
> setup (same audio source, same room). Part of it, of course, is the
> pleasure of having built the amplifier myself.
>
> I have spoken (quietly) with the 6B4G's, and they assure me that they are
> much happier being used than being 'preserved' (who will remember to
> keep them when I'm gone?), sent to the nearest landfill, or flogged on
> some auction place.
>
> 73, ian K3IMW