[Boatanchors] 6146 folklore

[rkerr]

A Google search for "6146 audio amplifier" brought up this schematic of 
a guitar amp using three pairs of 6146s in push-pull:

http://users.aol.com/portaflex/schems/svt6146b.gif

.... and a lot more.

Bob
WB4TGG

Brian Clarke wrote:

>Evenin' Clive,
>
>I should have been more direct.
>
>I recall that RCA put out many App Notes re use of 6L6s and 6CA7s in various
>amplifiers and GE did the same for the KT family; not sure whether Philips
>did for EL34s, but Fender, Marshall and Peavey certainly use many of them in
>their stage stuff. What I was REALLY hoping to squeeze out of the woodwork
>was some app notes on the 6146 family, eg, distortion vs bias and bias
>mentality; Raa vs Vcc, Vg1 and Vg2; use in ultra-linear designs; performance
>under different levels of feedback; problems with pp parallel designs; need
>for grid and anode stoppers; hum bleed-through from heaters; etc.
>
>Yes, I've used 6080s, 807s and 1625s in audio amplifiers for stage work,
>too, but not 6146s.
>
>Any links gratefully recieved.
>
>73 de Brian, VK2GCE.
>
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