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Re: Parallel triodes

3/11/1999 8:34 AM
eth	Re: Parallel triodes One extra comment about the parallel tube/starved plate thing. Parallel tubes also have more current through them. Stages with more current are often described as "smoother, rounder..etc"(Kevin O'conner in TUT#1 for ex.) I would verify this to be my liking. I have also found that running one stage with low current(non-parallel/higher Rk) early in the chain to give a nice defining edge to the sound. In Kevin's book there is a High voltage-voltage regulator (mosfet) that takes very few parts. The one I built uses a 1M pot as a VD and varies the voltage between 90-330v. Clean is fixed at 320v. Yeha!-Eth

3/11/1999 8:34 AM

eth

Re: Parallel triodes

One extra comment about the parallel tube/starved plate thing. Parallel tubes also have more current through them. Stages with more current are often described as "smoother, rounder..etc"(Kevin O'conner in TUT#1 for ex.) I would verify this to be my liking. I have also found that running one stage with low current(non-parallel/higher Rk) early in the chain to give a nice defining edge to the sound. In Kevin's book there is a High voltage-voltage regulator (mosfet) that takes very few parts. The one I built uses a 1M pot as a VD and varies the voltage between 90-330v. Clean is fixed at 320v. Yeha!-Eth