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Re: matchless

7/5/1999 8:49 AM
Carl	Re: matchless Huh? I seem to remember someone saying that these amps were biased somewhere in the range of 80mA/tube. If this isn't class A it's mighty close. To be class A, both tubes must be conducting the full duration of the applied signal. It doesn't matter how that cat gets skinned; be it fixed or cathode biased. Because the class terms get abused a lot doesn't mean that this amp isn't class A. Actually Class A is more like 10% efficient. Class AB at best is only about 30% efficient. And that's running the tube pretty close to class B. Regards; Carl Summit Amps http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Station/1655/

7/5/1999 8:49 AM

Carl

Re: matchless

Huh?

I seem to remember someone saying that these amps were biased somewhere in the range of 80mA/tube. If this isn't class A it's mighty close. To be class A, both tubes must be conducting the full duration of the applied signal. It doesn't matter how that cat gets skinned; be it fixed or cathode biased. Because the class terms get abused a lot doesn't mean that this amp isn't class A.

Actually Class A is more like 10% efficient. Class AB at best is only about 30% efficient. And that's running the tube pretty close to class B.

Regards;

Carl

Summit Amps

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Station/1655/

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Bruce Carl I think the reason he is sayin... -- 7/5/1999 8:13 PM