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- From: henry@monod.biol.mcgill.ca (Henry A. Pasternack)
- Newsgroups: rec.audio
- Subject: Re: Sovtek tubes.
- Message-ID: <41483@unix.SRI.COM>
- Date: 16 Dec 92 23:06:05 GMT
- Sender: news@unix.SRI.COM
- Reply-To: henry@monod.biol.mcgill.ca (Henry A. Pasternack)
- Organization: SRI International
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- R.G. Keen writes:
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- >You are right on the inductor input filters. Much better, just heavy
- >and expensive.
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- I am still soliciting opinions on whether the problem of filter
- resonance is troublesome when using LC power supply filters. Bear
- in mind that although the resonant frequency of the filter can be
- made lower than the passband of the amplifier, it is nonetheless
- quite possible for the *envelope* power to vary at sub-audible
- frequencies (as when a bass drum roll is played).
-
- Any practical advice would be appreciated.
-
- >> 1) Is the effective 10,800 Ohm load per tube reasonable?
- >
- >The effective load per tube is half the plate to plate in push-pull, 2700
- >ohms.
-
- You're right, my mistake. Just to clarify: in a push-pull amplifier,
- the effective load-line is one-quarter the plate-to-plate load impedance.
- If you double up on tubes, the effective load seen per tube is twice
- that value, or one-half Rp-p. I meant to say something like "10,800 Ohm
- plate-to-plate load per tube."
-
- Still wondering if this is reasonable. I suspect it is because the
- Williamson amplifier specified a 10k Ohm transformer with 6L6's, and
- triodes, unlike pentodes, seem to get more and more linear (albeit, less
- efficient) as the load impedance goes up.
-
- -Henry
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