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- From: wtm@uhura.neoucom.edu (Bill Mayhew)
- Subject: Re: Tube Amplifier Design Questions
- Message-ID: <1993Jan05.141200.24931@uhura.neoucom.edu>
- Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
- References: <BekPwB1w165w@toz.buffalo.ny.us>
- Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 14:12:00 GMT
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- Instead of worring about the tubes, the better question is, "where
- can I find output transformers to handle 200 watts?" From
- experience, I know those will be difficult to find and expensive
- when you do. I found a few UTC "Ultralinear" transformers several
- years ago at Fair Radio Sales. I like the Williamson ultralinear
- design with tetrodes. 6L6 derivative tubes are pretty good, as a
- lot of output trnasformers are desinged with those in mind. That
- includes 6L6, 1614 metal envelope and KT-88s. A pair of 6L6s is
- good for driving about 30-40 watts. Going up to 200 watts is probably
- better done with industrial type tubes such ass 6550s or 6080s.
- I picked up some Amperex 6L6 tubes at a hamfest last year to
- replace the 1614s in a Macinthosh MC-30. The Amperex tubes have a
- very nice sound in the MC-30.
-
- You'll have to go back to the 1950s and early 1960s to find much
- useful literature.
-
- I always thought it would be fun to make an audio amplifier out
- of something like Eimac 4CX150 tubes. The execution would be awful
- since those tubes need somewhere around 1800 volts on the plate.
- That would reqire a pretty exotic output transformer and forced air
- cooling. In fact, we used to have a 60 Hz to 400 Hz power
- converter rated at several KW that used 4CX150s. I think it had 8
- tubes and a GIANT transformer. It dated to about 1964, before
- semiconductors that could handle those sorts of power levels were
- affordable and/or reliable.
-
- Unless you have tube nostalgia and/or want a PA for music performance
- applications, I'd forget about making a tube power amplifier and
- design with transistors.
-
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