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- From: thomasd@tps.COM (Thomas W. Day)
- Subject: Re: Tube Amplifier Design Questions
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- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 18:37:43 GMT
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- In article <5170257@hplsla.hp.com> tomb@hplsla.hp.com (Tom Bruhns) writes:
- >A pair of the 4CX250's
- >would give you 500 watts of plate dissipation and if you can't get
- >200 watts of audio out of that, even class A, you're probably doing
- >something wrong!
-
- Really? It has been a while since I've messed with tube designs and even
- longer since I played with tubes and Class A, but I don't remember getting
- better than 20% efficiency out of that kind of design. I'd love to talk (
- write, E-Mail, whatever) with you about your design tricks.
-
- Tom Day
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