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- From: jas@proteon.com (John A. Shriver)
- Newsgroups: rec.audio.high-end
- Subject: tube amp design -- new Glass Audio
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 10:48:46 EST
- Organization: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
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- The latest Glass Audio (1/93) has an excellent article by Andrew Nehan
- on a 40W triode amplifier. The excellence is in that it talks a LOT
- about the design decisions, and why things are done certain ways.
- Much better than Joe Curcio, who may have excellent designs, but is
- almost as cagey as Dave Hafler was about not explaining his designs
- too well. (Can't give away the secrets!)
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- The monoblock amp uses 6 6550's for 40 Class A triode watts. The
- input is based on the Hedge long-tailed cascode pair (like the
- Curcio), but with cathode followers added to drive the capacitance of
- 3 triode-connected 6550 grids. The current source designs are better
- than Curcio's, and he shows how to use a current source to make the
- cathode followers linear.
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- Definitely must reading for tube amplifier homebrewers. Well written,
- well edited, with logical and readable schematics. Just about on a
- par with a good Crowhurst article.
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- If you had given up on Glass Audio due to the rather spotty editorial
- content (ancient articles, inscrutable schematics, bad writing) in
- 1992, this article alone is worth the $20 a year.
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