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In the Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps
Post Subject: Since You Don't Need the GainPosted by Paul S on: 6/7/2009
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You are in a position now that I have never been in: with plenty of "FR" gain, able to home in on exactly the "wide band" sound you want, with no real need at all for FR.
Who could resist trying the old 45 or 50 in this situation? Lose (or loosen up) the input divider and try the "limpid" output tubes with your favorite driver and the non-factor, low-turns, amorphous OPTs.
If you don't over-drive it, you will almost certainly revisit the laconic clarity of your single-stage, and you might just add the color range and impact that no longer call attention to themselves.
OK, I admit I am still stuck on the long run between stages, wondering if there is a viable work-around for this situation. Yes, it might in fact be OK; but it just seems "wrong", on the face of it.
BTW, have you messed around at all with that last cap before the OPT? That cap position, with no resistor, can sometimes add an annoying sort of "breathing" quality, where the sound (field?) seems to "expand" and "contract" subtly over varying time periods.
Best regards,
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