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Post Subject: Re: .. and what would it mean?Posted by guy sergeant on: 3/20/2006
Hi Romy,
I haven't measured anything I was just looking at the data sheet for the valve. I was hoping someone could explain to me how a device with that much distortion could be any good. I am quite interested to build a pair of these amplifiers to see whether certain conclusions I have drawn about what has been good and bad in amplifiers I have made in the past are valid. I've usually found valve rectifiers to sound preferable. I don't normally like huge reservoir caps. The Melq has lots of features I'd shy away from usually which makes it intriguing.
In my experience though, you can choose a bad working point for a valve and the effect is audible. Whether it's the distortion or the mechanism causing the distortion that is responsible I don't know.
If I was really interested in ultra low 'measured' distortion I wouldn't be using zero feedback amplifiers and horns. Of course I realise there's more to it than conventional measurements. I was just surprised to see how & where this valve was being used.
I'm also a little concerned because I don't like the fat 'tubey' sound of the 834P one stage of which someone else pointed out was operating in less than ideal circumstances.
best regards,
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