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Romy the Cat


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Post #: 21
Post ID: 9592
Reply to: 9573
ThE 10S TUBES
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 gordan wrote:
plus they IMHO sound better - less prejudiced towards a romantic SET sound we all know (and some try to avoid).
Yes, Gordan, it is exactly what I heard about the 10s from the sources that I found rational. The huge plate impedance and a need of very high ration transformer is something that might stop some people who would like to drive 10 full-range but for DSET application it might be a very good tube. BTW, there were a huge variety of the 10 rubes made. Even the 10Y – there were too many of them that were too different. I am still contemplating to get 40K-50K transformer and to try the 10s before I decide where to go with my amps for MF channel. No on sadly makes off the shelf 40K transformer with limited inductance for DSET applications…

The Cat


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guy sergeant
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Post #: 22
Post ID: 9595
Reply to: 9592
DHT driving the 801 or 10Y
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Driving an 801 or 10Y with another DHT would be tricky. The driver stage would need a Zout of <400 ohms. A 2A3 might do it via a step down interstage although making a good interstage that'll handle 60mA will be difficult. A 45 at near maximum ratings via a 2:1 step down might also just do it (but not with much to spare)  The smaller DHT's just wouldn't swing enough volts once the necessary step down was applied.  Shishido used the 6EM7 and a step down but that isn't a DHT.

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floobydust


currently roaming the US
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Joined on 01-19-2009

Post #: 23
Post ID: 9596
Reply to: 9592
How high is too high?
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 Romy the Cat wrote:
 gordan wrote:
plus they IMHO sound better - less prejudiced towards a romantic SET sound we all know (and some try to avoid).
Yes, Gordan, it is exactly what I heard about the 10s from the sources that I found rational. The huge plate impedance and a need of very high ration transformer is something that might stop some people who would like to drive 10 full-range but for DSET application it might be a very good tube. BTW, there were a huge variety of the 10 rubes made. Even the 10Y – there were too many of them that were too different. I am still contemplating to get 40K-50K transformer and to try the 10s before I decide where to go with my amps for MF channel. No on sadly makes off the shelf 40K transformer with limited inductance for DSET applications…

The Cat


 Trying to build an OPT with a very high impedance becomes difficult at best. The capacitance builds up from the additional layers and you get a bad HF roll-off and slew rate limiting. While I was reading your post, one odd thought came to mind. Perhaps get a pair of 10K - 15K OPTs with 16 ohm secondaries. Wire the primaries in series and the secondaries in parallel. Just a thought...

 Regarding the 10S... the 1602 is a near identical replacement.

 Regards, KM



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Romy the Cat


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Post #: 24
Post ID: 9597
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….and it might not be always a good thing
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Actually my leading though how to put one ass on all impedance chars is to have 5K primary with 12-16 coils of secondary. The 4K would be fine load for 2A3 type of pates. It would not be difficult to remap the secondaryes to get 7K-8K that would be OK most likely demanding for YO186. And then if I would like to jump to 10s with their very high plate impedance and the need of 30-50K load then I might use some OPT’s secondary as primary and had a huge transforming ratio. The only thing that holds me is that I do not need this transformer for a long run. To drive MiniMe’s HF section I need a cheap and easy available tube, obviously it will not be 10 or YO186. For the DSET use in Melquiades I would not need too much turns to built up inductance and I do not need bass in there. For Melquiades channel it shell be just enough turns in primary to get the coupling. I might even consider to make as it was done in my FH channel – just one turn of primary foul and to cover it with a layer of secondary. Yes, there are many ambiguous ways to do the things and I have no desire to actually try them – this is my problem. I also pressmen that a performance of a tube and OPT in a full-range application and in HF DSET application might be different as the sigals doe not have LF modulation in second case… and it might not be always a good thing. Go figure…

The Cat


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Romy the Cat


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Post #: 25
Post ID: 15029
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What makes eye on the tube getter?
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One of my YO186 have developed a dark eye on it’s getter. Even the tube still measures fine and sound fine but I wonder what make some of those tubes to get dart spat of the getter gloss. I have seen it before and do not have any association between the presence of the dark eyes and the tube quality, still I would like to know where this anomaly come from and if is it a sign of anything.

TubeCancer.JPG

Rgs, Romy the Cat


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AOK_Farmer


Marlboro NY USA
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Post #: 26
Post ID: 15030
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Effects of radiation
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Romy
It looks like the getter material has been vaporized off the center of the eye area by electron impact and redeposited nearby just outside the eye in a thickening are thats is very reflective because of it's thickness. Like a moon crater.
Steve
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