Interesting to the point I can understand about 10% of the content :) thanks for sharing this.
One thing he does point out that I know to be an issue, even with the modern versions of this amp—the tube rectifier. Per his article, “A much bigger compromise -- in my opinion -- is the use of a single rectifier tube to support a 70 watt amplifier.”
I swapped out my tube rectifier earlier this year for a Weber WZ68 (SS device), which has twice the rated current output as the single 5AR4 rectifier tube that came with my VTA 120—IMHO it resulted in a big sonic improvement when the volume is turned up.
One thing he does point out that I know to be an issue, even with the modern versions of this amp—the tube rectifier. Per his article, “A much bigger compromise -- in my opinion -- is the use of a single rectifier tube to support a 70 watt amplifier.”
I swapped out my tube rectifier earlier this year for a Weber WZ68 (SS device), which has twice the rated current output as the single 5AR4 rectifier tube that came with my VTA 120—IMHO it resulted in a big sonic improvement when the volume is turned up.