@atmasphere
ralph, by your explanation, then why are rectifiers used in some tubed power amps as well? the notion of the undesirable voltage drop would seem to be even more of a negative in higher power applications where distortion is not wanted...
i recall when dan wright (modwright) was starting out, he made quite a splash with a standalone 5ar4 rectified power supply for many of his cd player modifications (which in turn powered his 5687 triode output stages) - these were absolutely some of the loveliest sounding cd players ... so the tube rectification in your view is undesirable and unnecessary?
i thought there was something about the benefits of the tube rectifier being slow and smooth at turn on, and so there was less electrical ’shock’ to the downstream circuits at turn on...
ralph, by your explanation, then why are rectifiers used in some tubed power amps as well? the notion of the undesirable voltage drop would seem to be even more of a negative in higher power applications where distortion is not wanted...
i recall when dan wright (modwright) was starting out, he made quite a splash with a standalone 5ar4 rectified power supply for many of his cd player modifications (which in turn powered his 5687 triode output stages) - these were absolutely some of the loveliest sounding cd players ... so the tube rectification in your view is undesirable and unnecessary?
i thought there was something about the benefits of the tube rectifier being slow and smooth at turn on, and so there was less electrical ’shock’ to the downstream circuits at turn on...