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Tube rectification

This may have been chewed on before but I'm at a loss here. I recently went back to tubes and acquired a SoundStage Two pre that uses two 6dj8/6922 tubes. By the way while doing some rolling I found the Mullards to sound the best thus far. Anyway I have seen other preamps having a tube for rectification(5y3 etc). My question is what does a pre with this tube do in reference to one like mine that does not have this feature. Am I missing something in terms of sonics. The SoundStage sounds really good and can be modded as mine has been. Thanks for any info and enjoy the music.
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bdgregory
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the rectifier is the key to converting AC line voltage to DC to supply the circuit. This can be done with a Tube, or with a solid state.

I'm not sure if Tube rectifiers sound better, or more "tubey" than solid state, though I do know that swapping rectifier tubes can make a very big difference.
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