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| Is it possible to adapt kt88 to a 6A3 single ended Speaking of Ralph, here is his response to Realdeal's statement that was quoted in the post by Ghosthouse above.Regards,-- Al | |
| Is it possible to adapt kt88 to a 6A3 single ended Thanks, Ghosthouse. Perhaps in addition to clarifying who OV is, Realdeal can provide a link to detailed information about that amplifier. I find it hard to imagine, to put it mildly, that a practical audio power amplifier using a single-ended 6A3... | |
| Is it possible to adapt kt88 to a 6A3 single ended 10-20-15: Charles1dadA word to the wise is sufficient.One would think so, Charles, but evidently not in this case. Realdeal, in addition to the architectural differences I cited between the two tubes, with one being a directly heated triode and th... | |
| 110 ohm Digital cable with 75 ohm input and output I don't understand why anyone would purposely design a cable that uses three conductors, is intended for a balanced 110 ohm characteristic, and wire it unbalanced using RCAs. If a manufacturer did that, a non-cynical guess would be that perhaps in... | |
| OTL Tube Amp for Maggie 3.6? Realdeal, that's a logical question, but it has a logical answer. See the quote in my post above dated 3-25-11.Also, of course, the low impedance and low efficiency of a Maggie would seem likely to be problematical, to say the least, for the typic... | |
| 110 ohm Digital cable with 75 ohm input and output Using a 110 ohm balanced cable in an unbalanced manner will change its characteristic impedance in some arbitrary manner, but it is safe to assume that in most cases it is unlikely to change it to 75 ohms. The resulting impedance mismatches betwee... | |
| Is it possible to adapt kt88 to a 6A3 single ended Have you tried one?or just a wild guess.I would never try any such substitution, for fear of damaging the amplifier, including the possibilities of damaging both its output transformers and its power transformer. A 6A3 is a very low power 4-pin di... | |
| Am I doing this right? I agree with TJ's comments. I suspect, though, that in your diagram you meant to indicate that the speakers are the Aeon, not "Aeos" which apparently never existed, in which case you are in effect already connecting the sub essentially as he recom... | |
| Is it possible to adapt kt88 to a 6A3 single ended Don't even think about it :-) The KT88 and 6A3 are completely different animals, electrically as well as mechanically.Regards,-- Al | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD 10-17-15: GratefulAs such, what I have found is...The more you can afford (all else being equal) upstream gets you the best purity. In other words, your creme de la creme should be (in decreasing order) source, pre, mains, speakers - of course you... | |
| A-B testing of cables FWIW, I agree in part with the preceding posts by Doug and ZD, and disagree in part.I think that the criterion of immediate efficaciousness, which Doug has stated a number of times in the past as well as above, has a lot to be said for it. Especia... | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? 10-16-15: TbgI traded my Porsche Cayman for the Lexus. The salesman bought it for himself. It was quite a machine, but has such a small interior as to make it uncomfortable.With the 2014 Cayman S I have, which I believe was significantly redesigne... | |
| Using digital preamp to tube power amp questions Jim (Broadstone), according to the manual the 300SE is rated at about 10 watts, which actually is a bit more than is typical of many amps which utilize a single 300B output tube per channel. Cary also produced a 300SSE stereo amp, BTW, which used ... | |
| Tube Watts vs. Solid State Watts - Any credence? Djfst, the differences in power which you cited all amount to less than 1 db, in most cases much less than 1 db, which is negligible. Even a doubling of power would amount to only 3 db, which while easily perceptible is not a huge increase.In addi... | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music Thanks, Tubegroover. Glad you enjoyed it! The text and some of the commentary at the link are a bit misleading, as Al Hibbler's recording of "Unchained Melody" was not the version used in the film. The song was sung in the film by an opera singer ... |