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| 300b lovers As Lynn mentioned above, we chose the 6SN7 and the 6V6 because both are in current production and there are very good modern versions of each being built. Obviously there are lots of 300b choices as well. I favour the Linlai E-6SN7 beause it sou... | |
| 300b lovers As they say, if you literally built a straight wire with gain half the people wouldn't like it:) Everything has a sound. I will say that these amps have far less of a sound than anything I have ever heard... or not heard... or whatever... They ... | |
| 300b lovers @tinear123 The pricing and availability isn't set yet. Most likely Cloud Sessions of Spatial Audio Labs will keep a wait list and they will have to decide on whether there is a deposit required, final pricing, etc... Once we have it all ironed... | |
| 300b lovers As Lynn was saying above, I have spent the last year working on this 300b amp project and the matching "Raven" balanced preamp. Spatial Audio will decide on final naming and pricing and I will help them get started on production. The cosmetics ... | |
| 300b lovers @carlsbad2 Yes the Reichert amp used 6SN7 to drive 300b and though I have not heard one, those who have said it had a sonic purity that was hard to beat. So it was a good starting point and 6SN7 driving a 300b can sound good. But it can be impr... | |
| 300b lovers @charles1dad I used the 6SN7 to drive both KT66/6L6 and KT88 in two different amps and they are great for that. They are marginal to drive a 300b. As @atmasphere said, there are many approaches and schools of thought about drivers. Many paths... | |
| 300b lovers @gavin1977 No, I am not going to do kits... I am retiring and letting a partner build the 300b project and matching preamp. That should be going before the end of the year. If you make kits you have no control over how they are built and you g... | |
| 300b lovers Or leaving conventional power supply topology behind, and using multiple independent supplies in the proper way😀 | |
| 300b lovers Hi The 6SN7 will barely drive a 300b, which is a very difficult load. I have not worked with 845 tubes nor will I given the high voltages and heat involved, but I did look at the data sheet. Yes, it takes more negative grid voltage to bias on... | |
| 300b lovers @antigrunge2 Glad you have an amp you love. What I meant above is the design of the driver section of the circuit. Your amp is using a 6L6 to drive a 300b, which is a good choice. I was referring to many 300b amps that are pushing tubes like a... | |
| 300b lovers Absolutely. I read a great quote somewhere about a million years ago, that a great tube amp was the sum of three things. How good is the circuit? How good is the power supply? How good are the transformers? If you take care of all three of those t... | |
| 300b lovers The post from @pindac above is spot on. Most people think a 300b is a fuzzy rolled off tube. That is because they heard it in a single ended amp with a mediocre power supply, and most likely an inadequate driver section, and possibly mediocre ou... | |
| 300b lovers I will be there Friday and Saturday in the Spatial Audio Labs room. I will leave by mid day on Sunday because it is an 8 hour drive home for me. Of course I will tour the show, but I will spend a good deal of time in the Spatial Room on Friday a... | |
| 300b lovers HI It is really not my intent to get into detail here for something that is in prototyping. Yes, there have been many balanced tube preamp and amplifier circuits around for years, and I have absolutely no doubt you build an excellent balanced pr... | |
| 300b lovers HI My Pacific is XLR out with no volume control so have not tried direct to amps, but I build a really good preamp so I will continue to use it. The prototype preamp is essentially a circuit that was a thought experiment of Lynn’s for a fully bal... |