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In the Forum: Melquiades Amplifier
In the Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps
Post Subject: I have more interest in the period tubesPosted by Romy the Cat on: 1/26/2009
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I did not play a lot with those DHT tubes but if there is any debate between contemporary production and 50 years old production than I would vote for older production. It is unquestionably that today the “construction” is way better and some of older tubes look like they were pulled out of ass of some kind tube-chewing hippopotamus. Still, I think “Sound“ might come very much from the tube’s materials and I think that those older materials might be more favorite for “kinkier” sound. The older tube sure will be more fragile and less tolerant for any abuse, not to mention that many of them are already dead… Do not expect from me any expertise in the subject; it is just a hunch, primary made by my experiences with older IDHT. When the time comes I will be looking into the subject deeper but my demands are very limited. A drive for 1000-10,000Hz? It shell not be too hard to get… I just wish I have a final idea if I go for DHT and if I do then what tube will it be. Between 2A3-YO185-45-10Y there is a need to have 4 transformers, which sucks…
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