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Egnater / Randall Modular Amps
What are the lowest volume power tubes you can use?
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<blockquote data-quote="joey_truelove" data-source="post: 118686" data-attributes="member: 95"><p>Welcome Big Steve. I think I've seen you elsewhere online so I'm delighted you've found your way here.</p><p></p><p>Those 6V6s that can accept the voltages we talk about are the JJs and I believe even at that the output impedance will be a mismatch. They sound and are built much like short bottle 6L6s anyway.</p><p></p><p>Another way is going EL84s in adapter sockets and I know TAD has ones that run them in triode mode for even lower volume.</p><p></p><p>But as stated it's still bound to be loud and I for one prefer running mid power octals biased hot to make them softer and distort earlier. You'd basically need big och mid octals for that bottom end thing of a high power amp. EL84s are just lighter and softer and running them in triode-mode would make them even softer/ spongier sounding.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="joey_truelove, post: 118686, member: 95"] Welcome Big Steve. I think I've seen you elsewhere online so I'm delighted you've found your way here. Those 6V6s that can accept the voltages we talk about are the JJs and I believe even at that the output impedance will be a mismatch. They sound and are built much like short bottle 6L6s anyway. Another way is going EL84s in adapter sockets and I know TAD has ones that run them in triode mode for even lower volume. But as stated it's still bound to be loud and I for one prefer running mid power octals biased hot to make them softer and distort earlier. You'd basically need big och mid octals for that bottom end thing of a high power amp. EL84s are just lighter and softer and running them in triode-mode would make them even softer/ spongier sounding. [/QUOTE]
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What are the lowest volume power tubes you can use?
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