Octal based "universal tone test-bench" (power) amp

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roberto
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Re: Octal based "universal tone test-bench" (power) amp

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I don't want to go with quads, just pair of output tubes.
Output RMS will vary from 15 W of the 6V6s, to 40-50 W of the EL34/6L6GC, up to 80 W of the KT88/6550s.
But of course everything can be scaled if you want to.
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Re: Octal based "universal tone test-bench" (power) amp

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roberto wrote: Thu Sep 10, 2020 11:17 am It is not possible to get 200 Wrms from a pair of KT88 in push pull.
With maximum 500V B+ you can get around 80 Wrms.
That's absolutely true. However, I'm confident one can get sparkly dry 100W from a pair in AB push-pull. Requires solid 600V plate supply and a fairly high primary impedance output transformer.

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Re: Octal based "universal tone test-bench" (power) amp

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560 V on plates and 300 V on screens are enough, and the load is around 4 kOhm:
https://frank.pocnet.net/sheets/086/k/KT88.pdf

But with here I’ve foreseen up to 500 V only for plates.
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