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In Reply to: And what are they doing to a pair of KT88s to get 100 watts? posted by kyle on April 5, 2007 at 19:39:55:

B+ around 600VDC. 40% UL taps on a 4K5 output transformer. -75 volts of fixed bias on the control grids. Should be about 50 milliamps per tube (at idle) and give a 100 watts at around 2% THD. Not bad at all.
FWIW, you can get 100 watts out of a pair of EL34's.
Russ

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And what are they doing to a pair of KT88s to get 100 watts? - kyle 19:39:55 04/05/07 (1)

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