In Reply to: RE: Transmitter Tube SET. What Are Your Overall Experiences? posted by Mister Pig on September 8, 2021 at 14:32:21:
I'm sure the tube itself is fine. But as you increase power in an SET the OPT is progressively harder to get bandwidth, to the point that its a stretch to call it hifi.
You're going to need some power with those speakers- 60 watts at least unless you have a smaller room or never crank things up. So barring the two caveats SETs seem out of the picture unless you replace the speakers.
Keeping in mind of course that if you really want to hear what an SET does don't play it past about 20-25% of full power. Otherwise the distortion will cause it to sound very 'dynamic'.
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- Its all about the OPT - Ralph 15:04:29 09/08/21 (50)
- RE: Its all about the OPT - tube wrangler 02:29:43 10/02/21 (9)
- Properly designed SE amps - Ralph 10:14:35 10/04/21 (8)
- RE: Properly designed SE amps - tube wrangler 11:22:50 10/04/21 (7)
- RE: Properly designed SE amps - Ralph 12:40:55 10/04/21 (6)
- RE: Properly designed SE amps - Tre' 13:44:36 10/04/21 (5)
- RE: Properly designed SE amps - tube wrangler 22:30:15 10/04/21 (3)
- Regarding CCS - Ralph 11:25:51 10/15/21 (2)
- {By having 2 stages it could be referenced to ground at one end- so it knew what 'quiet' was supposed to be}.. - Cleantimestream 11:45:17 10/18/21 (0)
- RE: Regarding CCS - tube wrangler 16:38:11 10/16/21 (0)
- +1 thanks nt - Ralph 14:12:39 10/04/21 (0)
- Strongly Disagree with This - Triode_Kingdom 14:51:29 09/10/21 (27)
- Don't know if anything comparable is still available" Sowter and Silk, NO doubt.~nT - Cleantimestream 21:33:13 09/17/21 (0)
- RE: Strongly Disagree with This - 91derlust 19:02:07 09/10/21 (0)
- RE: we agree on the bit about the OPT at least. - Ralph 15:02:38 09/10/21 (24)
- RE: we agree on the bit about the OPT at least. - morricab 07:28:26 10/12/21 (3)
- RE: we agree on the bit about the OPT at least. - Ralph 09:17:56 10/12/21 (2)
- RE: we agree on the bit about the OPT at least. - morricab 11:38:29 10/12/21 (1)
- Could you provide some context? - Ralph 12:12:08 10/12/21 (0)
- RE: we agree on the bit about the OPT at least. - morricab 07:21:40 10/12/21 (19)
- RE: we agree on the bit about the OPT at least. - Ralph 10:15:51 10/12/21 (18)
- RE: we agree on the bit about the OPT at least. - morricab 11:27:21 10/12/21 (17)
- Yeah, I get that- seen it in spades. - Ralph 12:04:36 10/12/21 (16)
- RE: Yeah, I get that- seen it in spades. - morricab 05:17:04 10/18/21 (15)
- RE: Yeah, I get that- seen it in spades. - rivervalley817 11:32:23 10/18/21 (0)
- RE: Yeah, I get that- seen it in spades. - tube wrangler 11:13:06 10/18/21 (0)
- RE: Yeah, I get that- seen it in spades. - Ralph 09:54:58 10/18/21 (12)
- RE: Yeah, I get that- seen it in spades. - morricab 05:43:08 10/20/21 (10)
- RE: Yeah, I get that- seen it in spades. - tube wrangler 18:17:44 10/20/21 (5)
- Class D gain - Ralph 11:06:50 10/22/21 (4)
- RE: Class D gain - tube wrangler 12:49:39 10/23/21 (3)
- There are zero feedback class D amps- some are getting very good comments too. nt - Ralph 09:36:31 10/25/21 (0)
- RE: Class D gain - morricab 02:59:11 10/25/21 (1)
- RE: Class D gain - tube wrangler 12:57:48 10/25/21 (0)
- RE: Yeah, I get that- seen it in spades. - rivervalley817 14:22:27 10/20/21 (0)
- BTW, thanks for your posts! nt - Ralph 09:07:37 10/20/21 (1)
- Same to you...good discussion! nt - morricab 14:03:43 10/20/21 (0)
- Yes!! - Ralph 09:05:40 10/20/21 (0)
- RE: Yeah, I get that- seen it in spades. - tube wrangler 11:27:06 10/18/21 (0)
- RE: Its all about the OPT - Todd Krieger 21:12:31 09/09/21 (11)
- RE: Its all about the OPT - 91derlust 13:59:21 09/10/21 (2)
- what 91 said...nT - Cleantimestream 21:35:04 09/17/21 (0)
- +1 nt - Ralph 14:31:30 09/10/21 (0)
- Yup! - Ralph 10:14:13 09/10/21 (7)
- Interesting ! ............... - Cut-Throat 17:12:28 09/10/21 (6)
- RE: Interesting ! ............... - Ralph 08:28:52 09/13/21 (5)
- I found your post in the Tube/DIY Forum ............... - Cut-Throat 11:41:20 09/14/21 (3)
- I forgot to mention that amp is class A1 nt - Ralph 13:37:27 09/16/21 (0)
- RE: I found your post in the Tube/DIY Forum ............... - sony6060 12:47:47 09/14/21 (1)
- Not looking for more power as I Bi-Amp................... - Cut-Throat 09:45:57 09/15/21 (0)
- Thank you ! ............. nt - Cut-Throat 11:31:03 09/14/21 (0)