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Truth is ...

probably anything can be made to sound good if optimised. I personally don't believe in absolutes, especially if I don't understand the forces at play that makes one thing different from another. And I can't say I understand or agree with (yet) the theories I've read for what makes Triode strapping sound different.

I can only comment on my personal experience thus far and in every case Triode strapping subtly and sometimes dramatically made the sound more relaxed and three dimensional. I'm also reasonably sure from memory that the distortion characteristics are improved in Triode mode. How much of this is due to the fact that internal rp is reduced (and its consequential effect on the load line) I don't know.

If that has not been your experience it may be interesting to explore how you are using Pentodes in a different way to try and make some sense of it. Can I ask what sort of load criteria do you apply?

Naz

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