Favorite ouput tube (SE only)

[pieter t]

1624, because I have hundreds of those...

 

[kevinkr]

300B, 45... Maybe the GM70 once I finish those amps.

 

[pieter t]

300B...

How dare you

 

[kevinkr]

How dare you

Because I can..

 

[pieter t]

Because I can..

You lucky one; I have 8 JJ300B's here (old production); you know some destination?

 

[kevinkr]

You lucky one; I have 8 JJ300B's here (old production); you know some destination?

You can send them to me..

(I've used WE, but have to admit the old JJ come close enough that those are what I am using..)

 

[Cassiel]

Triodes: 45
Pentodes: 6V6/EL84

Note: I have the nagging feeling best tube depends on so many things that is difficult to know for sure. Mainly good results with those, that's all I can say.

 

[Cassiel]

difficult to know for sure

The only thing I know for sure is that the 6AS7 sucks.

* I had to say it.

 

[golddustpeak]

45

 

[aaabramoff]

Hello! I like outputs lamp - 45, 4P1L, 6CB5s, 6S4S. It's all in the triode mode and the SE stage.

 

[andyjevans]

300B may not be the ultimate, but it has the power to drive my speakers. You can always use 46, 10Y or 6B4G as drivers! That way you get their contribution to the sound. Put a 26 in front of that and you're golden.

Andy

 

[trondareo]

6s45p - cause its fun!
Its small and ultra simple, quite linear. You can drive it until it glows and it will take it, and it has an interesting history

 

[Miles Prower]

How about this one? The loadline looks pretty good. Drive it with a source follower, and it should be pretty good.

 

[6L6PPP]

6AR6WA/6098

 

[KrankKall]

EL84/6BQ5

Their Russian equivalents can cost less than a cup of coffee.
What's not to like?

Steve

 

[greenvalve]

The 10 is great if not much power is needed, 801A for a little more. Loving my GM70 but it really magnifies the sound of the driver. It didn't grab me until the 826 was put in front of it.

 

[andyjevans]

826 driving GM70 is really a walk on the wild side! Do you use forced air cooling on the 826?

andy

 

[greenvalve]

Hi Andy, the tube doesn't require any forced air cooling at the relatively low plate voltages used. Here is the breadboard:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBXbseGQFfg

Thank you for your good work on the 26 preamp. Recently I lashed up your circuit loading the 26 with 2 of the Hammond 150H chokes in series. It sounded excellent. Soon the 24bit/192Khz DacMini will have the 26 on its output.

 

[MrCurwen]

In HIFI I've done triode strapped EL84 and 6V6GT, 1626 triode, 6C45 and the 71A.

In my books the 71A wins with a great margin. The 1626 is a cheap and easy to work with triode to get started, and it'll always have a special place in my mind, but DHT is the way to go. 6C45 is a good output tube as well, but just not to my taste. Triode strapped EL84 and 6V6 are ok to good, but nothing special.

 

[hooman]

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