I've built up all 3 of George's boards, and finished the SSE. And an remarkable little amp she is, I listen to her daily.
I was planning on doing the 45 amp next, but lack of money for the transformers has put that on hold. So because I have a pair of old Sansui 1000 tube receiver output transformers, I figured I'd build the SPP next. It seems a no brainer to use these outputs with the EL86 tube, but my question is this. Does an EL86 amp sound as good as an EL84 amp? Any thoughts?
I was planning on doing the 45 amp next, but lack of money for the transformers has put that on hold. So because I have a pair of old Sansui 1000 tube receiver output transformers, I figured I'd build the SPP next. It seems a no brainer to use these outputs with the EL86 tube, but my question is this. Does an EL86 amp sound as good as an EL84 amp? Any thoughts?
I wondered if there are folks who built both EL84 and EL86 versions of the Tubelab SSP and compared the sound. What dit you hear and measure (if you measured).