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WSA230 amp Q's

I happened upon this hi powered PPP design and was surprised that a single cathodyne was used to drive this quad.
The signal caps are unusually large off the plate and cathode... the current supply through inverter is much the same (30k & 30K) as what is common in most 10-30W PP amps

So-
I'm wondering if this amp design is either flawed or limited due to this? Or if the 8417 outputs are special in some way to allow this?
They are expensive...
https://tubedepot.com/products/8417?
Jim
 

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