double mono SE

[DjAlusiv]

Was planning on building a double mono, parallel 807 SE amplifier. Before I start buying parts I was wondering if I am completely out of line lol.

 

[speakerfritz]

my understanding is that Cary use paralleled SE's in their V12's , if thats what your asking.

 

[DjAlusiv]

Yea, I was only planning on using maybe 4 807's total between the two seperate amps. Guess this is a pretty basic idea, however I am new to the world of tube amp design so... Had a hard time finding parallel mono block SE amps in my searches. A lot of forum talk is that it is wasteful and lacks practicality.

 

[GoatGuy]

Just have to have reasonably close matching of the tubes, really. And cathode resistors to act as load levelers. You lose a little power that way, but overall it makes for a good fit.

 

[kstagger]

and an output transformer that can handle the current

 

[aardvarkash10]

807 single ended tube amps | Tube Amps DIY

 

[DjAlusiv]

Thanks guys. Sorry if I should have posted elsewhere. Mods, if this is fine I will go ahead and start documenting the build. I am going to have a lot of questions I think and this thread would be better used than making a new.

 

[DjAlusiv]

807 single ended tube amps | Tube Amps DIY

Thats documented quite well thank you! Perhaps I will have to bump up the tubage to 4.

 

[DjAlusiv]

Now if I can just use some quantum physics to turn all that wasted heat back into energy ...