From what I gather, a tube amp must have rectification to produce DC for the B+ anodes. So either a rectifier tube is used, or a solid state device to produce rectification.
If I have that right, then what does this amp have? It has pre-amp tubes and power tubes but no mention of a rectifier of any kind. Here is the webpage for that amp.
If I have that right, then what does this amp have? It has pre-amp tubes and power tubes but no mention of a rectifier of any kind. Here is the webpage for that amp.
It uses discrete diodes for the rectification. Probably full wave bridge but not easy to see in the poor quality photos.
Solid state , you can see the black bridge rectifier above and little bit to the left of the big blue electrolytic capacitor
i used both in series, so that the tube rectifier becomes a lighted power voltage dropping resistor, the rectifier is spared of the turn on stresses and expected to live a long life...