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Re: Tube Amplifier Design Questions

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From: Thomas W. Day
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 18:37
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In article <5170257@hplsla.hp.com> tomb@hplsla.hp.com (Tom Bruhns) writes:
>A pair of the 4CX250's
>would give you 500 watts of plate dissipation and if you can't get
>200 watts of audio out of that, even class A, you're probably doing
>something wrong!  

Really?  It has been a while since I've messed with tube designs and even 
longer since I played with tubes and Class A, but I don't remember getting 
better than 20% efficiency out of that kind of design.  I'd love to talk (
write, E-Mail, whatever) with you about your design tricks.

Tom Day
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