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"GerryE123" wrote:
"John Byrns" wrote:
What's that big tube in the center, rectifier or voltage amplifier? If
it is the rectifier where are the input stages/voltage amplifier tubes?
John - thank you for your reply. As noted below by Keith, it's a 5Z3. With
separate AC and B+ switches, the amp is also set up to run an 83. The 5687
input/driver tubes are behind the output transformers and can't be seen in
that photo, but can be seen here (older photo without the globe 46s):
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...23/blue45b.jpg
The bass response probably sounds "better" because the damping factor
with the 46 is lower than with the 45.
I thought lower damping factor would result in "worse" bass? Are you saying
that I'm prefering the "loose" bass produced by a lower damping factor?
Depends on what you mean by "better", or "worse" bass. Low "damping
factor" doesn't produce "loose" bass, it simply changes the frequency
response curve of the speaker. I understand some people even like 4th
order speaker alignments, talk about "loose".
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Regards,
John Byrns
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