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Default 6080 audio amp?

"Ernst" writes:

Roger,


The 6080 (and it's close kin, the 6082) have a claim to fame in the
audio world: OTL! (Output TransformerLess). There is an excellent
example of this in Terman's "Radio Engineer's Handbook", Mcgraw-Hill,
1954.


The idea is to take advantage of the low plate resistance exhibited by
this tube, and stack several in series-parallel to directly drive a
loudspeaker.


Best regards,


Ernst


Only has an amplification factor of 2. You can do nicely with other tubes
as cathode followers.
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