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Default New member, pentode g2 operation question.

On Thu, 24 May 2012 01:19:25 +0000, TerryG
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This chart explains a few things. Not of g2 specifically, but of
distortion behaviors of Pentodes. An unbypasses resistor on g2 could
essentially be helping by lower reflected impedance to the plate, so a
little is good, but too much isn't.


An unbypassed screen resistor might lower plate impedance, and lord
knows what else, but it isn't going to do a blessed thing to OPT
impedance.


This could be why small value resistors (relatively) make things sound
better and larger values do not.

Terry