Iain M Churches wrote:

"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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"Patrick Turner" wrote in message



I think it will be quite some time before anyone comes up with an
8 watt two transistor single ended amp which has no global NFB
and which sounds as well as a 300B amp when correctly set up.

Given the incredibly convoluted criteria used to establish that the 300B
amp sounds good...

I find it surprising that many of those who speak out so vehemently
against the SET have never actually heard one:-)

Iain

And they have probably never owned any.

But many who condemn 300B amps need to have 100 watts
and so a low power triode amp is not for them.
They need to know the thd is low, or they'll be complaining about that too.

I have a a single EL34 in triode ( 5 watts ) with 15 dB of NFB for my kitchen
radio
using a 1953 12" speaker in a reflex box with a dome tweeter.
I ordinarily use 0.25 watts. It sounds far better than any transistor rubbish.

A 300 watt SS amp sounds no better at a watt than the EL34.

Patrick Turner.