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Old November 13th 16, 11:44 PM posted to uk.rec.audio
Dave Plowman (News)
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In article ,
Vir Campestris wrote:
On 12/11/2016 14:38, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Iain Churches wrote:
I remember a long time ago new when worked at Pye TVT they used to use
DA100's IIRC in high power PA distribution PA amps and also in Band 3 TV
Sound modulators;!
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Tony Sayer



The venerable QB5 can dissipate 565W so as a single ended
Class "A" triode one can easily achieve 120W.


Who said SET is for wimps? :-)


I'm thinking you could probably make a hybrid car based around a steam
engine. The question being why would you bother?


No, it wouldn't be practical. It would take ages to warm up and waste
loads of power.


Oh wait...



;-)

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