2 Jan
2006
2 Jan
'06
2:48 p.m.
On Monday 02 January 2006 05:37 pm, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 1/2/2006 at 4:56 PM Roy J. Tellason wrote:
Just so. Which is why that would also have some effect in a tube amp, and
not be present in a FET amp...
Aside from the active devices themselves, tubes
are limited by the
characteristics of the output transformer, which (as far as I know) isn't
there in FET amps. And other things, like the "softness" of the power
supply voltage under transient loads and such.
To the best of my recollection, transformers *added* their own particular
brand of distortion and limited frequency response. By "softness" of power supply voltage, do
you mean "bad load regulation"?
Yes. Add to that the variations in design, resistors vs. filter chokes and
some earlier stuff that used the field coil of the speaker in that circuit,
and things get awfully complicated to try and figure, real quick. :-)
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