[sdiy] sort of OT: The virtues of solid state bridgerectification vs. tube half-wave rectification

[Travis Shire]

The USENET newsgroup alt.guitar.amps is a more appropriate place for such
questions.

Reading for you:
http://www.aikenamps.com/
Tech info section

If you want to really get serious:
http://www.pmillett.com/technical_books_online.htm

The Crowhurst books should be required reading.


> I was wondering about other effects besides sag. Sag only happens when you
> run an amp in Class AB1 Class AB and Class B. I'm making a push-pull amp,
> but biasing it to be almost always Class A. I figure with only 2 EL34's I
> can get away with it easilly. Probably even easier with 2 EL84's - which I
> may end up using since I actually HAVE those, but I was saving them for an
> amp that actually WOULD have some sag: an AC15 clone with a 6AX5GT
rectifier
> and a huge choke filter. Heck I still might not get sag from that. Chuck
the
> choke maybe or use a 6X4 instead...
>