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This long thread just tells me what commercial SETs aren't....

If you were to build a no-compromise SET right from the design board, you might want to:

1. Use only DHTs right through, like 26, 01A, 4P1L, 10Y, 2a3, 300b etc
2. Use filament bias to get rid of cathode bypass caps
3. Use either good quality interstages/plate chokes or gyrators
4. Use an amorphous core OPT

For all the above, reference the European Triode Festival, Bartola Valves and Vinylsavor websites etc. for scratch builds.

To me as a builder, commercial amps with very few exceptions don't come close to the above, and when they do they cost big, big money. It's really a builders market here if you want the top tier designs with no compromises.





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