Transformerless Reverb

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Re: Transformerless Reverb

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didit wrote: ↑Sat Apr 25, 2026 10:00 pm Hmm --
TUBEDUDE wrote: ↑Sat Apr 25, 2026 4:07 pm Yes, many cheap pentode/triode tubes out there. Just find one with triode gain 70 or greater. Many have low gain.
The 6AW8's i tried each had hum issues. Tried everything but D.C. heaters. That might do it but i'm not willing to go that far unless it's already needed in a high gain build.
Depressing but unsurprising within a "developed for television" category of tubes. Triode gain of ~40 seemed adequate fir full recovery in my prototype of the Channel Road design, but any types with much lower specs one should be skeptical of.

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I like a little more gain as i frequently run it directly into the non-inverting input of the P.I.
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Re: Transformerless Reverb

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Makes sense ..
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