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Merlin · 5th Jan 2007, 10:48 am

Well I was thinking you'd be able to get the characteristics of the small pentode (which sounds nicer than a transistor), but be able to use it as a power pentode. So it'd sound like a pentode and not like a transistor...

Incidentally, hot were you thinking of setting this up as an output stage? With an output transformer between HT and the anode/collector as usual?

Here are some more names too, "valvistor", "triistor" (or tri-istor), "tristor"!

5th Jan 2007, 10:48 am	#16
Merlin Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK. Posts: 67	Re: making an audio output triode... Well I was thinking you'd be able to get the characteristics of the small pentode (which sounds nicer than a transistor), but be able to use it as a power pentode. So it'd sound like a pentode and not like a transistor... Incidentally, hot were you thinking of setting this up as an output stage? With an output transformer between HT and the anode/collector as usual? Here are some more names too, "valvistor", "triistor" (or tri-istor), "tristor"!