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19th Oct 2019, 5:22 pm | #1 |
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Quad valve query
Can a Quad amplifier run on 6L6GC valves in place of the KT66 ?
If so, what modifications are needed, if any ? Mike. |
19th Oct 2019, 5:31 pm | #2 |
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Re: Quad valve query
Yes.
A search in this forum will turn up a fair bit of info, a good starting point may be here? https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...ad.php?t=77741
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19th Oct 2019, 5:56 pm | #3 |
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Re: Quad valve query
I always liked the sound of the 6V6GT, beloved of Decca and Tripletone back in the day, and popped my Tripletone ones in a Quad 2 for fun and it sounded fine. 6L6 should be OK too I would expect.
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20th Oct 2019, 8:50 am | #4 |
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Re: Quad valve query
The RCA 6L6GC black plate's are the best sounding ones in my opinion, but now getting up to similar prices of KT66's. I have a copious supply of these, as I own a couple of Fender twin amps and these have four in each amp.
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Re: Quad valve query
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20th Oct 2019, 3:23 pm | #6 |
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Re: Quad valve query
The pinouts of the 6V6 and the 6L6 and the KT66 are all the same. But the ratings of the 6V6 are substantially lower than the other two valves. I would expect their lifetime, even in a Quad II, which doesn't work KT66s hard, would be short.
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20th Oct 2019, 6:35 pm | #7 |
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Re: Quad valve query
Downsizing to 6V6 should at least involve some rebiassing, I would think. The output loading would be rather less than ideal, too.
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20th Oct 2019, 10:29 pm | #8 |
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Re: Quad valve query
Quad did cover the alternative use of the 5883 and 6L6G in its Quad II instructions, as shown here:
The 6L6G was specified to be used in matched pairs. I imagine that this may have been because of its lower maximum anode dissipation as compared with the KT66. I recall that back in the early 1980s, the then NZ agents for Quad put a 6L6G pair in one of my Quad II amplifiers when they were serviced. As I recall – and as expected – in normal use I couldn’t tell the difference between that and the other one which retained its KT66s. Perhaps there would have been a difference when driven to clipping, but I didn’t go there. Cheers, |
20th Oct 2019, 10:52 pm | #9 |
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Re: Quad valve query
I'm assuming that Quad meant that the 5881 (a widespread industrial-series 6L6 derivative) could be substituted, rather than the 5883 (a somewhat specialist waveguide-mounted X-band T/B switch....)
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