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| Single Ended vs. Push Pull -- The Fight of the Century Are you a crafty, cunning Sweep Tube Ninja, a laid back Old Timer, or a testosterone-fueled Power Monger? Find out in this article. Also contains actual useful information as well, concerning the quandary of Single Ended vs. Push Pull. |
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| Single Ended vs. Push Pull (continued) -- The Deep, Dark Secrets
of Output Transformers We all know push pull sounds like push pull, and single ended sounds like single ended. But did you ever wonder why it's that way? The answer is a lot simpler than you may think. So is how to make PP sound more like SE. Put on your thinking cap for this basic primer on the magnetic science behind output transformers. |
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| Damping Factor: All-Important or Utterly Meaningless? "Woohoo! My new amplifier with a damping factor of 2000 just arrived. Now I'll finally have the bass performance I've always dreamed of!" Oh really? I wouldn't count on it! Find out why not, in this paper on the often misunderstood specification of damping factor, and what it means in YOUR system. |
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| COMING IN MARCH: New technical papers on Distortion, Amplifier Operating Class, and Negative Feedback. |
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