Moving the 16 ohm feedback circuit to the 8 ohm terminal

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Moving the 16 ohm feedback circuit to the 8 ohm terminal

Postby 20to20 » Wed Apr 28, 2010 7:30 pm

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Postby Ty_Bower » Wed Apr 28, 2010 7:41 pm

Mathematically, it's a wash. You'll get fewer volts off the lower tap, but that's balanced by the lower feedback resistor. I guess the feedback signal will be more intimate with the motion of the speaker, but I'd be surprised if my self-admitted tin ears heard a difference.
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Postby 20to20 » Wed Apr 28, 2010 8:28 pm

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Postby burnedfingers » Thu Apr 29, 2010 4:44 am

A manual will say anything to help sell the product. I believe the series II also brags about their different driver tube being better than that of the original Dynaco's. This is also a crock.

I have the distortion analyzers on hand to make the checks and have found no distortion differences between the 8 ohm tap and the 16 ohm tap.
Have heard no sonic changes either.
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