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I just giggl every time I see this kind of debate arise. talking about how brand X can get 4kw from this tube and brand Y only gets 3kw. What is funny to me is that the recieveing end will never know the diff between the two since its only 1 db diff.

They will however know the diff when brand X blows that tube and brand Y is still plugging away!

I run a Ten tec Titan 425 using 2 3cx800a7's. The amp was dedsigned to be driven with upto 100 watts of input power. I tried 100 watts 1 time just to see what it would do. I keyed it for less than half a second, just enough for my N8LP to show 3600watts. I have never run more than 45 watts into it since. because even with just 45 watts input I still see 1750 out. The recieving end will never know and my tubes will be here FOREVER!

[QUOTE="dxhound, post: 157085, member: 2167"] I just giggl every time I see this kind of debate arise. talking about how brand X can get 4kw from this tube and brand Y only gets 3kw. What is funny to me is that the recieveing end will never know the diff between the two since its only 1 db diff. They will however know the diff when brand X blows that tube and brand Y is still plugging away! I run a Ten tec Titan 425 using 2 3cx800a7's. The amp was dedsigned to be driven with upto 100 watts of input power. I tried 100 watts 1 time just to see what it would do. I keyed it for less than half a second, just enough for my N8LP to show 3600watts. I have never run more than 45 watts into it since. because even with just 45 watts input I still see 1750 out. The recieving end will never know and my tubes will be here FOREVER! [/QUOTE]

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