All about electronic valves and hi-fi
I’ve got asked the question on how an EML20 (or EML30) can drive an EML45B. Answer is straight forward and hopefully this brief blog entry can shed some light to this request.
I recently looked back again on the EML20A. With a gain of 20, it’s a good candidate but it hasn’t got just enough gain to drive the output stage to full power:
If you have a small room and high-efficiency speakers, then keep reading. If not, you can still enjoy reading about probably the best sounding output valve in my view. The 45. I wrote about it few times and have to say, it’s still one of the best. Better than a 300B but unfortunately can do only 2W. You can use it in Push-Pull and is superb. Have a look at this.