Tag: EML20A

EML20A driving EML45B

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:

EML45B with 5K OPT

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DHT Audio Shootout @ London

Here’s the summary of the shootout day we had yesterday at my place with  Tony Rees and Andy Evans

Test Music

For testing the pre-amps Andy suggested the following 2 tracks:

  1.  Ravel Feria (Cleveland/Boulez)
  2. Janacek The Cunning Little Vixen Act 3 Scene 7 “A vixen’s running through the woods” Prague Theatre/Gregor


The Ravel is orchestrated for a large orchestra and percussion, and listening was particularly for the timbre of strings, brass and woodwind and the clarity of the percussion. The Janacek is for several different voices and chorus, and listening was for the tone and character of the voices and how well they were differentiated from each other. In both cases the overall clarity, life and crispness was considered.

Andy Evans

Although I wasn’t familiarised enough with these 2 tracks myself, I found them to be an excellent choice and a reflection of Andy’s musical experience and knowledge as musician. 

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EML-20A DHT Preamp

Recently I posted about this amazing DHT. Although my original intent was to use them as part of my Parafeed headphone project, I decided to try them as first stage on my system. I have been playing lately with mid-mu DHTs with great success, and this valve didn’t let me down at all.

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