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Taboo tubes

Zen Taboo designer's notes April by Steve Deckert. The Taboo is a 6 watt per channel stereo amplifier that uses a single EL84 or SV83 output tube per channel. The Class A outputs are wired in single ended pentode driven by a single 12AX7 dual triode. Only a single coupling cap lives in it's signal path and everything is hard wired point-to-point with parts leads and no hook-up wire. To understand the Taboo you really have to be familiar with the incredible success of it's sister amps. With an unusually ballsy two watts per channel and benchmark transparency they are difficult to top. There is a real magic to the simplicity of using a single tube per channel. It has a certain purity about it that never gets boring. Until now getting over the two watt platue and keeping the sound as close to unchanged as possible ment using larger or more output tubes per channel. The small envelope of the EL84 and SV83 output tubes has for whatever reason allways demonstrated itself as having better subjective speed and delicacy when compared to anything larger. The other problem is that Triodes have a certain sound about them that you really can't argue with. Pentodes on the other hand are seldom as good simply because they can be non-linear and usually require some type of negative feedback which collapses soundstage depth proportinately with the amount of feedback used. Ironically the very thing that works to destroy an amplifiers transparency improves it's specifications on paper by lowering total harmonic distortion. There is already a paper The TABOO of Amplifier Design written covering the more casul design phases of this amplifier including the spontaneous circimstances that brought it to be.

You must be logged in to post a comment, taboo tubes. D etails are at www. The Taboo really shines with a good preamp that boosts the signal up to about 4 volts.

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Taboo tubes

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I believe that statement is part of what would be correct for the Zen and Select amp models and got mixed up with the info for the Taboo. GaryAR said:. I'm using my Taboo with 90db drivers and a cd player that puts out 2volts, and it gets loud enough for my listening habits There are world famous amps with the 12xx as inputters. At the same time a parallel reference to ground can be seen through the impedance of the secondary plus 4. Steve Deckert Administrator If the 1st watt sucks why continue? This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register. Search titles only. Hello, new to this thread. The Taboo is a 6 watt per channel stereo amplifier that uses a single EL84 or SV83 output tube per channel. You will find that even different brands of the same tube will sound different. I lost my confusion :D. Scotty Verified Member Posts: Also, Telefunken EL84 are spectacular with this amp.

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DaveCan Ex Member. Perhaps its a mistake and the info got mixed up with the other amps? Log in. The Taboo really shines with a good preamp that boosts the signal up to about 4 volts. Skip to content. JavaScript is disabled. Thanks for finding it! But if professional surfers can be confident their sponsors will back them in coming forward, this will create a knock on effect into the community at large… Actually it should be the community forcing the change. All Rights Reserved. Please login below or register here if you are not yet a member. To understand the Taboo you really have to be familiar with the incredible success of it's sister amps. Users who are viewing this thread. If you are using a standard 2 volt source like a CD player with NO preamp, you will probably find the 12AU7 to have not enough gain. In "Lucid" mode spacial information is enhanced and the sound becomes almost animated as all apparent boundries are removed. Search forums.