Tube Amp Archive

The 12W per tube is max plate dissipation, not output power. 4x EL84 at that Va gives (on paper, at the annodes, at clipping) ~67W. Thanks Martin I never thought these little bottles could put out that much power. I looked at plate dissipation and power watts as the sane thing. Looks like i need to...

Hey All thanks for the responds, The amp is loaded with 4 EL84's as far as I know all the VC20's,30's and 50's watters were all loaded with EL84's. I think I'll go with the 20mA-21mA and start there. That would be 80mA-84mA sounds like that going to be on the cold side should be a great starting po...

Hey All thanks for the responds, The amp is loaded with 4 EL84's as far as I know all the VC20's,30's and 50's watters were all loaded with EL84's. I think I'll go with the 20mA-21mA and start there. That would be 80mA-84mA sounds like that going to be on the cold side should be a great starting poi...

Hey all, New to the forum. I have a create vc50. I must say this amp has probably been the most pain in the butt, most of the problem was cold soulder joints and bad pots, but I'm just about done with it. I've seen a lot of schenatics on this amp none that i have seen gives you a idea of the current...