Quote Originally Posted by skeptic
The use of vacuum tube diodes for some new retro vacuum tube amplifiers is a marketing ploy rather than a real attempt to get the best technology has to offer...
I can offer zero in the way of any technical explanation, but here's one right stuff engineer who would disagree and is not usually subject to stylish whims:



It would be interesting to hear Bill Z. Johnson's commentary since only the big Reference Audio Research amps use tube rectification. Having said that, the two best tube amps in my experience, the VTL Wotans and the Joule Electra Rite of Passages, both use SS regulation.

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