What part of Florida do you live in. I had a V12R that you could cook burgers on. Sounded great, but the CAD 120's I have now sounds better and runs lots cooler even though it heats up the room. I hooked it up to the 98P SLP and really love the sound, but how do you keep the room cool? I never knew you could run the amp by removing tubes without hurting it. I used to have the bias set at 238ma. Have you tried running the amp inbetween triode and ultralinear by staggering the tubes?
Cary V12
Hi all ! I have a Cary V12 amp that I have decided to experiment with . After talking with Cary I have decided to try it with most of the output tubes removed.As most of you probably know there are a total of 12 output tubes , 6 per side . Last night I removed 4 tubes per side so I am now running 2 per side . This, in triode mode is about 16 wpc . I re-biased the tubes to 35 ma per tube . Cleaner , more detail and strangely enough , more bass . Was looking for a 15 - 20 wpc tube amp , this makes me re-think that . Btw , I only need 5 - 15 wpc with my 98db speakers .