[BC] Achieving good S/N

[Frederick W. Seibold]

At 12:25 AM 12/28/05 -0500, Phil Alexander wrote:
>As I remember it, the secret was the forgiving nature of the variable gain
>amp tube whose number I can't recall.

6386

A variable-mu compressor-limiter is still being made:

http://www.manleylabs.com/containerpages/mu99.html

...and there is an interesting discussion about using a pair of 
12BA6s/6BA6's to replace a

  6386 at  http://www.manleylabs.com/techpage/TBAR.html

So get out that old Sta-Level you couldn't find a decent 6386 for, and your 
soldering iron.....

Fred



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