Matched 2A3s?

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Offline borism

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on: May 04, 2016, 05:12:18 AM
While I have the original Steomour I believe the circuit is the same as the II edition. I was wondering how important it is to have the 2A3s closely matched? Somehow I recall reading it wasn't.

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Reply #1 on: May 04, 2016, 05:15:39 AM
It's not too important when the tubes are run single ended, aside from gross mismatches like a totally worn out tube on one channel and a new one on the other, which might cause some imbalance.

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Reply #2 on: May 04, 2016, 05:26:16 AM
Thanks! One of my NOS(?) tubes blew and I bought a replacement that tested good but clearly won't be a close match.

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