Re: Tube/valve amp kit question

Triode amps can work well but they tend to be quite expensive or a lot
of trouble to get to work. EL84's are terribly nonlinear and are poor
choices for hi-fi (they work well in guitar amplifiers where people
WANT distortion.) And as far as single ended goes, no conventional
single ended amp will provide true fidelity in full-range application.

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