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Do tube amplifiers save energy?

Posted by admin in Saturday, November 14th 2009   
Topics: Home Theater    
tube amplifiers
Yo-yo So asked:


Would a stereo tube amplifier that uses 7 watts per channel save much more electricity than a stereo transistor amplifier that uses 90 watts per channel?

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djw said in November 15th, 2009 at 7:18 am    

Tubes are far more inefficient than transistors and use power to heat the tube all the time, whereas transistors only use power when necessary.
In this case though the tube amplifier is likely to use less than the transistor amplifier.

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