Emission Labs 300B Mesh (Pair)

the EML 300B Mesh is a wonderful and most amazing tube. The use of this tube requires some care, because it is no plug & play replacement for any 300B. However excellent sound quality is possible with this tube. Some 300B amplifiers work at a low, quite delicate operating point. Some work at an average operating point, and some others try to get the highest possible output power. Obviously, as the above three methods are all used, each has it's own justification. We do need to understand what that justification is, so what did the designer have in mind when he build this amplifier. With amplifier design, there is always the trade off between best sound, and highest output power. It's not possible to have best sound, and highest output power in one design. We really need to look at how the amplifier design is presented. When we have a "muscle" type of 300B amplifier, claiming to get so and so many Watt out of a standard 300B tube, it has to be clear, the design compromise here was