[來自米格戰機上的好聲音]
Thetubestore報導了一段故事:
冷戰時期,6C33C三極式功率真空管由俄國人發明,6C33C被設計地非常堅固;其厚實的玻璃讓整個真空管重量幾乎達到半磅重!這樣的設計是為了讓6C33C能夠承受電磁脈衝(EMP)攻擊且能承受高G力衝擊。
當時西方之所以會發現這個超級真空管完全是個意外:
畢年科中尉當時是蘇聯空防軍的一名飛官,而他的投誠則讓西方世界能以近距離一窺米格25,到底有多近呢?
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到了1990年代,6C33C-B真空管在幾種主流設計中找到了它的歸宿。由於具有高跨導以及大電流處理能力,加上超低阻抗使其成為了極佳的功率級元件。
Sounstage: 6C33C Soviet Power Triode
6C33C-B對於Audio來說相當HiFi。由於內阻低、屏流大、線性佳,用它製作的單端功率擴大器,不僅輸出功率大,音質純真細膩,音色柔和甜美、清澈透明,非常迷人,而且CP值高,製作容易。 對於一個放大電路來說,它每一級電路的工作形式與工作點的選擇,元器件的合理搭配,都將影響著整機的音色和對音樂的表現力。6C33C是一只低內阻真空管,它有著低內阻管的共同特徵,即甜美有餘而醇厚不足。要想魚與熊掌兼得,對前級放大、推動管要盡量選擇一些溫暖醇厚而又不失高解析力的管子,如6N3,6N6、6N8等。
EMP? It’s NP for the 6C33C-B Tube
Invented by the Russians, this tube was designed to be incredibly rugged. The glass is so thick one tube weighs nearly half a pound! The intention was to make a tube that could withstand an EMP attack (Electromagnetic Pulse) and severe G-forces. You might be asking yourself, why? Well, the 6C33C-B tube was not originally intended for hifi amplifiers. It actually was used to regulate the power supply of the primary radio in the MIG-25 fighter jet. See why it had to handle the G’s?
Data of 6C33C
Max data
Max anode voltage | 400 |
Anode dissipation | 60 W |
continuous cathode current | 600 mA |
Overall length | 133 mm max |
Diameter | max 64 mm |
Anode voltage | 120 |
Anode current | 550 mA |
Transconductance, gm | 40 mA/V |
Anode resistance | 80 ohm |
Grid voltage | -19 V |
Heater voltage | 6.3 V |
Heater current | 6.4 A |
This was a Russian secret until 1976. The West only discovered this super tube when defecting Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko landed his MiG-25 in Hokkaido, Japan. Lieutenant Belenko was a pilot with the Soviet Air Defence Forces and his defection provided the West with its first close examination of a MiG-25. How close? The Japanese invited the USA to dismantle and study it piece by piece. In fact Belenko had brought along with him the operation manual assuming an examination of the fighter jet would be done and to assist with testing that might be done. After a few weeks the Japanese were courteous enough to offer the return of the jet to the USSR, in pieces – 30 crates worth of pieces! Apparently they also invoiced the Soviets $40,000 for the packaging expenses, but it’s believed that that bill is still outstanding.
By the 1990’s the 6C33C-B tube found a home in only a few mainstream vacuum tube audio designs. It’s high transconductance and current, along with very low impedence made it a great alternative to the commonly used power tubes. Today it can be found in any amp circuit topology, from OTL (Output Transformer-Less), to Push-Push, to Single-Ended.
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