Western Electric 249 HW Rectifier

[@robertozanetti7707]

Wonderfull ........great music........

[@edSuwanDiyAudiophile]

Thank you Sir

[@harislondo2962]

Great !!!

[@edSuwanDiyAudiophile]

Thank you

[@cnunes42]

Magnifique 👌😍

[@edSuwanDiyAudiophile]

Merci 🤩

[@markcarter-piff1249]

The mercury rectifiers look cool. Do you think they affect the sound in a positive way?

[@edSuwanDiyAudiophile]

Tube rectifier with gas filling is not many choices and for high voltage more than 1Kv, rectifier tube with mercury vapor is a good choice with mellow sound character. But not all mercury rectifier tubes are the same, the good type 866A from RCA and the one I use is WE-249 is very good.

[@markcarter-piff1249]

@@edSuwanDiyAudiophile You mention mellow sound. Can you say more about what you mean by this?

[@edSuwanDiyAudiophile]

@@markcarter-piff1249 Compared to a xenon rectifier such as Cetron 3B28, the WE 249 mercury vapor is much more transparent, has good detail and ambience, the stage is wider and deeper with a soft bass character. and I have several mercury rectifiers series 866A such as Philips and Lutron with different plate construction from WE249, but they are still lacking in detail and stage. The RCA-866A are the best of series 866A.