[Amps] 813 efficiency

[Bill Turner]

ORIGINAL MESSAGE: 
On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 10:01:55 -0500, Eddy wrote:

>It absolutely gobsmacks me how some guys in this hobby would rather whip-out the ol' VISA card & spend literally HUNDREDS on power amplifier tubes, when the lowly ol' 813---paired with some twins, of course!---will do the job as well, and at an absolute FRACTION of the price...

REPLY: 
To get the plate dissipation of a single 8877 would take 12 813s. 

Would you put them all in a row?  Or a matrix of 3x4? Or 6x2? 
Or maybe in a circle?  Can't wait to hear.  :-)

Bill, W6WRT