If you need the voltage - use a choke, but I think a resistor gives a smoother, more coherent response (in some set-ups). Or I may just be lazy.

Both my amps, SE and PP, are transformer driven in a parafeed connection with a resistor load instead of a choke. My preamp is resistance loaded parafeed.

All this being said - my parafeed SE amp is choke loaded on the output. I'm too lazy to build that big of an HT supply!

Let me say this, too. I'm not nearly smart enough to have figured out any this stuff on my own. Read Steve Bench's article on parafeed - he's someone who really knows his stuff.

TC

If you need the voltage - use a choke, but I think a resistor gives a smoother, more coherent response (in some set-ups). Or I may just be lazy.

Both my amps, SE and PP, are transformer driven in a parafeed connection with a resistor load instead of a choke. My preamp is resistance loaded parafeed.

All this being said - my parafeed SE amp is choke loaded on the output. I'm too lazy to build that big of an HT supply!

Let me say this, too. I'm not nearly smart enough to have figured out any this stuff on my own. Read Steve Bench's article on parafeed - he's someone who really knows his stuff.

TC

Not quite. a transformer wwit ha small gap is MUCH harder to make than a large choke.
-akhilesh

Power transformers need to be efficient at line frequency, and they need to be able to pass current without fatigue. It's nice if they are physically robust too, with sturdy construction and wiring and with laminations that don't vibrate and buzz. But basically, they work at a single frequency and they aren't required to do much but transform line voltage to the levels required.

Output and interstage transformers are required to pass a wide frequency range and may be in the presence of reactive components. They are asked to pass a bandwith of three decades and to be flat even if other reactive values in the circuit change. So in my way of thinking, these are really pretty critical components.

Just my 2¢