Vacuum Tube Preamp


Posted on Oct 17, 2012

Figure 1 shows distortion variations in red and violet. Notice how the violet wave follows the green wave perfectly during its positive excursion but falls short of the mark during the negative swing. The red wave is more symmetrical, but does not `clip` like an overdriven IC op-amp. This is what I like to call `The Sonic Airbag,` or Electric Crayon effect. Op-amps are linear-clean right up until the point of clipping, some discrete transistor and vacuum tube designs have a non-linear window between clean and clipped.


Vacuum Tube Preamp
Click here to download the full size of the above Circuit.




Leave Comment

characters left:

New Circuits

.

 


Popular Circuits

FM Bug detector 80 - 150 MHz
Battery charging regulator
One-shot-timer
Digital Vacuum Gauge
Fm Demodulator Circuit
50watt audio power amplifier circuit
air craft receiver
Comparator Based Crystal Oscillator
Phase Locked Loop (PLL) Oscillator Circuit 860 MHz
8 function christmas lamp
The KA7OEI FT-817 RF Power Amplifier
DCC Detectors Construction For Model Railroad Signals
Index 2 - Power-Supply Circuits-DC to DC - power supply circuit - SeekIC.com
Dual low-voltage power supply circuit breaker electromagnetic closing each vote circuit



Top