Preamp-Buffers - simple idea

here we go...
 

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Hi,

Joachim, are You sure to have picked a P-Type MOSFET and not a N-Type?
Zetex nomenclatura is straightforward as ZVNs beeing N-Types and ZVPs beeing P-Types, but beeing 4-eyed elder statesmen, we sometimes have difficulties reading tiny letters ;)

It also seems that the current symmetry is a bit more sensitive to the resistor relationship than with bipolar output transistors.

jauu
Calvin
 
I played around a bit with the MosFet buffer but no success at this time.
I have a bad cold and i am occupied with other things so this has to wait.
On the other hand i am 100% satisfied with the BJT version. It worked right away, is stable, measures very well and sounds great.
I had one of the most critical listeners here, Martina Schöner. We listened to very dense classical and delicate folk from the 60th and she was impressed about enormous energy and warmth combined with high resolution and speed. She also commended positive on the physical presence of the sound. Voices and instruments really appear like real.
 
Hi,

with the chosen MOSFETs the Vgs is probabely too close to the Vgs(th) and the MOSFETs work in a rather ´curved´ range of the Vgs/Id curve.
Things might improve with lower Idss MOSFETs. A ZVP3306F simmed slightly better than its stronger brother ZVP2106G.
The tolerances of the MOSFETs off of the shelf are quite large in this respect.
I assumed in one of the first posts that the MOSFETs needed to be matched also, not just the JFETs. Vbe of bipolars is better defined and the Vbe/Ie curve more linear. This seems to pay off in less hassle with tolerances and to get the circuit running.
I assume that the identical pos and neg branches, the JFET-cascodes, the feedback loop and modulation define the sonic character of this circuit mainly.
The Q of bipolar vers. MOSFET as output transistor is probabely of nil importance here.

jauu
Calvin
 
I've built the top half of the right hand schematic in #52 in SMD in free space. It's at the limit of what I can do without a pcb. I'm not sure that I'll manage to get the whole thing done in this fashion. Don't hold your breath.
 

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Thanks, Calvin. Small wonder that you would notice. Have fun at HighEnd Munich.

Indeed, I twisted base and emitter plus one other small sin. I'll try again, maybe I can just flip the FZT upside down and move the 150 pF cap to its proper location. I'm not trying to win a beauty contest anyway.

Auch, jauu
grufti
 
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