The simplistic Salas low voltage shunt regulator

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I would tell you to look for Jung / Didden but it will need much layout PCB experience to be done right and a more current capable pre-reg than it sports. Too difficult, your are not the lab & Eagle guy. Another thing it dawned on me, is why not you just make a Sziklai capacitor multiplier the Keantoken way? It has about 25mOhm flat Zo, drops only Vbe to avoid serious heat, and will clean your original Vaio SMPS by 52dB or so.
 
Can I use the cfp multiplier after SSHVSR?

I see no reason why you couldn't.
The question I'm asking myself is what would be the benefit, since Salas shunt regulators are quiet enough. Since the capacitance multiplier has higher ZO, the question seems to be valid.
Possibly, for lower noise, a capacitance multiplier could be hooked up before the shunt regulator, thus the best of both worlds may be achieved.
 
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I have problems with Twisted Pear Trident reg 1.2Volts, could I use V1.2R to get Vout +1.2Volts with a Tx 9VAC so 12,69 DCin filtered & rectified?

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A chip like LM317 or a specialised one (SMT mainly for CPU core voltages like Fairchild FAN1112). Don't know if its practical to RC filter and drop from a 5V one for that circuit on the other hand. You should measure the current for each position to calculate a resistor voltage drop.
 
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