MooseFET is a low gain, power MOSFET based line stage that fills the gap between a passive preamp and a standard line stage.
The design goals were:
- Lower than usual linestage gain.
- Be simple.
- Be reliable.
- Be rugged.
- Be easily portable.
- Not sound "solid state".
- Not need a complex power supply, typically required of single ended MOSFET stages.
- Be inexpensive to build.
The Circuit
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Let's take a quick look at MooseFET's circuit:
The first thing you might say is, "Isn't that a BoZ?". The answer is not quite, but it was definately inspired by the magic of Nelson Pass (who contributed to this circuit with insights and suggestions)....
