Conversion of Hiraga's "Le Monstre" to a Circlotron

Hallo together

the original circuit is mirror symmetric between pos and neg halves (so called "true complementary push pull") but in real life I missed the symmetric behavior - see foto about clipping
"Photograph 6: Stability at Clipping - 1kHz into 8ohms " by URL
http://diyaudioprojects.com/Solid/Jean-Hiraga-Le-Monstre/ (scoll down, last photo)
If you compare the rising edge of lower half to the falling edge of upper half, you see the different.
Additional the 300 KHz Sine Waves are more like a sawtooth, what is bad omen (no low IM distortion at high frequencies)
How I can I convert Hiraga's "Le Monstre" to a CSPP version (cross shunted push pull)? By the output stages allone I haven't problem (there are some examples on this forum), but include the input stage I don't find solutions.
Thank you very much for your advices
 
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But nothing to find about SRPP input stages for voltage amplifier gain stages
Elektor has got a couple of projects using JFET, I think, in SRPP.
One is an headphone amplifier. The other maybe preamp.
I will try to search our forum.

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Very easy and very wishful thinking!
What sets the bias current of the output transistors and what keeps it thermally stable? And NO it's not simple substituting a Toshiba made-for-audio P-trench MOSFET with an IGBT 'just so'.
high values of source- (emitter-) resistors and large amount devices in parallel could be the right solution.
Because there is no possibility in variation of the internal source resistor of the IGBT (and thus no predictable current distribution between the MOSFET part and the BjT part), I would avoid this kind of power device.
 
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Since the number of characters for the nickname (in english "ultra low bass transmission") was not sufficient, it was garbled resp. corrupted by the moderation resp. their firmware.
Since confusion with such a nickname is impossible and I can now find old posts of mine more easily, I have not changed it until now.
 
Thank you for the answer (y)
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I dismantled a (very ugly) fireplace at my house 15 days ago and I think the place would be perfect to put one in.
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