• WARNING: Tube/Valve amplifiers use potentially LETHAL HIGH VOLTAGES.
    Building, troubleshooting and testing of these amplifiers should only be
    performed by someone who is thoroughly familiar with
    the safety precautions around high voltages.

AMT based + buffer Preamp

12AU7 cathode follower biased to zero on the grid will distort significantly at a few volts signal. We'd normally bias a CF part-way up the supply voltage.

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