Hybrid better than SE vacuum tube amp. ?
Look my simple design in testing phase
Hybrid Amplifier by Andrea Ciuffoli
Look my simple design in testing phase
Hybrid Amplifier by Andrea Ciuffoli
Hybrid better than SE vacuum tube amp. ?
Look my simple design in testing phase
Hybrid Amplifier by Andrea Ciuffoli
The "signal path" is a concept which, as normally used, is meaningless. I can see at least 8 components which could affect the signal, quite apart from the power supply.
The "signal path" is a concept which, as normally used, is meaningless. I can see at least 8 components which could affect the signal, quite apart from the power supply.
...please : power supplies (Three !) (ie electrolytic capacitors).
Circlotron always include capacitors in signal path.
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This is a common myth about Circlotrons. The filter caps in the power supply are not coupling caps (anymore than filter caps are in a conventional amplifier circuit) and have little effect on the sound. You can have a direct-coupled input and a direct-coupled output. No caps, if you want.
If you want to understand the Circlotron, the thing to do is to look at how the DC currents flow through it. One thing you see right away is that there is no signal path through the power supply. If you don't see how that works, its probably because there is an incorrect assumption about what the current paths actually are.I disagree, the signal current in a Circlotron flows through the power supplies and since it can't flow through rectifiers that are most of the time off the current flows through the psu filer capacitors. We can debate their impact on the sound, but they are in the circuit, IMHO.
One thing you see right away is that there is no signal path through the power supply.
You can build the Circlotron with no filter caps at all, and it will work passably well.
Sure. This is the basics of what anyone interested in a Circlotron has to know. In the rather simple schematic, we see a CF-coupled triode amplifier. The load is the the cathode resistor so I depicted it with a loudspeaker symbol.You're gonna have to draw me a picture 'cus I see the signal current going through the power supply - both of 'em.