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- From: kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov (Scott Dorsey)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: Nuvistor audio amplifier schematic
- Date: 14 Dec 1992 15:25:39 GMT
- Organization: NASA Langley Research Center and Reptile Farm
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- References: <9212110244.AA01269@netcom.netcom.com> <Bz7ovv.FA9@wang.com>
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- In article <Bz7ovv.FA9@wang.com> dbushong@wang.com (Dave Bushong) writes:
- >mjohnson@netcom.com (Mark Johnson) writes:
- >
- >>I've heard that someone designed line-level audio
- >>amplifiers using Nuvistors (!) and that the results
- >>were impressive (!!). I'd appreciate any information
- >>about these, ideally a schematic. Thanks!
- >
- >It sounds like it was a project that had a requirement that
- >all parts must be from a junkbox. VHF/UHF parts are probably the
- >last active element that I'd select for in an audio amp. Unless
- >I had no choice (like I was the professor on Gilligan's Island,
- >for example).
-
- Umm... actually, I built a phono preamp (and a number of mike preamps)
- using nuvistors, mostly because I needed to fit them into very small
- areas. The sound quality of the 6CW4 is magnificent, and I recommend it
- as an audio device. You have to be very careful about microphonics,
- though: vibrations perpendicular to the plates are easily picked up
- although vibrations parallel to the plates aren't a problem. This definitely
- affects the design of your mounting structure.
-
- Anyway, using the 6CW4 isn't that much different than using any other
- tube in a line level stage, as far as circuit topology goes. Remember
- that your B+ is going to be much lower than you are used to, though.
- --scott
-
- (Okay, I am currently building a power amp with the 829, but don't
- tell anyone. This is a junk box venture, to say the least.)
-