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Noise measurement

Paul, just to add to what you've said, the external 60 dB amplifier is really the key to this. It's also relatively simple to construct. If one selects wide bandwidth opamps with very low noise specifications (nV/hz), two can be connected in series, 30dB gain each, in order to produce a very high quality amplifier. In real world terms, it's possible to construct an amplifier like this with a simple regulated supply (or just a bipolar "cleanup" circuit) that will enable viewing a noise floor below 100 nanovolts. Input this to a PC soundcard with FFT (spectrum analysis) software, and your system will be orders of magnitude more sensitive than what's needed to analyze tubes.



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