In Reply to: Why Build a Regulated Tube Power Supply? posted by megasat16 on July 10, 2016 at 16:29:37:
In my experience, shunt regulated amps, including preamps and phono preamps, sound better if they use shunt regulation. My experience includes several occasions where a shunt regulator was added to an existing design and they could be compared directly.
I don't yet have enough experience with series regulators to have an opinion.
There several theories about why, but not enough science to support or reject most of them.
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- Because it sounds better :^) - Paul Joppa 12:36:39 07/11/16 (10)
- RE: Because it sounds better :^) - megasat16 12:32:25 07/12/16 (3)
- RE: Because it sounds better :^) - Paul Joppa 15:11:43 07/12/16 (2)
- RE: Because it sounds better :^) - Donald North 22:26:14 07/13/16 (0)
- The driver would have more gain - Chip647 18:05:23 07/12/16 (0)
- RE: Because it sounds better :^) - Triode_Kingdom 12:49:31 07/11/16 (5)
- RE: Because it sounds better :^) - Paul Joppa 15:01:13 07/12/16 (3)
- Thanks Paul, that's very helpful! - Triode_Kingdom 08:21:22 07/13/16 (0)
- RE: Because it sounds better :^) - gusser 15:15:37 07/12/16 (1)
- Measurements - Triode_Kingdom 08:18:28 07/13/16 (0)
- RE: Because it sounds better :^) - Tre' 16:31:39 07/11/16 (0)