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Old March 25th 06, 01:37 AM posted to rec.audio.tubes,uk.rec.audio,rec.audio.opinion
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Default The Catch-22 of Negative Feedback aka NFB


Stewart Pinkerton wrote:
On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 17:57:12 +0100, "Ruud Broens"
wrote:


"Stewart Pinkerton" wrote in message
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: On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 12:59:37 +0100, "Ruud Broens"
: wrote:
:
: "Arny Krueger" wrote in message
: ...
: : "Ruud Broens" wrote in message
: :
: :
: : we've been through this 'linearity contest' before, here.
: : whereas you define it in terms of current amplification,
: : i define it in terms of voltage amplification.
: : as real-world interfacing in audio is with *voltages*,
: : doesn't seem unreasonable...
: :
: :
: : Negative feedback is generally used to make amplifiers more linear in the
: : voltage domain. It's a highly sucessful strategy. We sent men to the moon,
: : partially based on amplifiers that were linearized with negative feedback.
: :
: : Where's the beef?
: :
: they 'beef' is, your banana needs 1K more straightening' than my banana -
: why keep claiming it is "superior" ?
:
: Because what matters is the output of the *final* circuit - the banana
: is perfectly straight in the opamp, but your tube circuit is still
: bendy.

yeah, right, as in 0.007 % distortion kinda bendy.
must be what they call 'the scottish bend',
then


Be more specific about the tubed circuit you claim has this level of
distortion.

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It's there in the RAT thread Hybrid circuit-CQ something or other.