On Jan 16, 7:29*pm, tony sayer wrote:
In article , Jim Lesurf jcgl@st-
and.demon.co.uk scribeth thus

In article
,
Andy
Evans wrote:

So - which voltage regs are your fave choices here? Good quality output
important, but cost also a consideration. This looks right up Jim's
street for starters.

FWIW I tried various types of 'IC voltage regulator/stabiliser chip' some
years ago and decided I wasn't keen on any of the common types. Too prone
to oscillations or excess noise, etc. Newer ones may be better, but I lost
interest in using them. *:-)

Shouldn't you valve types be using DC from batteries;?...

There are some who do. They hate capacitors so much, they design the
entire amp with transformer coupling, and use batteries for power.
It's all a question of your commitment to the purity of your sound --
and how many banks of car batteries your wife will let you stack up in
the living room. My understanding is that the fellow in Switzerland
who drove his anodes with batteries is no longer married.

Andre Jute
Thumbs well clear of the bricks