On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 18:35:41 +0000, Nick Gorham wrote:

Form@C wrote:

I'm just experimenting with a source-follower single-ended MOSFET
headphone amp, with an op-amp voltage gain stage. Its rather good but not
enough output (yet!) for speakers. :-)


You could always try a gainclone


http://home.student.utwente.nl/f.s.b...rtedLM3875.gif

I *could*, but I rather like the look of something like this:
http://digilander.libero.it/essentia...ybrid_home.htm
'cos I suspect it has more chance of *really* sounding good, rather than
being based around a chip being used for other than its designed purpose!
(ducks down behind 0.2C/W heatsinks to hide from gaincloners hurling
flaming 1000uF capacitors...)

:-)

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Currently deserting M$ for linux... :-)