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Offline Merlin

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Put a Magic Eye in your amp
« on: November 05, 2025, 11:04:37 am »
I had an idea for using a magic eye as an ordinary gain stage, details here!

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Re: Put a Magic Eye in your amp
« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2025, 12:32:50 pm »
How cool!
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Re: Put a Magic Eye in your amp
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2025, 12:42:39 am »
Hi Merlin

Cool implementation

So this circuit can be added as a gain stage in an amp circuit (adding at the input and output coupling capacitors I think) not only a Magic Eye function

Which is the gain it will have ?

Thanks

Franco
« Last Edit: November 06, 2025, 01:42:59 am by kagliostro »
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Re: Put a Magic Eye in your amp
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2025, 03:41:01 am »
Quote from: kagliostro link=topic=33110.msg368160#msg368160

Which is the gain it will have ?

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Thanks[/b]

Franco



About 20 - it’s in the linked article
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Re: Put a Magic Eye in your amp
« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2025, 06:52:05 am »
Ciao Tubeswell
About 20, to me, as far as I can understand, is the gain of the triode, I mean the gain of the circuit as is arranged by Mr Merlin

Franco
« Last Edit: November 06, 2025, 09:22:59 am by kagliostro »
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Re: Put a Magic Eye in your amp
« Reply #5 on: November 06, 2025, 11:30:50 am »
That is SO cool !  :grin:
 
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Re: Put a Magic Eye in your amp
« Reply #6 on: November 06, 2025, 06:04:40 pm »
Ciao Tubeswell
About 20, to me, as far as I can understand, is the gain of the triode, I mean the gain of the circuit as is arranged by Mr Merlin

Franco


Looking at Merlin's DC load-line, the voltage gain is 20. As to how the load line shifts for AC depends on other signal impedances around the gain stage.
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Re: Put a Magic Eye in your amp
« Reply #7 on: November 06, 2025, 11:55:29 pm »
Thanks Tubeswell

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